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• § 30730 — (a) (1) The department shall purchase any SKS rifle relinquished pursuant to Section 30720 from funds appropriated for this purpose by the act amending former Section 12281 in the 1997–98 Regular Sess
• § 30735 — (a) The Department of Justice shall notify all district attorneys on or before January 31, 1999, of the provisions of former Section 12281.
• § 3074 — The Legislature finds and declares that the period immediately following incarceration is critical to successful reintegration of the offender into society and to positive citizenship.
• § 3075 — (a) There is in each county a board of parole commissioners, consisting of each of the following: (1) The sheriff, or his or her designee, or, in a county with a department of corrections, the directo
• § 3076 — (a) The board may make, establish and enforce rules and regulations adopted under this article.
• § 3077 — Whenever a prisoner is sentenced in one county and incarcerated in another county, only the county in which he was sentenced shall have jurisdiction to grant parole.
• § 3078 — (a) The board shall notify the sentencing judge of an inmate’s application for parole.
• § 3079 — (a) No application for parole shall be granted or denied except by a vote of the board at a meeting at which a quorum of its members are present.
• § 308 — (a) (1) (A) (i) A person who knowingly or under circumstances in which it has knowledge, or should otherwise have grounds for knowledge, sells, gives, or in any way furnishes to another person who is
• § 308.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, no person shall sell, offer for sale, distribute, or import any tobacco product commonly referred to as “bidis” or “beedies,” unless that tobacco product is sold, of
• § 308.2 — (a) Every person who sells one or more cigarettes, other than in a sealed and properly labeled package, is guilty of an infraction.
• § 308.3 — (a) A person, firm, corporation, or business may not manufacture for sale, distribute, sell, or offer to sell any cigarette, except in a package containing at least 20 cigarettes.
• § 308.5 — (a) No person or business shall sell, lease, rent, or provide, or offer to sell, lease, rent, or otherwise offer to the public or to public establishments in this state, any video game intended for ei
• § 3080 — If any paroled prisoner leaves the county in which he is imprisoned without permission from the board granting his parole, he shall be arrested as an escaped prisoner and held as such.
• § 30800 — (a) (1) Except as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 30600), possession of any assault weapon or of any .
• § 3081 — (a) Each county board may retake and imprison any prisoner upon parole granted under the provisions of this article.
• § 3082 — Each county board may make and establish written rules and regulations for the unconditional release of and may unconditionally release any prisoner who is not a citizen or national of the United Stat
• § 3083 — Whenever the board designates deputies to serve as temporary commissioners in considering applications for parole of prisoners, such temporary commissioners or deputies may also exercise all the power
• § 3084 — Each county board may release to the State Department of Corrections for return to a state prison or correctional institution any county or city jail inmate who is a state parole violator, when notifi
• § 3085 — The members of the board may for the purpose of considering applications for parole of prisoners from city or county jails, or industrial farms, or work furlough facilities, or industrial road camps,
• § 3086 — Each county board shall not require, when setting terms or discharge dates, an admission of guilt to any crime for which an inmate was committed.
• § 3087 — No prisoner shall be paroled without supervision.
• § 3088 — A prisoner who is released on parole pursuant to this article shall be supervised by a county parole officer of the county board of parole commissioners.
• § 3089 — (a) A county parole officer who is not a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.
• § 308b — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), every person who knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered to any residence in this state any tobacco products unsolicited by any person residing therein
• § 309 — Any proprietor, keeper, manager, conductor, or person having the control of any house of prostitution, or any house or room resorted to for the purpose of prostitution, who shall admit or keep any min
• § 30900 — (a) (1) Any person who, prior to June 1, 1989, lawfully possessed an assault weapon, as defined in former Section 12276, as added by Section 3 of Chapter 19 of the Statutes of 1989, shall register the
• § 30905 — (a) Except as provided in Section 30600, any person who lawfully possesses any .
• § 30910 — Except as provided in Section 30925, no assault weapon possessed pursuant to this article may be sold or transferred on or after January 1, 1990, to anyone within this state other than to a licensed g
• § 30915 — Any person who obtains title to an assault weapon registered under this article or that was possessed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 30630 by bequest or intestate succession shall, within 90 d
• § 30920 — (a) Any person who lawfully possessed a firearm subsequently declared to be an assault weapon pursuant to former Section 12276.
• § 30925 — A person moving into this state, otherwise in lawful possession of an assault weapon, shall do one of the following: (a) Prior to bringing the assault weapon into this state, that person shall first o
• § 30930 — Except as provided in Section 30940, no .
• § 30935 — Any person who obtains title to a .
• § 30940 — A person moving into this state, otherwise in lawful possession of a .
• § 30945 — Unless a permit allowing additional uses is first obtained under Section 31000, a person who has registered an assault weapon or registered a .
• § 30950 — No person who is under the age of 18 years, and no person who is prohibited by state or federal law from possessing, receiving, owning, or purchasing a firearm, may register or possess an assault weap
• § 30955 — (a) The department’s registration procedures shall provide the option of joint registration for any assault weapon or .
• § 30960 — (a) For 90 days following January 1, 1992, a forgiveness period shall exist to allow any person specified in subdivision (b) of former Section 12280, as it reads in Section 4.
• § 30965 — (a) Any person who registered a firearm as an assault weapon pursuant to the provisions of law in effect prior to January 1, 2000, where the assault weapon is thereafter defined as an assault weapon p
• § 31 — All persons concerned in the commission of a crime, whether it be felony or misdemeanor, and whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense, or aid and abet in its commission, or, not b
• § 310 — (a) Any minor under 16 years of age who visits or attends any prizefight or place where any prizefight is advertised to take place, and any owner, lessee, or proprietor, or the agent of any owner, les
• § 310.2 — (a) Any coach, trainer, or other person acting in an official or nonofficial capacity as an adult supervisor for an athletic team consisting of minors under the age of 18 who sells, gives, or otherwis
• § 310.5 — (a) Any parent or guardian of a child who enters into an agreement on behalf of that child which is in violation of Section 1669.
• § 31000 — (a) Any person who lawfully acquired an assault weapon before June 1, 1989, or a .
• § 31005 — (a) The Department of Justice may, upon a finding of good cause, issue permits for the manufacture or sale of assault weapons or .
• § 3105 — The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall develop an Inmate Treatment and Prison-to-Employment Plan.
• § 31050 — (a) Any licensed gun dealer may take possession of any assault weapon or .
• § 31055 — In addition to the uses allowed in Article 5 (commencing with Section 30900), any licensed gun dealer who lawfully possesses an assault weapon or .
• § 311 — As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Obscene matter” means matter, taken as a whole, that to the average person, applying contemporary statewide standards, appeals to the pru
• § 311.1 — (a) Every person who knowingly sends or causes to be sent, or brings or causes to be brought, into this state for sale or distribution, or in this state possesses, prepares, publishes, produces, devel
• § 311.10 — (a) Any person who advertises for sale or distribution any obscene matter knowing that it depicts a person under the age of 18 years personally engaging in or personally simulating sexual conduct, as
• § 311.11 — (a) (1) Every person who knowingly possesses or controls any matter, representation of information, data, or image, including, but not limited to, any film, filmstrip, photograph, negative, slide, pho
• § 311.12 — (a) (1) Every person who is convicted of a violation of Section 311.
• § 311.2 — (a) Every person who knowingly sends or causes to be sent, or brings or causes to be brought, into this state for sale or distribution, or in this state possesses, prepares, publishes, produces, or pr
• § 311.3 — (a) A person is guilty of sexual exploitation of a child if that person knowingly develops, duplicates, prints, or exchanges any representation of information, data, or image, including, but not limit
• § 311.4 — (a) Every person who, with knowledge that a person is a minor, or who, while in possession of any facts on the basis of which they should reasonably know that the person is a minor, hires, employs, or
• § 311.5 — Every person who writes, creates, or solicits the publication or distribution of advertising or other promotional material, or who in any manner promotes, the sale, distribution, or exhibition of matt
• § 311.6 — Every person who knowingly engages or participates in, manages, produces, sponsors, presents or exhibits obscene live conduct to or before an assembly or audience consisting of at least one person or
• § 311.7 — Every person who, knowingly, as a condition to a sale, allocation, consignment, or delivery for resale of any paper, magazine, book, periodical, publication or other merchandise, requires that the pur
• § 311.8 — (a) It shall be a defense in any prosecution for a violation of this chapter that the act charged was committed in aid of legitimate scientific or educational purposes.
• § 311.9 — (a) Every person who violates subdivision (a) of Section 311.
• § 31100 — Any individual may arrange in advance to relinquish an assault weapon or a .
• § 31105 — (a) No peace officer or dispatcher shall broadcast over a police radio that an individual has registered, or has obtained a permit to possess, an assault weapon or .
• § 31110 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the Department of Justice shall, for every person to whom a permit is issued pursuant to this article, annually conduct an inspection for security and safe s
• § 31115 — (a) The Department of Justice shall conduct a public education and notification program regarding the registration of assault weapons and the definition of the weapons set forth in Section 30515 and f
• § 312 — Upon the conviction of the accused, the court may, when the conviction becomes final, order any matter or advertisement, in respect whereof the accused stands convicted, and which remains in the posse
• § 312.1 — In any prosecution for a violation of the provisions of this chapter or of Chapter 7.
• § 312.3 — (a) Matter that depicts a person under 18 years of age engaging in or simulating sexual conduct as defined in Section 311.
• § 312.5 — If any phrase, clause, sentence, section or provision of this chapter or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other phrase, clause, s
• § 312.6 — (a) It does not constitute a violation of this chapter for a person or entity solely to provide access or connection to or from a facility, system, or network over which that person or entity has no c
• § 312.7 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply to interstate services or to any other activities or actions for which states are prohibited from imposing liability pursuant to Paragraph (4) of su
• § 313 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Harmful matter” means matter, taken as a whole, which to the average person, applying contemporary statewide standards, appeals to the prurient interest, and is matter wh
• § 313.1 — (a) Every person who, with knowledge that a person is a minor, or who fails to exercise reasonable care in ascertaining the true age of a minor, knowingly sells, rents, distributes, sends, causes to b
• § 313.2 — (a) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any parent or guardian from distributing any harmful matter to his child or ward or permitting his child or ward to attend an exhibition of any harmful matte
• § 313.3 — It shall be a defense in any prosecution for a violation of this chapter that the act charged was committed in aid of legitimate scientific or educational purposes.
• § 313.4 — Every person who violates Section 313.
• § 313.5 — If any phrase, clause, sentence, section or provision of this chapter or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other phrase, clause, s
• § 31310 — No body armor shall be acquired by the commissioner pursuant to Section 2259.
• § 31315 — (a) Before any body armor may be purchased for use by state peace officers, the Department of Justice, after consultation with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, shall establish minimum
• § 31320 — (a) Any person engaged in the manufacture or sale of body armor may apply to the Department of Justice for certification that a particular type of body armor manufactured or sold by that person is acc
• § 31325 — Any application submitted pursuant to Section 31320 shall contain all of the following: (a) Full written reports of any investigation conducted for the purpose of determining whether the body armor is
• § 31330 — The Department of Justice, in cooperation with the office of procurement of the Department of General Services, shall establish a schedule for ballistic testing for certification pursuant to subdivisi
• § 31335 — The Department of Justice shall issue an order refusing to certify a body armor as acceptable if, after due notice to the applicant, the department finds any of the following: (a) That the body armor
• § 31340 — The Department of Justice shall issue an order revoking certification of a body armor if, after due notice to the applicant, the department finds any of the following: (a) The experience or additional
• § 31345 — (a) All purchases of certified body armor under the provisions of this chapter shall be made by the Department of General Services on behalf of an authorized state agency or department.
• § 31350 — The Department of General Services shall, pursuant to departmental regulation, after consultation with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, define the term “enforcement activities” for pur
• § 31355 — The Department of Justice shall adopt and promulgate regulations for the fair and efficient enforcement of this chapter.
• § 31360 — (a) A person who has been convicted of a violent felony under the laws of the United States, the State of California, or any other state, government, or country, who purchases, owns, or possesses body
• § 314 — Every person who willfully and lewdly, either: 1.
• § 315 — Every person who keeps a house of ill-fame in this state, resorted to for the purposes of prostitution or lewdness, or who willfully resides in such house, is guilty of a misdemeanor; and in all prose
• § 31500 — Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any person in this state who manufactures or causes to be manufactured, imports into the state, keeps for sale
• § 31590 — Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any unconventional pistol is a nuisance and is subject to Section 18010.
• § 316 — Every person who keeps any disorderly house, or any house for the purpose of assignation or prostitution, or any house of public resort, by which the peace, comfort, or decency of the immediate neighb
• § 31610 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to require that persons who obtain firearms have a basic familiarity with those firearms, including, but not limited to, the safe handl
• § 31615 — (a) A person shall not do either of the following: (1) Purchase or receive any firearm, except an antique firearm, without a valid firearm safety certificate, except that in the case of a handgun, an
• § 31620 — (a) A person shall not commit an act of collusion as specified in Section 27550.
• § 31625 — (a) A certified instructor shall not issue a firearm safety certificate to any person who has not complied with this article.
• § 31630 — (a) The department shall develop an instruction manual in English, Spanish, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Korean, Dari, and Armenian.
• § 31635 — (a) The department shall prescribe a minimum level of skill, knowledge, and competency to be required of all firearm safety certificate instructors.
• § 31640 — (a) The department shall develop a written objective test, in English, Spanish, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Korean, Dari, and Armenian, and prescribe its content, for
• § 31641 — (a) The Department of Justice shall prepare a firearm safety certificate study guide in all of the languages described in subdivision (a) of Section 31640 that explains the information covered in the
• § 31645 — (a) An applicant for a firearm safety certificate shall successfully pass the objective test referred to in Section 31640, with a passing grade of at least 75 percent.
• § 31650 — (a) The certified instructor may charge a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25), fifteen dollars ($15) of which is to be paid to the department pursuant to subdivision (c).
• § 31655 — (a) The department shall develop firearm safety certificates to be issued by instructors certified by the department to those persons who have complied with this article.
• § 31660 — (a) In the case of loss or destruction of a firearm safety certificate, the issuing instructor shall issue a duplicate certificate upon request and proof of identification to the certificate holder.
• § 31665 — The department shall be immune from any liability arising from implementing Sections 31630, 31635, 31640, and subdivision (a) of Section 31655.
• § 31670 — Except for the provisions of former Section 12804, former Article 8 (commencing with Section 12800) of Chapter 6 of Title 2 of Part 4, as added by Section 10 of Chapter 942 of the Statutes of 2001, be
• § 31700 — (a) The following persons, properly identified, are exempted from the firearm safety certificate requirement in subdivision (a) of Section 31615: (1) Any active or honorably retired peace officer, as
• § 31705 — (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to any sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms made to an authorized law enforcement representative of any city, county, city and county, or state,
• § 31710 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 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 of a cit
• § 31715 — (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 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 Contract Code
• § 31720 — (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 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 firearm pursuan
• § 31725 — (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 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 autho
• § 31730 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 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,
• § 31735 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 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 publ
• § 31740 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 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 Cha
• § 31745 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 shall not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a handgun to a person licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, where the licensee is receiving th
• § 31750 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 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
• § 31755 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 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
• § 31760 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 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 pers
• § 31765 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 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 fac
• § 31770 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to deliveries, transfers, or returns of firearms made pursuant to any of the following: (a) Sections 18000 and 18005.
• § 31780 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 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 (c
• § 31785 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 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 merchan
• § 31790 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The firearms are unloaded.
• § 318 — Whoever, through invitation or device, prevails upon any person to visit any room, building, or other places kept for the purpose of illegal gambling or prostitution, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
• § 318.5 — (a) Nothing in this code shall invalidate an ordinance of, or be construed to prohibit the adoption of an ordinance by, a county or city, if that ordinance directly regulates the exposure of the genit
• § 318.6 — (a) Nothing in this code shall invalidate an ordinance of, or be construed to prohibit the adoption of an ordinance by, a city or county, if that ordinance relates to any live acts, demonstrations, or
• § 31800 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 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 bu
• § 31805 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 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 licens
• § 31810 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to or affect the following circumstances: (a) The loan of a handgun, and commencing January 1, 2015, any firearm, to a minor by the minor’s parent or le
• § 31815 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 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.
• § 31820 — (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The firearm is unloaded.
• § 31825 — (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The firearm is unloaded.
• § 31830 — (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 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 n
• § 31833 — (a) Section 31615 does not apply to the loan of a firearm other than a handgun or semiautomatic centerfire rifle to a minor that complies with all of the conditions set forth in paragraph (4) of subdi
• § 31834 — Section 31615 does not apply to sales, deliveries, or transfers of firearms between or to importers and manufacturers of ammunition licensed to engage in that business pursuant to Chapter 44 (commenci
• § 31835 — Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the delivery, sale, or transfer of firearms when made by authorized law enforcement representatives for cities, counties, cities and counties, or of
• § 319 — A lottery is any scheme for the disposal or distribution of property by chance, among persons who have paid or promised to pay any valuable consideration for the chance of obtaining such property or a
• § 319.3 — (a) In addition to Section 319, a lottery also shall include a grab bag game which is a scheme whereby, for the disposal or distribution of sports trading cards by chance, a person pays valuable consi
• § 319.5 — Neither this chapter nor Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 330) applies to the possession or operation of a reverse vending machine.
• § 31900 — As used in this part, the “drop safety requirement for handguns” means that at the conclusion of the firing requirements for handguns described in Section 31905, the same certified independent testing
• § 31905 — (a) As used in this part, “firing requirement for handguns” means a test in which the manufacturer provides three handguns of the make and model for which certification is sought to an independent tes
• § 31910 — (a) As used in this part, “unsafe handgun” means any pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person, for which any of the following is true: (1) For a revolver: (A) It d
• § 32 — Every person who, after a felony has been committed, harbors, conceals or aids a principal in such felony, with the intent that said principal may avoid or escape from arrest, trial, conviction or pun
• § 320 — Every person who contrives, prepares, sets up, proposes, or draws any lottery, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 320.5 — (a) Nothing in this chapter applies to any raffle conducted by an eligible organization as defined in subdivision (c) for the purpose of directly supporting beneficial or charitable purposes or financ
• § 320.6 — (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Charitable purposes” excludes purposes that are intended to benefit officers, directors, or members, as defi
• § 3200 — There is and shall continue to be within the State an institution for the punishment, treatment, supervision, custody and care of females convicted of felonies to be known as “The California Instituti
• § 32000 — (a) (1) A person in this state who manufactures or causes to be manufactured, imports into the state for sale, keeps for sale, offers or exposes for sale, gives, or lends an unsafe handgun shall be pu
• § 32005 — (a) Every person who is licensed as a manufacturer of firearms pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the United States Code and who manufactures firearms in this state sh
• § 3201 — The purpose of said institution shall be to provide custody, care, protection, industrial, vocational, and other training, and reformatory help, for women confined therein.
• § 32010 — (a) Any pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person manufactured in this state, imported into the state for sale, kept for sale, or offered or exposed for sale, shall
• § 32015 — (a) On and after January 1, 2001, the Department of Justice shall compile, publish, and thereafter maintain a roster listing all of the handguns that have been tested by a certified testing laboratory
• § 3202 — As used in the sections of this Part 3 of the Penal Code providing for penal offenses and punishments therefor, the term “State prison” or “prison” shall refer to and include the California Institutio
• § 32020 — (a) The Attorney General may annually retest up to 5 percent of the handgun models that are listed on the roster described in subdivision (a) of Section 32015.
• § 32025 — A handgun model removed from the roster pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 32020 may be reinstated on the roster if all of the following are met: (a) The manufacturer petitions the Attorney Genera
• § 32030 — (a) A firearm shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 32015 if another firearm made by the same manufacturer is already listed and the unlisted firearm differs from t
• § 321 — Every person who sells, gives, or in any manner whatever, furnishes or transfers to or for any other person any ticket, chance, share, or interest, or any paper, certificate, or instrument purporting
• § 32100 — (a) Article 4 (commencing with Section 31900) and Article 5 (commencing with Section 32000) shall not apply to a single-action revolver that has at least a five-cartridge capacity with a barrel length
• § 32103 — (a) A pistol may be submitted for testing described in Section 32010 and added to the roster described in subdivision (a) of Section 32015 without being subject to the requirements of subparagraph (D)
• § 32105 — (a) The Legislature finds a significant public purpose in exempting pistols that are designed expressly for use in Olympic target shooting events.
• § 32110 — Article 4 (commencing with Section 31900) and Article 5 (commencing with Section 32000) shall not apply to any of the following: (a) The sale, loan, or transfer of any firearm pursuant to Chapter 5 (c
• § 322 — Every person who aids or assists, either by printing, writing, advertising, publishing, or otherwise in setting up, managing, or drawing any lottery, or in selling or disposing of any ticket, chance,
• § 323 — Every person who opens, sets up, or keeps, by himself or by any other person, any office or other place for the sale of, or for registering the number of any ticket in any lottery, or who, by printing
• § 32310 — (a) Except as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 32400) of this chapter and in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any person in this state who manufactures
• § 32311 — (a) Except as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 32400) of this chapter and in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, commencing January 1, 2014, any person in
• § 32315 — Upon a showing that good cause exists, the Department of Justice may issue permits for the possession, transportation, or sale between a person licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive,
• § 32390 — Except as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 32400) of this chapter and in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any large-capacity magazine is a nuisance and
• § 324 — Every person who insures or receives any consideration for insuring for or against the drawing of any ticket in any lottery whatever, whether drawn or to be drawn within this State or not, or who rece
• § 32400 — Section 32310 does not apply to the sale of, giving of, lending of, possession of, importation into this state of, or purchase of, any large-capacity magazine to or by any federal, state, county, city
• § 32405 — Section 32310 does not apply to the sale to, lending to, transfer to, purchase by, receipt of, possession of, or importation into this state of, a large-capacity magazine by a sworn peace officer, as
• § 32406 — Subdivision (c) of Section 32310 does not apply to an honorably retired sworn peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.
• § 32410 — Section 32310 does not apply to the sale, purchase, or possession of any large-capacity magazine to or by a person licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive.
• § 32415 — Section 32310 does not apply to the loan of a lawfully possessed large-capacity magazine between two individuals if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The person being loaned the large-capac
• § 32425 — Section 32310 does not apply to any of the following: (a) The lending or giving of any large-capacity magazine to a person licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, or to a gunsmith, fo
• § 32430 — Section 32310 does not apply to the possession of, importation into this state of, or sale of, any large-capacity magazine by a person who has been issued a permit to engage in those activities pursua
• § 32435 — Section 32310 does not apply to any of the following: (a) The sale of, giving of, lending of, possession of, importation into this state of, or purchase of, any large-capacity magazine, to or by any e
• § 32440 — Section 32310 does not apply to any of the following: (a) The manufacture of a large-capacity magazine for any federal, state, county, city and county, or city agency that is charged with the enforcem
• § 32445 — Section 32310 does not apply to the loan of a large-capacity magazine for use solely as a prop for a motion picture, television, or video production.
• § 32450 — Section 32310 does not apply to the purchase or possession of a large-capacity magazine by the holder of a special weapons permit issued pursuant to Section 31000, 32650, or 33300, or pursuant to Arti
• § 32455 — Section 32310 does not apply to the sale, gift, or loan of a large-capacity magazine to a person enrolled in the course of basic training prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Tr
• § 325 — All moneys and property offered for sale or distribution in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter are forfeited to the state, and may be recovered by information filed, or by an action br
• § 326 — Every person who lets, or permits to be used, any building or vessel, or any portion thereof, knowing that it is to be used for setting up, managing, or drawing any lottery, or for the purpose of sell
• § 326.5 — (a) Neither the prohibition on gambling in this chapter nor in Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 330) applies to any bingo game that is conducted in a city, county, or city and county pursuant to an
• § 32610 — Nothing in this chapter shall affect or apply to any of the following: (a) The sale to, purchase by, or possession of machineguns by a police department, a sheriff’s office, a marshal’s office, a dist
• § 32625 — (a) Any person, firm, or corporation, who within this state possesses or knowingly transports a machinegun, except as authorized by this chapter, is guilty of a public offense and upon conviction ther
• § 32650 — (a) The Department of Justice may issue permits for the possession, manufacture, and transportation or possession, manufacture, or transportation of machineguns, upon a satisfactory showing that good
• § 32655 — (a) An application for a permit under this article shall satisfy all of the following conditions: (1) It shall be filed in writing.
• § 32660 — Every person, firm, or corporation to whom a permit is issued under this article shall keep it on the person or at the place where the firearms are kept.
• § 32665 — A permit issued in accordance with this chapter may be revoked by the issuing authority at any time, when it appears that the need for the firearms has ceased or that the holder of the permit has used
• § 32670 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the Department of Justice shall, for every person, firm, or corporation to whom a permit is issued pursuant to this article, annually conduct an inspection f
• § 327 — Every person who contrives, prepares, sets up, proposes, or operates any endless chain is guilty of a public offense, and is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or in
• § 32700 — The Department of Justice may grant a license to permit the sale of machineguns at the place specified in the license, subject to all of the following conditions: (a) The business shall be carried on
• § 32705 — An application for a license under this article shall satisfy all of the following conditions: (a) It shall be filed in writing.
• § 32710 — (a) Applications and licenses under this article shall be uniform throughout the state, on forms prescribed by the Department of Justice.
• § 32715 — (a) Each applicant for a license under this article shall pay at the time of filing the application a fee determined by the Department of Justice.
• § 32720 — Upon breach of any of the conditions stated in Section 32700, a license under this article shall be revoked.