Investigation And Control Of Crimes And Criminals — California Penal Code — Investigation, Identification, And Information Responsibilities Of The Department Of Justice — Criminal Record Dissemination — Criminal offender record information Date: 15 Sep 2016 TEXT PDF Current through the 2016 Legislative Session (a) As used in this article, "criminal offender record information" means records and data compiled by criminal justice agencies for purposes of identifying criminal offenders and of maintaining as to each such offender a summary of arrests, pretrial proceedings, the nature and disposition of criminal charges, sentencing, incarceration, rehabilitation, and release. (b) Such information shall be restricted to that which is recorded as the result of an arrest, detention, or other initiation of criminal proceedings or of any consequent proceedings related thereto. Ca. Pen. Code § 11075