I contacted my local California DMV office who put me in touch with the DMV Mandatory Actions Unit in Sacramento (916) 657 6525.

According to them; this is a very common request. Once the court rules; the National Driving Register (NDR) is updated with the number of points applied to a license. That information is then passed to the driver's local DMV. For California, these points can be masked by requesting the court to provide a letter with the following 4 items:

- Letter must be on court letterhead
- Must be signed and dated
- Must include the violation date
- Include the word 'dismissed'