{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"7921.010","citation":"Gov. Code, § 7921.010","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1"},{"name":"DIVISION 10. ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS [7920.000. - 7931.000.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-10"},{"name":"PART 2. DISCLOSURE AND EXEMPTIONS GENERALLY [7921.000. - 7922.210.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-10/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Right of Access to Public Records [7921.000. - 7921.010.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-10/part-2/chapter-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2.   (AB 473)   Effective January 1, 2022.   Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 7931.000.","effective":"2022-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no state or local agency shall sell, exchange, furnish, or otherwise provide a public record subject to disclosure pursuant to this division to a private entity in a manner that prevents a state or local agency from providing the record directly pursuant to this division.</p><p>(b) Nothing in this section requires a state or local agency to use the State Printer to print public records.</p><p>(c) Nothing in this section prevents the destruction of a public record pursuant to law.</p><p>(d) This section shall not apply to contracts entered into before January 1, 1996, between the County of Santa Clara and a private entity, for the provision of public records subject to disclosure under this division. </p>","text":"(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no state or local agency shall sell, exchange, furnish, or otherwise provide a public record subject to disclosure pursuant to this division to a private entity in a manner that prevents a state or local agency from providing the record directly pursuant to this division. (b) Nothing in this section requires a state or local agency to use the State Printer to print public records. (c) Nothing in this section prevents the destruction of a public record pursuant to law. (d) This section shall not apply to contracts entered into before January 1, 1996, between the County of Santa Clara and a private entity, for the provision of public records subject to disclosure under this division.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/right-of-access-to-public-records-7921-010","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}