Code of Massachusetts Regulations
803 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SERVICES
Title 803 CMR 2.00 - Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI)
Section 2.24 - Confidentiality and Privacy of CORI

(1) A requestor shall not request an individual's CORI before obtaining that individual's authorization, except when requesting Open Access CORI. This prohibition does not apply to a request by a criminal justice agency made for an authorized criminal justice purpose.

(2) Restrictions on access to and dissemination of an individual's CORI shall terminate upon the individual's death. Upon request, and with a valid death certificate or reasonable proof of death as determined by DCJIS, any person or entity may access a deceased individual's entire CORI.