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 350.48 - Retention of Records

(a) The department shall retain a record of each request for information from a casual requester for a period of ninety (90) days from the date the request is received, and from a preapproved requester for a period of two (2) years for the date the request is received. The record retained may indicate whether the request was granted, in whole or in part, and may identify the information released, if any.

(b) Each requester code holder authorized to resell information to another requester shall maintain a monthly record of each request for information for a period of five (5) years from the date of the request, showing the date of the date of the request, the type of information requested (vehicle or vessel registration, drivers license, financial responsibility, or occupational licensing), the identity of the end user including indirect requesters, and identify the proposed use of information as approved by the department, in that order.

(c) Each requester code holder who is requesting or receiving confidential information, but who is not reselling the confidential information, shall maintain a monthly record of each request for information for a period of two (2) years from the date of the request, showing the date of the request, the requester code of the person making the request to the department, the type of information requested (vehicle or vessel registration, drivers license, financial responsibility, or occupational licensing), points of identification used for the request (e.g., license number and date of birth), and the purpose of the request, in that order.