California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Article 5 - Requesting Information from the Department
Section 350.44 - Cost of Information

Universal Citation: 13 CA Code of Regs 350.44

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) Information shall be furnished to a governmental entity without charge.

(b) Nongovernmental Commercial Requester Account holders shall be charged for information according to the following schedule:

(1) Two dollars ($2) for each record requested electronically.

(2) Five dollars ($5) for each record requested in writing or by telephone.

(3) Twenty dollars ($20) for each copy of a non-electronically stored record.

(4) One hundred dollars ($100) per thousand records for a bulk request for all records which meet a specified criteria not related to a specific person or vehicle.

(c) Casual requesters shall be charged for information according to the following schedule:

(1) Two dollars ($2) for each record requested by electronic interface with the department's Internet website.

(2) Five dollars ($5) for each record requested in person or by mail.

(3) Twenty dollars ($20) for each copy of a non-electronically stored record.

(4) One hundred dollars ($100) per thousand records for a bulk request for all records that meet specified criteria not related to a specific person or vehicle.

1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering former section 320.44 to section 350.44 filed 7-19-93 pursuant to title 1, section 100, California Code of Regulations (Register 93, No. 30).
2. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 6-13-2001; operative 7-13-2001 (Register 2001, No. 24).
3. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 4-29-2002 as an emergency; operative 4-29-2002 (Register 2002, No. 18). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-27-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. A court order issued 7-3-2002 invalidated application of the amendment of 4-29-2002 to commercial requesters for electronic access to drivers' license information (Personal Insurance Federation of California et al. v. California Department of Motor Vehicles, Sacramento County Superior Court, Case No. 02CS00702).
5. Certificate of Compliance as to 4-29-2002 order transmitted to OAL 8-12-2002; withdrawn by Department of Motor Vehicles 9-23-2002. Reinstatement of section and NOTE as they existed prior to 4-29-2002 emergency amendment by operation of law 9-24-2002 (Register 2002, No. 39).
6. Amendment of subsection (b)(3), new subsection (c)(1), subsection renumbering and amendment of newly designated subsections (c)(2)-(4) filed 2-22-2010; operative 3-24-2010 (Register 2010, No. 9).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 1651 and 1810, Vehicle Code; and Section 1798.26, Civil Code. Reference: Sections 1810, 1811 and 1812, Vehicle Code; and Section 1798.26, Civil Code.

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