California · Health and Safety Code - HSC

HSC §108585: (a) No person shall knowingly manufacture, sell, or offer for sale any toy that is designed to depict torture or resemble an instrument specifically designed for torture, or that specifically resemble

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

It is illegal to knowingly manufacture, sell, or offer for sale toys designed to depict torture, resemble torture instruments, bombs, or grenades. The statute exempts scale models of vehicles and spacecraft.

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(a) No person shall knowingly manufacture, sell, or offer for sale any toy that is designed to depict torture or resemble an instrument specifically designed for torture, or that specifically resembles a bomb or grenade. (b) This section shall not apply to any model of an aircraft, ship, motor vehicle, railroad engine, car, or rocketship or other spacecraft, or to any part of the model. (c) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than six hundred dollars ($600).

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