Department of Motor Vehicles: records: confidentiality.

Existing law requires the residence address in a record of the Department of Motor Vehicles to be kept confidential, with specified exceptions. One exception applies to a financial institution that states that it has obtained a written waiver signed by the individual whose address is requested. Another exception applies to an insurance company when the company requests the information for the purpose of obtaining the address of another motorist or vehicle owner involved in an accident with their insured. This bill would require the department to submit a report to the Legislature on January 1, 2011 regarding all requests made to it in the 2010 calendar year pursuant to the above exceptions.