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Penal Code § 29105 Section 29105
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The business of a licensee shall be conducted only in the buildings designated in the license.
Penal Code § 29110 Section 29110
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A licensee shall display the license or a copy thereof, certified by the department, on the premises where it can easily be seen.
Penal Code § 29115 Section 29115
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(a) Whenever a licensee discovers that a firearm has been stolen or is missing from the licensee’s premises, the licensee shall report the loss or theft within 48 hours of the discovery to all of the following: (1) The Department of Justice, in a manner prescribed by the departme…
Penal Code § 29120 Section 29120
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(a) A licensee shall require that each employee obtain a certificate of eligibility pursuant to Section 26710, which shall be renewed annually, before being allowed to come into contact with any firearm. (b) A licensee shall prohibit any employee who the licensee knows or reasona…
Penal Code § 29125 Section 29125
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(a) Each firearm a licensee manufactures in this state shall be identified with a unique serial number stamped onto the firearm utilizing the method of compression stamping. (b) Licensed manufacturers who produce fewer than 500 firearms in a calendar year within this state may se…
Penal Code § 29130 Section 29130
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(a) A licensee shall record the type, model, caliber, or gauge, and serial number of each firearm manufactured or acquired, and the date of the manufacture or acquisition, within one business day of the manufacture or acquisition. (b) The licensee shall maintain permanently withi…
Penal Code § 29135 Section 29135
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(a) A licensee shall allow the department to inspect the building designated in the license to ensure compliance with the requirements of this chapter. (b) A licensee shall allow any peace officer, authorized law enforcement employee, or Department of Justice employee designated …
Penal Code § 29140 Section 29140
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A licensee shall store in a secure facility all firearms manufactured and all barrels for firearms manufactured.
Penal Code § 29141 Section 29141
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Except as otherwise provided in Section 29142, as used in this chapter, “secure facility” means that the facility satisfies all of the following: (a) The facility is equipped with a burglar alarm with central monitoring. (b) All perimeter entries to areas in which firearms are st…
Penal Code § 29142 Section 29142
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(a) For purposes of this chapter, any licensed manufacturer who produces fewer than 500 firearms in a calendar year within this state may maintain a “secure facility” by complying with all of the requirements described in Section 29141, or may design a security plan that is appro…
Penal Code § 29150 Section 29150
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(a) A licensee shall notify the chief of police or other head of the municipal police department in the city or city and county where the building designated in the license is located that the licensee is manufacturing firearms within that city or city and county and the location…
Penal Code § 29800 Section 29800
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(a) (1) Any person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of the United States, the State of California, or any other state, government, or country, or of an offense enumerated in subdivision (a), (b), or (d) of Section 23515, or who is addicted to the use of any narco…
Penal Code § 29805 Section 29805
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(a) (1) Except as provided in Section 29855, subdivision (a) of Section 29800, or subdivision (b), any person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor violation of Section 71, 76, 136.1, 136.5, or 140, subdivision (d) of Section 148, subdivision (f) of Section 148.5, Section 171b,…
Penal Code § 29810 Section 29810
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(a) (1) Upon conviction of, or adjudication for, any offense that renders a person subject to Section 29800, 29805, 29815, 29820, or 29825, the person shall relinquish all firearms they own, possess, or have under their custody or control in the manner provided in this section wi…
Penal Code § 29813 Section 29813
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The Department of Justice shall provide local law enforcement agencies and the district attorney access through an electronic portal to information regarding individuals residing in their jurisdiction listed in the Armed Prohibited Persons System who have not provided proof of re…
Penal Code § 29815 Section 29815
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(a) Any person who, as an express condition of probation, is prohibited or restricted from owning, possessing, controlling, receiving, or purchasing a firearm and who owns, purchases, receives, or has in possession or under custody or control, any firearm, but who is not subject …
Penal Code § 29820 Section 29820
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(a) This section applies to a person who satisfies both of the following requirements: (1) The person meets one of the following: (A) The person is alleged to have committed an offense listed in subdivision (b) of Section 707 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (B) The person w…
Penal Code § 29825 Section 29825
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(a) A person who purchases or receives, or attempts to purchase or receive, a firearm knowing that the person is prohibited from doing so in any jurisdiction by a temporary restraining order or injunction issued pursuant to Section 527.6, 527.8, or 527.85 of the Code of Civil Pro…
Penal Code § 29825.5 Section 29825.5
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(a) A person subject to a protective order issued pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section 273.5, subdivision (l) of Section 368, or subdivision (k) of Section 646.9 shall relinquish any firearm they possess or control pursuant to this section. (b) Upon the issuance of a protective…
Penal Code § 29830 Section 29830
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(a) A person who is prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm, ammunition feeding device, or ammunition pursuant to any law, may transfer or cause to be transferred, any firearm, ammunition feeding device, or ammunition in their possession, or of which they are the owner, to…
Penal Code § 29850 Section 29850
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(a) A violation of Section 29800, 29805, 29815, or 29820 is justifiable where all of the following conditions are met: (1) The person found the firearm or took the firearm from a person who was committing a crime against the person who found or took the firearm. (2) The person po…
Penal Code § 29855 Section 29855
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(a) Any person employed as a peace officer described in Section 830.1, 830.2, 830.31, 830.32, 830.33, or 830.5 whose employment or livelihood is dependent on the ability to legally possess a firearm, who is subject to the prohibition imposed by Section 29805 because of a convicti…
Penal Code § 29860 Section 29860
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(a) Any person who is subject to the prohibition imposed by Section 29805 because of a conviction of an offense prior to that offense being added to Section 29805 may petition the court only once for relief from this prohibition. (b) The petition shall be filed with the court in …
Penal Code § 29865 Section 29865
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Law enforcement officials who enforce the prohibition specified in Section 29805 against a person who has been granted relief pursuant to Section 29855 or 29860 shall be immune from any liability for false arrest arising from the enforcement of Section 29805 unless the person has…
Penal Code § 29875 Section 29875
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Subject to available funding, the Attorney General, working with the Judicial Council, the California Alliance Against Domestic Violence, prosecutors, and law enforcement, probation, and parole officers, shall develop a protocol for the implementation of the provisions of Section…
Penal Code § 29880 Section 29880
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(a) If the Department of Justice determines that a person prohibited from owning, purchasing, receiving, or possessing a firearm by this chapter, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 29900), or Section 8100 or 8103 of the Welfare and Institutions Code has attempted to acquire a fir…
Penal Code § 30500 Section 30500
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This chapter shall be known as the Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 and the .50 Caliber BMG Regulation Act of 2004.
Penal Code § 30505 Section 30505
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the proliferation and use of assault weapons poses a threat to the health, safety, and security of all citizens of this state. The Legislature has restricted the assault weapons specified in Section 30510 based upon finding that …
Penal Code § 30510 Section 30510
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As used in this chapter and in Sections 16780, 17000, 27555, 27560, 27565, 27875, 27920, 27966, and 28000, “assault weapon” means the following designated semiautomatic firearms: (a) All of the following specified rifles: (1) All AK series including, but not limited to, the model…
Penal Code § 30515 Section 30515
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 30510, “assault weapon” also means any of the following: (1) A semiautomatic, centerfire rifle that does not have a fixed magazine but has any one of the following: (A) A pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon. (B) A …
Penal Code § 30520 Section 30520
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(a) The Attorney General shall prepare a description for identification purposes, including a picture or diagram, of each assault weapon listed in Section 30510, and any firearm declared to be an assault weapon pursuant to former Section 12276.5, as it read in Section 3 of Chapte…
Penal Code § 30525 Section 30525
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As used in this part, “.50 BMG cartridge” means a cartridge that is designed and intended to be fired from a center fire rifle and that meets all of the following criteria: (a) It has an overall length of 5.54 inches from the base to the tip of the bullet. (b) The bullet diameter…
Penal Code § 30530 Section 30530
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(a) As used in this part, “.50 BMG rifle” means a center fire rifle that can fire a .50 BMG cartridge and is not already an assault weapon or a machinegun. (b) A “.50 BMG rifle” does not include any antique firearm, nor any curio or relic as defined in Section 478.11 of Title 27 …
Penal Code § 30600 Section 30600
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(a) Any person who, within this state, manufactures or causes to be manufactured, distributes, transports, or imports into the state, keeps for sale, or offers or exposes for sale, or who gives or lends any assault weapon or any .50 BMG rifle, except as provided by this chapter, …
Penal Code § 30605 Section 30605
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(a) Any person who, within this state, possesses any assault weapon, except as provided in this chapter, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not exceeding one year, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170. (b) Notwithstanding sub…
Penal Code § 30610 Section 30610
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(a) Any person who, within this state, possesses any .50 BMG rifle, except as provided in this chapter, shall be punished by a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. (b) Notw…
Penal Code § 30615 Section 30615
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Notwithstanding Section 654 or any other provision of law, any person who commits another crime while violating this article may receive an additional, consecutive punishment of one year for violating this article, in addition and consecutive to the punishment, including enhancem…
Penal Code § 30620 Section 30620
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As used in this chapter, the date a firearm is an assault weapon is the earliest of the following: (a) The effective date of an amendment to Section 30510 or to former Section 12276 that adds the designation of the specified firearm. (b) The effective date of the list promulgated…
Penal Code § 30625 Section 30625
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Sections 30600, 30605, and 30610 do not apply to the sale of an assault weapon or .50 BMG rifle to, or the purchase, importation, or possession of an assault weapon or a .50 BMG rifle by, the Department of Justice, police departments, sheriffs’ offices, marshals’ offices, the Dep…
Penal Code § 30630 Section 30630
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(a) Sections 30605 and 30610 shall not prohibit the possession or use of assault weapons or a .50 BMG rifle by sworn peace officer members of those agencies specified in Section 30625 for law enforcement purposes, whether on or off duty. (b) (1) Sections 30600, 30605, and 30610 s…
Penal Code § 30631 Section 30631
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Sections 30600 and 30605 do not apply to the loan of an assault weapon to, nor the possession of an assault weapon by, a person enrolled in the course of basic training prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, or any other course certified by the comm…
Penal Code § 30635 Section 30635
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Section 30605 shall not apply to the possession of an assault weapon during the 90-day period immediately after the date it was specified as an assault weapon pursuant to former Section 12276.5, as that section read in Section 3 of Chapter 19 of the Statutes of 1989, Section 1 of…
Penal Code § 30640 Section 30640
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Section 30610 shall not apply to the possession of a .50 BMG rifle, which was not defined or specified as an assault weapon pursuant to the then-applicable version of the former Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 12275) of Title 2 of Part 4 that was added to this code by Sectio…
Penal Code § 30645 Section 30645
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Sections 30600, 30605, and 30610 shall not apply to the manufacture by any person who is issued a permit pursuant to Section 31005 of assault weapons or .50 BMG rifles for sale to the following: (a) Exempt entities listed in Section 30625. (b) Entities and persons who have been i…
Penal Code § 30650 Section 30650
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Sections 30600, 30605, and 30610 shall not apply to the sale of assault weapons or .50 BMG rifles by persons who are issued permits pursuant to Section 31005 to any of the following: (a) Exempt entities listed in Section 30625. (b) Entities and persons who have been issued permit…
Penal Code § 30655 Section 30655
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(a) Section 30600 shall not apply to a person who is the executor or administrator of an estate that includes an assault weapon or a .50 BMG rifle registered under Article 5 (commencing with Section 30900) or that was possessed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 30630 that is…
Penal Code § 30660 Section 30660
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(a) Section 30600 shall not apply to a person who lawfully possesses and has registered an assault weapon or .50 BMG rifle pursuant to this chapter who lends that assault weapon or .50 BMG rifle to another person, if all the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The person to…
Penal Code § 30665 Section 30665
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Sections 30600, 30605, and 30610 shall not apply to the possession and importation of an assault weapon or a .50 BMG rifle into this state by a nonresident if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The person is attending or going directly to or coming directly from an orga…
Penal Code § 30670 Section 30670
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(a) Section 30600 shall not apply to the importation into this state of an assault weapon or a .50 BMG rifle by the registered owner of that assault weapon or a .50 BMG rifle if it is in accordance with the provisions of Section 30945. (b) Section 30600 shall not apply during the…
Penal Code § 30675 Section 30675
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(a) Sections 30605 and 30610 shall not apply to any of the following persons: (1) A person acting in accordance with Section 31000 or 31005. (2) A person who has a permit to possess an assault weapon or a .50 BMG rifle issued pursuant to Section 31000 or 31005 when that person is…