Section 20012 Of Division 10. Accidents And Accident Reports From California Vehicle Code >> Division 10.
20012
. All required accident reports, and supplemental reports,
shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall
be for the confidential use of the Department of Motor Vehicles and
the Department of the California Highway Patrol, except that the
Department of the California Highway Patrol or the law enforcement
agency to whom the accident was reported shall disclose the entire
contents of the reports, including, but not limited to, the names and
addresses of persons involved or injured in, or witnesses to, an
accident, the registration numbers and descriptions of vehicles
involved, the date, time and location of an accident, all diagrams,
statements of the drivers involved or occupants injured in the
accident and the statements of all witnesses, to any person who may
have a proper interest therein, including, but not limited to, the
driver or drivers involved, or the guardian or conservator thereof,
the parent of a minor driver, the authorized representative of a
driver, or to any named person injured therein, the owners of
vehicles or property damaged thereby, persons who may incur civil
liability, including liability based upon a breach of warranty
arising out of the accident, and any attorney who declares under
penalty of perjury that he or she represents any of the above
persons.
A request for a copy of an accident report shall be accompanied by
payment of a fee, provided such fee shall not exceed the actual cost
of providing the copy.