California

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• § 27405 — Article 1 (commencing with Section 27200) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 27300) do not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The loan is made by
• § 27410 — (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 27200) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 27300) do not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm by a law enforcement agency to a peace officer
• § 27415 — (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 27200) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 27300) do not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm by a law enforcement agency to a retiring peace
• § 27500 — (a) No person, corporation, or firm shall knowingly sell, supply, deliver, or give possession or control of a firearm to any person within any of the classes prohibited by Chapter 2 (commencing with S
• § 27505 — (a) No person, corporation, or firm shall sell, loan, or transfer a firearm to a minor, nor sell a handgun to an individual under 21 years of age.
• § 27510 — (a) A person licensed under Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, shall not sell, supply, deliver, or give possession or control of a firearm to any person who is under 21 years of age.
• § 27515 — No person, corporation, or dealer shall sell, loan, or transfer a firearm to anyone whom the person, corporation, or dealer knows or has cause to believe is not the actual purchaser or transferee of t
• § 27520 — (a) A person, corporation, or dealer shall not acquire within this state or bring into this state a firearm for the purpose of selling, loaning, or transferring the firearm, if the person, corporation
• § 27525 — (a) A dealer shall comply with Section 26905.
• § 27530 — (a) No person shall sell or otherwise transfer ownership of a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number imprinted by a federal licensee authorized to serialize firearms.
• § 27531 — The following terms have the following meanings for purposes of this article: (a) “Microstamp” means a microscopic array of characters that may be used to identify the specific serial number of a fire
• § 27532 — (a) On or before March 1, 2025, the Department of Justice shall engage in an investigation to determine the technological viability of microstamping components producing microstamps on spent cartridge
• § 27533 — (a) Commencing on January 1, 2028, if the department has determined that microstamping components, microstamping-enabled semi-automatic firearms, or both microstamping components and microstamping-ena
• § 27534 — (a) A person who modifies a microstamping-enabled pistol or microstamping component with the intent to prevent the production of a microstamp is, for a first offense, guilty of a misdemeanor punishabl
• § 27534.1 — (a) It shall be unlawful to knowingly or recklessly provide a false or misleading certification that a firearm is microstamping-enabled, as defined in Section 27531.
• § 27534.2 — The Department of Justice is authorized to adopt regulations to implement Sections 27533, 27534, 27534.
• § 27535 — (a) A person shall not make an application to purchase more than one firearm within any 30-day period.
• § 27540 — A dealer, whether or not acting pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 28050), shall not deliver a firearm to a person, as follows: (a) Within 10 days of the application to purchase, or, after
• § 27545 — Where neither party to the transaction holds a dealer’s license issued pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, the parties to the transaction shall complete the sale, loan, or transfer of that
• § 27550 — (a) No person may commit an act of collusion relating to Sections 31610 to 31700, inclusive.
• § 27555 — (a) (1) Commencing July 1, 2008, a person who is licensed pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the United States Code may not sell, deliver, or transfer a firearm to a p
• § 27560 — (a) (1) Within 60 days after bringing any firearm into this state, a personal firearm importer shall do one of the following: (A) Submit to the Department of Justice, in a form and manner prescribed b
• § 27565 — (a) This section applies in the following circumstances: (1) A person is licensed as a collector pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the United States Code and the regu
• § 27570 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that a violation of Section 27560 or 27565 shall not constitute a “continuing offense” and the statute of limitations for commencing a prosecution for a violati
• § 27573 — (a) A state officer or employee, or operator, lessee, or licensee of any state property, shall not contract for, authorize, or allow the sale of any firearm, firearm precursor part, or ammunition on s
• § 27575 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an officer, employee, operator, lessee, or licensee of the 32nd District Agricultural Association, as defined in Section 3102 of the Food and Agricultural Code, shal
• § 27575.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an officer, employee, operator, lessee, or licensee of the 31st District Agricultural Association, as defined in Section 3102 of the Food and Agricultural Code, shal
• § 27585 — (a) Commencing January 1, 2015, a resident of this state shall not import into this state, bring into this state, or transport into this state, any firearm that the person purchased or otherwise obtai
• § 27590 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), (c), or (e), a violation of this article is a misdemeanor.
• § 27595 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), commencing on July 1, 2026, a firearms dealer licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26920, shall not sell, offer for sale, exchange, give, transfer, or deli
• § 27595.1 — The Department of Justice is authorized to adopt regulations to implement Section 27595.
• § 2760 — The Department of Transportation of the State of California may employ or cause to be employed, prisoners confined in the state prisons in the improvement and maintenance of any state highway.
• § 2760.1 — “Department,” as used in this article, means the Department of Transportation.
• § 27600 — (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) does not apply to any sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms made to, or the importation of firearms by, an authorized law enforcement representative of
• § 27605 — Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The loan is made by an authorized law enforcement representative
• § 2761 — The Director of Corrections shall determine which prisoners shall be eligible for employment by the Department of Transportation in the improvement and maintenance of state highways, and shall establi
• § 27610 — (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm by a law enforcement agency to a peace officer pursuant to Section 10334 of the Public Cont
• § 27615 — (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm by a law enforcement agency to a retiring peace officer who is authorized to carry a firear
• § 2762 — The Director of Corrections shall fix a daily rate to be expended for convict labor, and when so fixed, the Department of Transportation shall monthly set aside funds to the director to pay for this l
• § 27620 — Section 27545 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm when made by an authorized law enforcement representative of a city, county, city and county, or of the state or federal go
• § 2765 — When any prisoner shall wilfully violate the terms of his employment or the rules and regulations of the Department of Corrections, the Director of Corrections may in his discretion determine what por
• § 27650 — (a) The waiting period described in Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms made to any person who satisfies both of the following requirements: (1) The person is p
• § 2766 — This article is not intended to restore, in whole or in part, the civil rights of any prisoner used hereunder, and such article shall not be so construed.
• § 27660 — (a) The waiting period described in Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a handgun, and commencing January 1, 2014, any firearm, by a dealer in either of the following si
• § 27665 — (a) The waiting period described in Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm to the holder of a special weapons permit issued by the Department of Justice pursuant
• § 2767 — No prisoner while engaged in such construction, maintenance and improvement of a state highway shall drive a motor truck or other vehicle or wagon outside of the limits established for the camp or con
• § 27670 — (a) The waiting period described in Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, loan, or transfer of a firearm if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The firearm is a curio or r
• § 2768 — Said prisoners when employed under the provisions of this article shall not be used for the purpose of building any bridge or structure of like character which requires the employment of skilled labor
• § 277 — The following definitions apply for the purposes of this chapter: (a) “Child” means a person under the age of 18 years.
• § 2770 — The Department of Transportation shall designate and supervise all road work done under the provisions of this article.
• § 27700 — Section 27540 does not apply to sales, deliveries, or transfers of firearms between or to importers and manufacturers of firearms licensed to engage in that business pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing
• § 27705 — Section 27540 does not apply to the delivery of a firearm to a gunsmith for service or repair, or to the return of the firearm to its owner by the gunsmith, or to the delivery of a firearm by a gunsmi
• § 2771 — The Director of Corrections shall have full jurisdiction at all times over the discipline and control of the prisoners employed on said roads.
• § 27715 — Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of unloaded firearms by a dealer to a person who resides outside this state and is licensed pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Sect
• § 2772 — Any person who, without authority, interferes with or in any way interrupts the work of any prisoners employed pursuant to this article, and any person not authorized by law, who gives or attempts to
• § 27720 — Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of unloaded firearms to a wholesaler if the firearms are being returned to the wholesaler and are intended as merchandise in the wholesa
• § 27725 — Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The firearms are unloaded.
• § 27730 — Until January 1, 2014, Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of an unloaded firearm, other than a handgun, by a dealer to himself or herself.
• § 27735 — Section 27540 does not apply to the loan of an unloaded firearm by a dealer who also operates a target facility that holds a business or regulatory license on the premises of the building designated i
• § 27740 — Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm regulated pursuant to any of the following statutes, if the sale, delivery, or transfer of that firearm is conducted in acc
• § 27745 — (a) Section 27540 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The firearm is unloaded.
• § 27750 — (a) Section 27540 does not apply to the loan of an unloaded firearm to a consultant-evaluator by a person licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, if the loan does not exceed 45 days f
• § 278 — Every person, not having a right to custody, who maliciously takes, entices away, keeps, withholds, or conceals any child with the intent to detain or conceal that child from a lawful custodian shall
• § 278.5 — (a) Every person who takes, entices away, keeps, withholds, or conceals a child and maliciously deprives a lawful custodian of a right to custody, or a person of a right to visitation, shall be punish
• § 278.6 — (a) At the sentencing hearing following a conviction for a violation of Section 278 or 278.
• § 278.7 — (a) Section 278.
• § 2780 — Any department, division, bureau, commission or other agency of the State of California or the Federal Government may use or cause to be used convicts confined in the state prisons to perform work nec
• § 2780.1 — Money received from the rendering of services under the prison camp work program shall be paid to the Treasurer monthly and shall be credited to the support appropriation of the prison rendering such
• § 2780.5 — The Director of Corrections may, during declared fire emergencies, allow the Director of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to use prisoners for fire suppression efforts outside of the bou
• § 2780.6 — (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (9) of subdivision (a) of Section 3370 of the Labor Code, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, shall, pursuant to subdivision (b), pay a death benefit in an
• § 27805 — (a) Section 27555 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The firearm is unloaded.
• § 2781 — The Director of Corrections shall determine which prisoners shall be eligible for employment under Section 2780, and shall establish and modify lists of prisoners eligible for such employment.
• § 27810 — (a) Section 27555 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The firearm is unloaded.
• § 27815 — (a) Section 27555 does not apply to the loan of an unloaded firearm to a consultant-evaluator by a person licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, if the loan does not exceed 45 days f
• § 2782 — The director may fix a daily rate to be expended for such convict labor, and when so fixed, the agency shall monthly set aside funds to the director to pay for such labor, and where no funds are avail
• § 27820 — (a) Section 27555 does not apply to the sale, loan, or transfer of a firearm by or to a person who is licensed as a collector pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the Un
• § 27825 — Section 27555 does not apply to the delivery of a firearm to a gunsmith for service or repair, or to the return of the firearm to its owner by the gunsmith, or to the delivery of a firearm by a gunsmi
• § 27830 — Section 27555 does not apply where the transferor and the transferee are the same person or corporation.
• § 27835 — Section 27555 does not apply where the transfer is to or from a person who has a valid entertainment firearms permit and the transfer involves the loan or return of a firearm used solely as a prop in
• § 2785 — Whenever prisoners are paid for their labor under this article and a prisoner wilfully violates the terms of his employment or the rules of the camp or the Department of Corrections the Director of Co
• § 27850 — (a) Section 27545 does not apply to a sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms if both of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The sale, delivery, or transfer is to an authorized representativ
• § 27855 — Section 27545 does not apply to the sale, delivery, loan, or transfer of a firearm made by an authorized law enforcement representative of a city, county, city and county, or state, or of the federal
• § 2786 — All money received pursuant to this article in the Inmate Welfare Fund of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is hereby appropriated for educational, recreational, and other purposes desc
• § 2786.1 — The secretary shall make weight training equipment available to inmates assigned to fire suppression efforts pursuant to this article.
• § 2786.5 — (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (A) The Youth Offender Program Camp Pilot Program was launched by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in August 2023 at G
• § 27860 — Section 27545 does not apply to the sale, delivery, loan, or transfer of a firearm made by any person other than a representative of an authorized law enforcement agency to any public or private nonpr
• § 27865 — Section 27545 does not apply to sales, deliveries, or transfers of firearms between or to importers and manufacturers of firearms licensed to engage in that business pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing
• § 2787 — The agency providing work for convicts under this article shall designate and supervise all work done under the provisions of this article.
• § 27875 — (a) Section 27545 does not apply to the transfer of a firearm by gift, bequest, intestate succession, or other means from one individual to another, if all of the following requirements are met: (1) T
• § 2788 — The director shall have full jurisdiction at all times over the discipline and control of the convicts performing work under this article.
• § 27880 — Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (a) The loan is to a spouse, registered domestic partner, or any of the following relations, w
• § 27881 — Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following conditions are met: (a) If the firearm being loaned is a handgun, the handgun is registered to the person making the loan
• § 27882 — (a) Section 27545 does not apply to the transfer of a firearm if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The firearm is voluntarily and temporarily transferred to another person who is 18 y
• § 27883 — Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm provided all of the following requirements are met: (a) The firearm being loaned is lawfully owned by the person making the loan pursuant to Secti
• § 27885 — Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following conditions exist: (a) The person loaning the firearm is at all times within the presence of the person being loaned the fi
• § 27890 — Section 27545 does not apply to the delivery of a firearm to a gunsmith for service or repair, or to the return of the firearm to its owner by the gunsmith, or to the delivery of a firearm by a gunsmi
• § 27895 — Section 27545 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (a) The sale, delivery, or transfer is made by a person who resides in t
• § 279 — A violation of Section 278 or 278.
• § 279.1 — The offenses enumerated in Sections 278 and 278.
• § 279.5 — When a person is arrested for an alleged violation of Section 278 or 278.
• § 279.6 — (a) A law enforcement officer may take a child into protective custody under any of the following circumstances: (1) It reasonably appears to the officer that a person is likely to conceal the child,
• § 2790 — Any person, who, without authority, interferes with or in any way interrupts the work of any convict used pursuant to this article and any person not authorized by law, who gives or attempts to give t
• § 27900 — Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm other than a handgun at an auction, raffle, or similar event conducted by a nonprofit public benefit or mutual benefit corporation organized pursu
• § 27905 — Section 27545 does not apply to the transfer of a firearm if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (a) The firearm is not a handgun.
• § 2791 — This article is not intended to restore, in whole or in part, the civil rights of any convict used hereunder, and such article shall not be so construed.
• § 27910 — Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm to a person 18 years of age or older for the purposes of shooting at targets if the loan occurs on the premises of a target facility that holds a
• § 2792 — Camps may be established under this article for the employment of paroled prisoners.
• § 27920 — (a) Section 27545 does not apply to a person who takes title or possession of a firearm by operation of law if the person is not prohibited by state or federal law from possessing, receiving, owning,
• § 27922 — (a) Section 27545 does not apply to a person who takes possession of a firearm and subsequently delivers that firearm to a law enforcement agency if all of the following requirements are met: (1) The
• § 27925 — (a) Section 27545 does not apply to a person who takes possession of a firearm by operation of law in a representative capacity who subsequently transfers ownership of the firearm to himself or hersel
• § 27930 — Section 27545 does not apply to deliveries, transfers, or returns of firearms made pursuant to any of the following: (a) Sections 18000 and 18005.
• § 27935 — Section 27545 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of unloaded firearms to a wholesaler as merchandise in the wholesaler’s business by a manufacturer or importer licensed to engage in tha
• § 27937 — Section 27545 does not apply to sales, deliveries, or transfers of firearms made pursuant to Section 26556.
• § 27940 — Section 27545 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm regulated pursuant to any of the following statutes, if the sale, delivery, or transfer of that firearm is conducted in acc
• § 27945 — Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm to a minor in compliance with the applicable exemptions set forth in Section 27505.
• § 27950 — Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm, other than a handgun, to a licensed hunter for use by that hunter for a period of time not to exceed the duration of the hunting season for which
• § 27955 — Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (a) The loan is infrequent, as defined in Section 16730.
• § 27960 — (a) Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The firearm is unloaded.
• § 27963 — Section 27545 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms between or to manufacturers of ammunition licensed to engage in that business pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Sectio
• § 27966 — If all of the following requirements are satisfied, Section 27545 shall not apply to the sale, loan, or transfer of a firearm: (a) The firearm is not a handgun.
• § 27970 — Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if the loan of the firearm is to a person enrolled in the course of basic training prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Tra
• § 28 — (a) Evidence of mental disease, mental defect, or mental disorder shall not be admitted to show or negate the capacity to form any mental state, including, but not limited to, purpose, intent, knowled
• § 280 — Every person who willfully causes or permits the removal or concealment of any child in violation of Section 8713, 8803, or 8910 of the Family Code shall be punished as follows: (a) By imprisonment in
• § 2800 — There is hereby continued in existence within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation the California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Authority.
• § 2800.5 — The Prison Industry Authority shall be known as the California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Authority.
• § 28000 — (a) A person who is exempt from Section 27545 or is otherwise not required by law to report the acquisition or ownership of a firearm may submit that information to the Department of Justice in a mann
• § 2801 — The purposes of the authority are: (a) To develop and operate industrial, agricultural, and service enterprises employing prisoners in institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correcti
• § 28010 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that current practices and statutes authorize the purchase, registration, and ownership of firearms by an individual, but not by a business entity.
• § 28012 — (a) A PPO may be the registered owner of a firearm if the PPO is registered with the department pursuant to procedures established by the department.
• § 28014 — The department shall charge a fee not to exceed the reasonable costs to the department for filing and processing a COA, and for the costs incurred in the implementation and administration of this chap
• § 28016 — (a) If the PPO ceases to do business, ceases to possess a valid PPO license issued by the bureau that is not suspended, revoked, expired, inactive, delinquent, or canceled, ceases as a business entity
• § 28018 — Notwithstanding any other law, an assignment of a firearm pursuant to this chapter shall not constitute a loan, sale, or transfer of a firearm.
• § 2802 — Commencing July 1, 2005, there is hereby continued in existence within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation a California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Board.
• § 28020 — (a) Within 48 hours of the PPO’s request, for any reason, or within 48 hours of separation of employment or revocation of the firearm qualification card, the security guard shall return to the PPO the
• § 28022 — (a) The director, through his or her designee, may assess an administrative fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) against a PPO or a security guard for each willful violation of this chapter.
• § 28024 — This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2016.
• § 2803 — The Secretary of the Department Corrections and Rehabilitation shall be the chairperson of the board.
• § 2804 — The appointed members of the board shall receive a per diem to be determined by the chairperson, but not less than the usual per diem rate allowed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation e
• § 2805 — The authority shall assume jurisdiction over the operation of all industrial, agricultural, and service operations formerly under the jurisdiction of the Correctional Industries Commission.
• § 28050 — (a) A person shall complete any sale, loan, or transfer of a firearm through a person licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, in accordance with this chapter in order to comply with S
• § 28055 — (a) For a sale, loan, or transfer conducted pursuant to this chapter, the purchaser or transferee or person being loaned the firearm may be required by the dealer to pay a fee not to exceed ten dollar
• § 2806 — (a) There is hereby constituted a permanent revolving fund in the sum of not less than seven hundred thirty thousand dollars ($730,000), to be known as the California Correctional Training and Rehabil
• § 28060 — The Attorney General shall adopt regulations under this chapter to do all of the following: (a) Allow the seller or transferor or the person loaning the firearm, and the purchaser or transferee or the
• § 28065 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a dealer who does not sell, transfer, or keep an inventory of handguns is not required to process private party transfers of handguns.
• § 2807 — (a) The authority is hereby authorized and empowered to operate industrial, agricultural, and service enterprises which will provide products and services needed by the state, or any political subdivi
• § 28070 — A violation of this chapter by a dealer is a misdemeanor.
• § 2808 — The board, in the exercise of its duties, shall have all of the powers and do all of the things that the board of directors of a private corporation would do, except as specifically limited in this ar
• § 2809 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing July 1, 2005, the authority may recruit and employ civilian staff that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this article, and shall esta
• § 281 — (a) Every person having a spouse living, who marries or enters into a registered domestic partnership with any other person, except in the cases specified in Section 282, is guilty of bigamy.
• § 2810 — Commencing July 1, 2005, the general manager, with the approval of the Department of Finance, may authorize the borrowing of money by the authority for purposes of any of the following: (a) Operating
• § 2810.5 — Notwithstanding any other law, commencing July 1, 2005, the Pooled Money Investment Board, or its successor, may grant loans to the authority when money is appropriated for that purpose by the Legisla
• § 28100 — (a) As required by the Department of Justice, every dealer shall keep a register or record of electronic or telephonic transfer in which shall be entered the information prescribed in Article 2 (comme
• § 28105 — (a) (1) The register required by Section 28100 shall be prepared by and obtained from the State Printer.
• § 2811 — (a) Commencing July 1, 2005, the director shall adopt and maintain a compensation schedule for inmate employees.
• § 28110 — (a) The State Printer upon issuing a register shall forward to the Department of Justice both of the following: (1) The name and business address of the dealer.
• § 2812 — It is unlawful for any person to sell, expose for sale, or offer for sale within this state, any article or articles manufactured wholly or in part by convict or other prison labor, except articles th
• § 2813 — The director may provide for the manufacture of small articles of handiwork by the prisoners out of raw materials purchased by the prisoners with their own funds or funds borrowed from the Inmates’ We
• § 2813.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter except subdivision (i) of Section 2808, and notwithstanding subdivision ( l ) of Section 22851.
• § 2814 — Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, products and byproducts of agricultural and animal husbandry enterprises, except nursery stock, may be sold to private persons, at public or private sale
• § 2815 — Commencing July 1, 2005, the authority may, under rules prescribed by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, dispose of products developed from the operations of industrial
• § 28150 — As used in this article, the following words have the following meanings: (a) “Purchase” means the purchase, loan, or transfer of a firearm.
• § 28155 — The Department of Justice shall prescribe the form of the register and the record of electronic transfer pursuant to Section 28105.
• § 2816 — (a) With the approval of the Department of Finance, there shall be transferred to, or deposited in, the California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Revolving Fund for purposes authorized by th
• § 28160 — (a) For all firearms, the register or record of electronic transfer shall include all of the following information: (1) The date and time of sale.
• § 2817 — The Inmate and Ward Construction Revolving Account is hereby created in the California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Revolving Fund, established in Section 2806, to receive funds transferre
• § 28170 — Where the register is used, the following shall apply: (a) Dealers shall use ink to complete each document.
• § 28175 — The dealer or salesperson making a sale shall ensure that all required information has been obtained from the purchaser.
• § 2818 — The New Industries Revolving Account is hereby created in the California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Revolving Fund to receive General Fund or other public money transferred or deposited
• § 28180 — (a) The purchaser’s name, date of birth, and driver’s license or identification number shall be obtained electronically from the magnetic strip on the purchaser’s driver’s license or identification an
• § 282 — Section 281 does not extend to any of the following: (a) To any person by reason of any former marriage or former registered domestic partnership whose spouse by such marriage or registered domestic p
• § 28200 — As used in this article, the following words have the following meanings: (a) “Purchase” means the purchase, loan, or transfer of a firearm.
• § 28205 — (a) Until January 1, 1998, the Department of Justice shall determine the method by which a dealer shall submit firearm purchaser information to the department.
• § 28210 — (a) (1) Where the register is used, the purchaser of any firearm shall be required to present to the dealer clear evidence of the person’s identity and age.
• § 28215 — (a) (1) Where the electronic or telephonic transfer of applicant information is used, the purchaser shall be required to present to the dealer clear evidence of the person’s identity and age.
• § 28220 — (a) (1) Upon submission of firearm purchaser information, the Department of Justice shall examine its records, as well as those records that it is authorized to request from the State Department of St
• § 28225 — (a) The Department of Justice may require the dealer to charge each firearm purchaser a fee not to exceed one dollar ($1), except that the fee may be increased at a rate not to exceed any increase in
• § 28230 — (a) The Department of Justice may charge a fee sufficient to reimburse it for each of the following but not to exceed fourteen dollars ($14), except that the fee may be increased at a rate not to exce
• § 28233 — (a) The Department of Justice may, in addition to the fee described in Sections 28225 and 28230, require a dealer to charge each firearm purchaser a fee in the amount of thirty-one dollars and ninetee
• § 28235 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 28233, moneys received by the department pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the Dealers’ Record of Sale Special Account of the General Fund, which i
• § 28240 — Except as otherwise specified, each fee prescribed in this article shall only be charged once for a single transaction on the same date for taking title or possession of any number of firearms.
• § 28245 — Whenever the Department of Justice acts pursuant to this article as it pertains to firearms other than handguns, the department’s acts or omissions shall be deemed to be discretionary within the meani
• § 28250 — (a) Any person who does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor: (1) Furnishing a fictitious name or address for the register under Section 28210 or the electronic or telephonic transfer under
• § 28255 — Commencing January 1, 2014, if after the conclusion of the waiting period described in Sections 26815 and 27540, the individual named in the application as the purchaser of the firearm takes possessio
• § 283 — Bigamy is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in the state prison.
• § 28300 — (a) The Firearms Safety and Enforcement Special Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury and shall be administered by the Department of Justice.
• § 284 — Every person who knowingly and willfully marries or enters into a registered domestic partnership with the spouse of another, in any case in which such spouse would be punishable under the provisions
• § 28400 — (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 28100), Article 2 (commencing with Section 28150), Article 3 (commencing with Section 28200), and Article 4 (commencing with Section 28300) do not apply to any s
• § 28405 — Article 1 (commencing with Section 28100), Article 2 (commencing with Section 28150), Article 3 (commencing with Section 28200), and Article 4 (commencing with Section 28300) do not apply to the loan
• § 28410 — (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 28100), Article 2 (commencing with Section 28150), Article 3 (commencing with Section 28200), and Article 4 (commencing with Section 28300) do not apply to the s
• § 28415 — (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 28100), Article 2 (commencing with Section 28150), Article 3 (commencing with Section 28200), and Article 4 (commencing with Section 28300) do not apply to the s
• § 28450 — (a) Commencing January 1, 2008, the Department of Justice shall keep a centralized list of persons who identify themselves as being licensed pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Tit
• § 28455 — Any person furnishing a fictitious name, knowingly furnishing any incorrect information, or knowingly omitting any information for the declaration under paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 284
• § 28460 — (a) Commencing January 1, 2008, the department shall assess an annual fee of one hundred fifteen dollars ($115) to cover its costs of maintaining the centralized list of exempted federal firearms lice
• § 28465 — (a) Any person licensed pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the United States Code as a dealer, importer, or manufacturer of firearms whose licensed premises are within
• § 28470 — (a) All persons on the centralized list of exempted federal firearms licensees prescribed by Section 28450 shall record and keep on file for three years, the verification number that shall accompany f
• § 28475 — Information compiled from the list described in Section 28450 shall be made available for the following purposes: (a) Requests from local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies and the duly cons
• § 28480 — (a) The department may conduct onsite inspections at the business premises of a person on the centralized list described in Section 28450 to determine compliance with firearms laws pursuant to the pro
• § 28485 — The department may remove from the centralized list described in Section 28450 any person who violates a provision listed in Section 16575.