(a) This section applies when an arrest record is sealed pursuant to Sections 851.87, 851.90, 851.91, 1000.4, and 1001.9. (b) When the court issues an order to seal an arrest, the sealing shall be accomplished as follows: (1) The court shall provide copies of the order and a report on the disposition of the arrest, as follows: (A) Upon issuing the order, the court shall provide a copy to the person whose arrest was sealed and to the prosecuting attorney. (B) Within 30 days of issuing the order, the court shall forward a copy of the order to the law enforcement agency that made the arrest, to any other law enforcement agency that participated in the arrest, and to the law enforcement agency that administers the master local summary criminal history information that contains the arrest record for the sealed arrest. (C) Within 30 days of issuing the order, the court shall furnish a disposition report to the Department of Justice indicating that relief has been ordered and providing the section of the Penal Code under which that relief was granted and the date that relief was granted. (D) A sealing order made pursuant to this subdivision shall not be forwarded to the Department of Justice to be included or notated in the departmentâs manual or electronic fingerprint image or criminal history record systems. Any sealing order made pursuant to this subdivision and received by the Department of Justice shall not be processed by the department. (2) The arrest record shall be updated, as follows: (A) The local summary criminal history information shall include, directly next to or below the entry or entries regarding the sealed arrest, a note stating âarrest sealedâ and providing the date that the court issued the order, and the section pursuant to which the arrest was sealed. This note shall be included in all master copies of the arrest record, digital or otherwise. (B) The state summary criminal history information shall include, directly next to or below the entry or entries regarding the sealed arrest, a note stating âarrest relief granted,â providing the date that the court issued the order and the section of the Penal Code pursuant to which the relief was granted. This note shall be included in all master copies of the arrest record, digital or otherwise. (3) A police investigative report related to the sealed arrest shall, only as to the person whose arrest was sealed, be stamped âARREST SEALED: DO NOT RELEASE OUTSIDE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SECTOR,â and shall note next to the stamp the date the arrest was sealed and the section pursuant to which the arrest was sealed. The responsible local law enforcement agency shall ensure that this note is included in all master copies, digital or otherwise, of the police investigative report related to the arrest that was sealed. (4) Court records related to the sealed arrest shall, only as to the person whose arrest was sealed, be stamped âARREST SEALED: DO NOT RELEASE OUTSIDE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SECTOR,â and shall note next to the stamp the date of the sealing and the section pursuant to which the arrest was sealed. This stamp and note shall be included on all master court dockets, digital or otherwise, relating to the arrest. (5) Arrest records, police investigative reports, and court records that are sealed under this section shall not be disclosed to any person or entity except the person whose arrest was sealed or a criminal justice agency. Nothing shall prohibit disclosure of information between criminal history providers. (6) Notwithstanding the sealing of an arrest, a criminal justice agency may continue, in the regular course of its duties, to access, furnish to other criminal justice agencies, and use, including, but not limited to, by discussing in open court and in unsealed court filings, sealed arrests, sealed arrest records, sealed police investigative reports, sealed court records, and information relating to sealed arrests, to the same extent that would
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