California

Penal Code

5,800 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1491 — Any judge before whom a person who has been committed upon a criminal charge may be brought on a writ of habeas corpus, if the same is bailable, may take an undertaking of bail from such person as in
• § 1492 — If a party brought before the Court or Judge on the return of the writ is not entitled to his discharge, and is not bailed, where such bail is allowable, the Court or Judge must remand him to custody
• § 1493 — In cases where any party is held under illegal restraint or custody, or any other person is entitled to the restraint or custody of such party, the Judge or Court may order such party to be committed
• § 1494 — Until judgment is given on the return, the Court or Judge before whom any party may be brought on such writ may commit him to the custody of the Sheriff of the county, or place him in such care or und
• § 1495 — No writ of habeas corpus can be disobeyed for defect of form, if it sufficiently appear therefrom in whose custody or under whose restraint the party imprisoned or restrained is, the officer or person
• § 1496 — No person who has been discharged by the order of the Court or Judge upon habeas corpus can be again imprisoned, restrained, or kept in custody for the same cause, except in the following cases: 1.
• § 1497 — When it appears to any court, or judge, authorized by law to issue the writ of habeas corpus, that any one is illegally held in custody, confinement, or restraint, and that there is reason to believe
• § 1498 — The Court or Judge may also insert in such warrant a command for the apprehension of the person charged with such illegal detention and restraint.
• § 1499 — The officer to whom such warrant is delivered must execute it by bringing the person therein named before the Court or Judge who directed the issuing of such warrant.
• § 15 — A crime or public offense is an act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it, and to which is annexed, upon conviction, either of the following punishments: 1.
• § 1500 — The person alleged to have such party under illegal confinement or restraint may make return to such warrant as in case of a writ of habeas corpus, and the same may be denied, and like allegations, pr
• § 15001 — (a) The construction of a memorial to California peace officers on the grounds of the State Capitol is hereby authorized.
• § 15003 — Peace officer memorial ceremonies, including the dedication of the memorial and any subsequent ceremonies, shall be conducted by the California Peace Officers’ Memorial Foundation, Inc.
• § 1501 — If such party is held under illegal restraint or custody, he must be discharged; and if not, he must be restored to the care or custody of the person entitled thereto.
• § 1502 — Any writ or process authorized by this Chapter may be issued and served on any day or at any time.
• § 1503 — All writs, warrants, process, and subpoenas authorized by the provisions of this Chapter must be issued by the Clerk of the Court, and, except subpoenas, must be sealed with the seal of such Court, an
• § 1504 — All such writs and process, when made returnable before a Judge, must be returned before him at the county seat, and there heard and determined.
• § 1505 — If the officer or person to whom a writ of habeas corpus is directed, refuses obedience to the command thereof, he shall forfeit and pay to the person aggrieved a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollar
• § 1506 — An appeal may be taken to the court of appeal by the people from a final order of a superior court made upon the return of a writ of habeas corpus discharging a defendant or otherwise granting all or
• § 1507 — Where an application for a writ of habeas corpus has been made by or on behalf of any person other than a defendant in a criminal case, an appeal may be taken to the court of appeal from a final order
• § 1508 — (a) A writ of habeas corpus issued by the Supreme Court or a judge thereof may be made returnable before the issuing judge or his court, before any court of appeal or judge thereof, or before any supe
• § 1509 — (a) This section applies to any petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by a person in custody pursuant to a judgment of death.
• § 1509.1 — (a) Either party may appeal the decision of a superior court on an initial petition under Section 1509 to the court of appeal.
• § 151 — (a) Any person who advocates the willful and unlawful killing or injuring of a peace officer, with the specific intent to cause the willful and unlawful killing or injuring of a peace officer, and suc
• § 1510 — The denial of a motion made pursuant to Section 995 or 1538.
• § 1511 — If in a felony case the superior court sets the trial beyond the period of time specified in Section 1049.
• § 1512 — (a) In addition to petitions for a writ of mandate, prohibition, or review which the people are authorized to file pursuant to any other statute or pursuant to any court decision, the people may also
• § 152 — (a) Every person who, having knowledge of an accidental death, actively conceals or attempts to conceal that death, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not
• § 152.3 — (a) Any person who reasonably believes that he or she has observed the commission of any of the following offenses where the victim is a child under 14 years of age shall notify a peace officer, as de
• § 1523 — A search warrant is an order in writing, in the name of the people, signed by a magistrate, directed to a peace officer, commanding him or her to search for a person or persons, a thing or things, or
• § 1524 — (a) A search warrant may be issued upon any of the following grounds: (1) When the property was stolen or embezzled.
• § 1524.1 — (a) The primary purpose of the testing and disclosure provided in this section is to benefit the victim of a crime by informing the victim whether the defendant is infected with HIV.
• § 1524.2 — (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) The terms “electronic communication services” and “remote computing services” shall be construed in accordance with th
• § 1524.3 — (a) A provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service, as used in Chapter 121 (commencing with Section 2701) of Title 18 of the United States Code, shall disclose to a governm
• § 1524.4 — (a) This section applies to a service provider that is subject to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Chapter 3.
• § 1525 — A search warrant cannot be issued but upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person to be searched or searched for, and particularly describing the property, thing, or t
• § 1526 — (a) Before issuing the search warrant, the magistrate may examine on oath the person seeking the warrant and any witnesses the person may produce, and shall take his or her affidavit or their affidavi
• § 1527 — The affidavit or affidavits must set forth the facts tending to establish the grounds of the application, or probable cause for believing that they exist.
• § 1528 — (a) If the magistrate is thereupon satisfied of the existence of the grounds of the application, or that there is probable cause to believe their existence, he or she must issue a search warrant, sign
• § 1529 — The warrant shall be in substantially the following form: County of ____.
• § 153 — Every person who, having knowledge of the actual commission of a crime, takes money or property of another, or any gratuity or reward, or any engagement, or promise thereof, upon any agreement or unde
• § 1530 — A search warrant may in all cases be served by any of the officers mentioned in its directions, but by no other person, except in aid of the officer on his requiring it, he being present and acting in
• § 1531 — The officer may break open any outer or inner door or window of a house, or any part of a house, or anything therein, to execute the warrant, if, after notice of his authority and purpose, he is refus
• § 1532 — He may break open any outer or inner door or window of a house, for the purpose of liberating a person who, having entered to aid him in the execution of the warrant, is detained therein, or when nece
• § 1533 — Upon a showing of good cause, the magistrate may, in his or her discretion, insert a direction in a search warrant that it may be served at any time of the day or night.
• § 1534 — (a) A search warrant shall be executed and returned within 10 days after date of issuance.
• § 1535 — When the officer takes property under the warrant, he must give a receipt for the property taken (specifying it in detail) to the person from whom it was taken by him, or in whose possession it was fo
• § 1536 — All property or things taken on a warrant must be retained by the officer in his custody, subject to the order of the court to which he is required to return the proceedings before him, or of any othe
• § 1536.5 — (a) If a government agency seizes business records from an entity pursuant to a search warrant, the entity from which the records were seized may file a demand on that government agency to produce cop
• § 1537 — The officer must forthwith return the warrant to the magistrate, and deliver to him a written inventory of the property taken, made publicly or in the presence of the person from whose possession it w
• § 1538 — The magistrate must thereupon, if required, deliver a copy of the inventory to the person from whose possession the property was taken, and to the applicant for the warrant.
• § 1538.5 — (a) (1) A defendant may move for the return of property or to suppress as evidence any tangible or intangible thing obtained as a result of a search or seizure on either of the following grounds: (A)
• § 1539 — (a) If a special hearing is held in a felony case pursuant to Section 1538.
• § 154 — (a) Every debtor who fraudulently removes his or her property or effects out of this state, or who fraudulently sells, conveys, assigns or conceals his or her property with intent to defraud, hinder o
• § 1540 — If it appears that the property taken is not the same as that described in the warrant, or that there is no probable cause for believing the existence of the grounds on which the warrant was issued, t
• § 1541 — The magistrate must annex the affidavit, or affidavits, the search warrant and return, and the inventory, and if he has not power to inquire into the offense in respect to which the warrant was issued
• § 1542 — When a person charged with a felony is supposed by the magistrate before whom he is brought to have on his person a dangerous weapon, or anything which may be used as evidence of the commission of the
• § 1542.5 — Notwithstanding any other law, with regards to a search warrant issued upon the grounds specified in paragraph (14) of subdivision (a) of Section 1524, the following shall apply: (a) The law enforceme
• § 1543 — (a) Records of the identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of any patient maintained by a health care facility which are not privileged records required to be secured by the special master proced
• § 1544 — A law enforcement agency applying for disclosure of patient records under Section 1543 may petition the court for an extraordinary order delaying the notice of the application to the health care facil
• § 1545 — For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “Health care facility” means any clinic, health dispensary, or health facility, licensed pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 1200) of the Health and S
• § 1546 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) An “adverse result” means any of the following: (1) Danger to the life or physical safety of an individual.
• § 1546.1 — (a) Except as provided in this section, a government entity shall not do any of the following: (1) Compel the production of or access to electronic communication information from a service provider.
• § 1546.2 — (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any government entity that executes a warrant, or obtains electronic information in an emergency pursuant to Section 1546.
• § 1546.4 — (a) Any person in a trial, hearing, or proceeding may move to suppress any electronic information obtained or retained in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution or of this
• § 1546.5 — (a) A California corporation or a corporation whose principal executive offices are located in California that provides electronic communications services shall not, in California, provide records, in
• § 1547 — (a) The Governor may offer a reward of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), payable out of the General Fund, for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any of the following: (1
• § 1548 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Governor” means any person performing the functions of Governor by authority of the law of this State.
• § 1548.1 — Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the Constitution of the United States, and the laws of the United States, it is the duty of the Governor of this State to have arrested and delivered up to t
• § 1548.2 — No demand for the extradition of a person charged with crime in another State shall be recognized by the Governor unless it is in writing alleging that the accused was present in the demanding State a
• § 1548.3 — When a demand is made upon the Governor of this State by the executive authority of another State for the surrender of a person so charged with crime, the Governor may call upon the Attorney General o
• § 1549 — When it is desired to have returned to this state a person charged in this state with a crime, and the person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings then pending against him or her in ano
• § 1549.1 — The Governor of this state may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person in this state charged in the other state in the manner provided in Section 1548.
• § 1549.15 — For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Gender-affirming health care” and “gender-affirming mental health care” have the same meaning as in paragraph (3) of
• § 1549.2 — If a demand conforms to the provisions of this chapter, the Governor or agent authorized in writing by the Governor whose authorization has been filed with the Secretary of State shall sign a warrant
• § 1549.3 — Such warrant shall authorize the peace officer or other person to whom it is directed: (a) To arrest the accused at any time and any place where he may be found within the State; (b) To command the ai
• § 155 — (a) Every person against whom an action is pending, or against whom a judgment has been rendered for the recovery of any personal property, who fraudulently conceals, sells, or disposes of that proper
• § 155.5 — (a) Any defendant who is ordered to pay any fine or restitution in connection with the commission of a misdemeanor and who, after the plea or judgment and prior to sentencing, or during the period tha
• § 1550.1 — No person arrested upon such warrant shall be delivered over to the agent of the executive authority demanding him unless he is first taken forthwith before a magistrate, who shall inform him of the d
• § 1550.2 — Any officer or other person entrusted with a Governor’s warrant who delivers to the agent of the demanding State a person in his custody under such Governor’s warrant, in wilful disobedience to the pr
• § 1550.3 — The officer or persons executing the Governor’s warrant of arrest, or the agent of the demanding State to whom the prisoner has been delivered may confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or cit
• § 1551 — (a) Whenever any person within this State is charged by a verified complaint before any magistrate of this State with the commission of any crime in any other State, or, with having been convicted of
• § 1551.05 — (a) Any person on outpatient status pursuant to Title 15 (commencing with Section 1600) of Part 2 or pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2972 who leaves this state without complying with Section 16
• § 1551.1 — The arrest of a person may also be lawfully made by any peace officer, without a warrant, upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of any other state with a crime puni
• § 1551.2 — At the initial appearance of a person arrested under Section 1551 or 1551.
• § 1551.3 — Immediately upon the arrest of the person charged, the magistrate must give notice thereof to the district attorney.
• § 1552 — If at the hearing before the magistrate, it appears that the accused is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged, the magistrate must, by a warrant reciting the accusation, commit hi
• § 1552.1 — Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged, is shown to be an offense punishable by death or life imprisonment under the laws of the state in which it was committed, or it is shown that the
• § 1552.2 — If the accused is not arrested under warrant of the Governor by the expiration of the time specified in the warrant, bond, or undertaking, a magistrate may discharge him or may recommit him for a furt
• § 1553 — If the prisoner is admitted to bail, and fails to appear and surrender himself according to the conditions of his bond, the magistrate, by proper order, shall declare the bond forfeited and order his
• § 1553.1 — (a) If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against a person charged under Section 1551 under the laws of this state and is still pending, the Governor, with the consent of the Attorney General,
• § 1553.2 — The guilt or innocence of the accused as to the crime with which he is charged may not be inquired into by the Governor or in any proceeding after the demand for extradition accompanied by a charge of
• § 1554 — The Governor may recall his warrant of arrest or may issue another warrant whenever he deems it proper.
• § 1554.1 — Whenever the Governor of this State shall demand the return of a person charged with crime in this State or with escaping from confinement or violating the terms of his bail, probation or parole in th
• § 1554.2 — (a) When the return to this state of a person charged with crime in this state is required, the district attorney shall present to the Governor his written application for a requisition for the return
• § 1554.3 — After a person has been brought back to this state by extradition proceedings, the person shall be committed to a county jail with bail set in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in
• § 1555 — A person brought into this State on, or after waiver of extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal
• § 1555.1 — Any person arrested in this state charged with having committed any crime in another state or alleged to have escaped from confinement, or broken the terms of his or her bail, probation or parole may
• § 1555.2 — (a) If the arrested person refuses to sign a waiver of extradition under Section 1555.
• § 1555.3 — Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by this state of its right, power or privilege to try any demanded person for crime committed within this state, or of its right, power o
• § 1556 — After a person has been brought back to this State by extradition proceedings, he may be tried in this State for other crimes which he may be charged with having committed in this State as well as for
• § 1556.1 — The provisions of this chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purposes to make uniform the law of those states which enact legislation based upon the Uniform Crimin
• § 1556.2 — This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act.
• § 1557 — (a) This section shall apply when this state or a city, county, or city and county employs a person to travel to a foreign jurisdiction outside this state for the express purpose of returning a fugiti
• § 1558 — No compensation, fee, profit, or reward of any kind can be paid to or received by a public officer of this state, a corporation or firm, or other person, for a service rendered in procuring from the G
• § 156 — Every person who fraudulently produces an infant, falsely pretending it to have been born of any parent whose child would be entitled to inherit any real estate or to receive a share of any personal e
• § 1562 — The party prosecuting a special proceeding of a criminal nature is designated in this Code as the complainant, and the adverse party as the defendant.
• § 1563 — The provisions of Section 1401, in respect to entitling affidavits, are applicable to such proceedings.
• § 1564 — The Courts and magistrates before whom such proceedings are prosecuted may issue subpoenas for witnesses, and punish their disobedience in the same manner as in a criminal action.
• § 1567 — When it is necessary to have a person imprisoned in the state prison brought before any court, or a person imprisoned in a county jail brought before a court sitting in another county, an order for th
• § 157 — Every person to whom an infant has been confided for nursing, education, or any other purpose, who, with intent to deceive any parent or guardian of that child, substitutes or produces to that parent
• § 158 — Common barratry is the practice of exciting groundless judicial proceedings, and is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months and by fine not exceeding one thousand dollar
• § 159 — No person can be convicted of common barratry except upon proof that he has excited suits or proceedings at law in at least three instances, and with a corrupt or malicious intent to vex and annoy.
• § 16 — Crimes and public offenses include: 1.
• § 160 — (a) No bail licensee may employ, engage, solicit, pay, or promise any payment, compensation, consideration or thing of value to any person incarcerated in any prison, jail, or other place of detention
• § 1600 — Any person committed to a state hospital or other treatment facility under the provisions of Section 1026, or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1367) of Title 10 of this code, or Section 6316 or 6321
• § 1600.5 — For a person committed as a mentally disordered sex offender under former Section 6316 or 6316.
• § 16000 — This act recodifies the provisions of former Title 2 (commencing with Section 12000) of Part 4, which was entitled “Control of Deadly Weapons.
• § 16005 — Nothing in the Deadly Weapons Recodification Act of 2010 is intended to substantively change the law relating to deadly weapons.
• § 1601 — (a) When a person charged with and found incompetent on a charge of, convicted of, or found not guilty by reason of insanity of murder, mayhem, aggravated mayhem, a violation of Section 207, 209, or 2
• § 16010 — (a) A provision of this part or of Title 2 (commencing with Section 12001) of Part 4, or any other provision of the Deadly Weapons Recodification Act of 2010, insofar as it is substantially the same a
• § 16015 — If a previously existing provision is restated and continued in this part, or in Title 2 (commencing with Section 12001) of Part 4, or in any other provision of the Deadly Weapons Recodification Act o
• § 1602 — (a) Before any person subject to the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 1601 may be placed on outpatient status, the court shall consider all of the following criteria: (1) In the case of a pers
• § 16020 — (a) A judicial decision interpreting a previously existing provision is relevant in interpreting any provision of this part, of Title 2 (commencing with Section 12001) of Part 4, or any other provisio
• § 16025 — (a) A judicial decision determining the constitutionality of a previously existing provision is relevant in determining the constitutionality of any provision of this part, of Title 2 (commencing with
• § 1603 — (a) Before any person subject to subdivision (a) of Section 1601 may be placed on outpatient status the court shall consider all of the following criteria: (1) Whether the director of the state hospit
• § 1604 — (a) Upon receipt by the committing court of the recommendation of the director of the state hospital or other treatment facility to which the person has been committed that the person may be eligible
• § 1605 — (a) In accordance with Section 1615 of this code and Section 5709.
• § 1606 — Outpatient status shall be for a period not to exceed one year.
• § 1607 — If the outpatient supervisor is of the opinion that the person has regained competence to stand trial, or is no longer insane, is no longer a mentally disordered offender, or is no longer a mentally d
• § 1608 — If at any time during the outpatient period, the outpatient treatment supervisor is of the opinion that the person requires extended inpatient treatment or refuses to accept further outpatient treatme
• § 1609 — If at any time during the outpatient period or placement with a local mental health program pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1026.
• § 1610 — (a) Upon the filing of a request for revocation under Section 1608 or 1609 and pending the court’s decision on revocation, the person subject to revocation may be confined in a facility designated by
• § 16100 — Use of the term “.
• § 1611 — (a) No person who is on outpatient status pursuant to this title or Section 2972 shall leave this state without first obtaining prior written approval to do so from the committing court.
• § 16110 — Use of the term “.
• § 1612 — Any person committed to a state hospital or other treatment facility under the provisions of Section 1026, or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1367) of Title 10 of this code, or former Section 6316
• § 16120 — As used in this part, “abuse” means any of the following: (a) Intentionally or recklessly to cause or attempt to cause bodily injury.
• § 16130 — As used in Section 26915, “agent” means an employee of the licensee.
• § 1614 — Persons ordered to undergo outpatient treatment under former Sections 1026.
• § 16140 — As used in this part, “air gauge knife” means a device that appears to be an air gauge but has concealed within it a pointed, metallic shaft that is designed to be a stabbing instrument which is expos
• § 1615 — Pursuant to Section 5709.
• § 16150 — (a) As used in this part, except in subdivision (a) of Section 30305 and in Section 30306, “ammunition” means one or more loaded cartridges consisting of a primed case, propellant, and with one or mor
• § 16151 — (a) As used in this part, commencing January 1, 2018, “ammunition vendor” means any person, firm, corporation, or other business enterprise that holds a current ammunition vendor license issued pursua
• § 1616 — The state shall contract with a research agency which shall determine the prevalence of severe mental disorder among the state prison inmates and parolees, including persons admitted to prison, the re
• § 16160 — As used in this part, “antique cannon” means any cannon manufactured before January 1, 1899, which has been rendered incapable of firing or for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United
• § 1617 — The State Department of State Hospitals shall research the demographic profiles and other related information pertaining to persons receiving supervision and treatment in the Forensic Conditional Rele
• § 16170 — (a) As used in Sections 30515 and 30530, “antique firearm” means any firearm manufactured before January 1, 1899.
• § 1618 — The administrators and the supervision and treatment staff of the Forensic Conditional Release Program shall not be held criminally or civilly liable for any criminal acts committed by the persons on
• § 16180 — As used in this part, “antique rifle” means a firearm conforming to the definition of an “antique firearm” in Section 479.
• § 1619 — The Department of Justice shall automate the criminal histories of all persons treated in the Forensic Conditional Release Program, as well as all persons committed as not guilty by reason of insanity
• § 16190 — As used in this part, “application to purchase” means either of the following: (a) The initial completion of the register by the purchaser, transferee, or person being loaned a firearm, as required by
• § 1620 — The Department of Justice shall provide mental health agencies providing treatment to patients pursuant to Sections 1600 to 1610, inclusive, or pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 2960) of
• § 16200 — Use of the term “assault weapon” is governed by Sections 30510 and 30515.
• § 16220 — As used in this part, “ballistic knife” means a device that propels a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a coil spring, elastic material, or compressed gas.
• § 16230 — As used in this part, “ballistics identification system” includes, but is not limited to, any automated image analysis system that is capable of storing firearm ballistic markings and tracing those ma
• § 16240 — As used in this part, “basic firearms safety certificate” means a certificate issued before January 1, 2003, by the Department of Justice pursuant to former Article 8 (commencing with Section 12800) o
• § 16250 — (a) As used in this part, “BB device” means any instrument that expels a projectile, such as a BB or a pellet, through the force of air pressure, gas pressure, or spring action, or any spot marker gun
• § 16260 — As used in this part, “belt buckle knife” is a knife that is made an integral part of a belt buckle and consists of a blade with a length of at least two and one-half inches.
• § 16270 — As used in this part, “blowgun” means a hollow tube designed and intended to be used as a tube through which a dart is propelled by the force of the breath of the user.
• § 16280 — As used in this part, “blowgun ammunition” means a dart designed and intended for use in a blowgun.
• § 16288 — As used in Section 31360, “body armor” means any bullet-resistant material intended to provide ballistic and trauma protection for the person wearing the body armor.
• § 16290 — As used in this part, “body vest” or “body shield” means any bullet-resistant material intended to provide ballistic and trauma protection for the wearer or holder.
• § 16300 — As used in this part, “bona fide evidence of identity” or “bona fide evidence of majority and identity” means a document issued by a federal, state, county, or municipal government, or subdivision or
• § 16310 — As used in this part, “boobytrap” means any concealed or camouflaged device designed to cause great bodily injury when triggered by an action of any unsuspecting person coming across the device.
• § 16320 — (a) As used in this part, “camouflaging firearm container” means a container that meets all of the following criteria: (1) It is designed and intended to enclose a firearm.
• § 16330 — As used in this part, “cane gun” means any firearm mounted or enclosed in a stick, staff, rod, crutch, or similar device, designed to be, or capable of being used as, an aid in walking, if the firearm
• § 16340 — As used in this part, “cane sword” means a cane, swagger stick, stick, staff, rod, pole, umbrella, or similar device, having concealed within it a blade that may be used as a sword or stiletto.
• § 16350 — As used in Section 30515, “capacity to accept more than 10 rounds” means capable of accommodating more than 10 rounds.
• § 16360 — As used in this part, “CCW” means “carry concealed weapons.
• § 16370 — As used in Sections 31610 to 31700, inclusive, “certified instructor” or “DOJ Certified Instructor” means a person designated as a handgun safety instructor by the Department of Justice pursuant to su
• § 16380 — As used in this part, “chamber load indicator” means a device that plainly indicates that a cartridge is in the firing chamber.
• § 16400 — As used in this part, “clear evidence of the person’s identity and age” means either of the following: (a) A valid California driver’s license.
• § 16405 — As used in this part, “composite knuckles” means any device or instrument made wholly or partially of composite materials, other than a medically prescribed prosthetic, that is not metal knuckles, tha
• § 16410 — As used in this part, “consultant-evaluator” means a consultant or evaluator who, in the course of that person’s profession is loaned firearms from a person licensed pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing
• § 16420 — Use of the term “dagger” is governed by Section 16470.
• § 16430 — As used in Division 4 (commencing with Section 18250) of Title 2, “deadly weapon” means any weapon, the possession or concealed carrying of which is prohibited by any provision listed in Section 16590
• § 16440 — Use of the term “dealer” is governed by Section 26700.
• § 16450 — As used in Sections 31610 to 31700, inclusive, in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 29030) of Division 7 of Title 4, and in Article 3 (commencing with Section 30345) of Chapter 1 of Division 10 of Ti
• § 16460 — (a) As used in Sections 16510, 16520, and 16780, and in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 18710) of Division 5 of Title 2, “destructive device” includes any of the following weapons: (1) Any projecti
• § 16470 — As used in this part, “dirk” or “dagger” means a knife or other instrument with or without a handguard that is capable of ready use as a stabbing weapon that may inflict great bodily injury or death.
• § 16480 — Use of the term “DOJ Certified Instructor” is governed by Section 16370.
• § 16490 — As used in this part, “domestic violence” means abuse perpetrated against any of the following persons: (a) A spouse or former spouse.
• § 165 — Every person who gives or offers a bribe to any member of any common council, board of supervisors, or board of trustees of any county, city and county, city, or public corporation, with intent to cor
• § 16500 — Use of the phrase “drop safety requirement for handguns” is governed by Section 31900.
• § 16505 — For purposes of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 26400) of Division 5 of Title 4, a firearm is “encased” when that firearm is enclosed in a case that is expressly made for the purpose of containing
• § 16510 — As used in subdivision (a) of Section 16460 and Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 18710) of Division 5 of Title 2, “explosive” means any substance, or combination of substances, the primary or common
• § 16515 — “Federal licensee authorized to serialize firearms” means a person, firm, corporation, or other entity that holds any valid federal firearms license that authorizes the person, firm, corporation, or o
• § 16517 — “Federally licensed manufacturer or importer” means a person, firm, corporation, or other entity that holds a valid license to manufacture or import firearms issued pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing
• § 16519 — “Federally regulated firearm precursor part” means any firearm precursor part deemed to be a firearm pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the United States Code and regu
• § 16520 — (a) As used in this part, “firearm” means a device, designed to be used as a weapon, from which is expelled through a barrel, a projectile by the force of an explosion or other form of combustion.
• § 16525 — (a) As used in Section 33700, “firearm barrel” means the tube, usually metal and cylindrical, through which a projectile or shot charge is fired.
• § 16530 — (a) As used in this part, the terms “firearm capable of being concealed upon the person,” “pistol,” and “revolver” apply to and include any device designed to be used as a weapon, from which is expell
• § 16531 — (a) “Firearm precursor part” means any forging, casting, printing, extrusion, machined body or similar article that has reached a stage in manufacture where it may readily be completed, assembled or c
• § 16535 — (a) As used in this part, “firearm safety certificate” means a certificate issued by the Department of Justice pursuant to Sections 31610 to 31700, inclusive, or pursuant to former Article 8 (commenci
• § 16540 — As used in this part, “firearm safety device” means a device other than a gun safe that locks and is designed to prevent children and unauthorized users from firing a firearm.
• § 16550 — As used in this part, “firearm transaction record” is a record containing the same information referred to in subdivision (a) of Section 478.
• § 16560 — Use of the phrase “firing requirement for handguns” is governed by Section 31905.