{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"18200","citation":"Pen. Code, § 18200","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 6. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS [16000. - 34400.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6"},{"name":"TITLE 2. WEAPONS GENERALLY [17500. - 19405.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 3.2. Gun Violence Restraining Orders [18100. - 18225.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-2/division-3.2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Offenses [18200. - 18205.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-2/division-3.2/chapter-5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 872, Sec. 3.   (AB 1014)   Effective January 1, 2015.   Section operative January 1, 2016, pursuant to Section 18122.","effective":"2015-01-01","html":"<p>Every person who files a petition for an ex parte gun violence restraining order pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/pen/18150\">18150</a>) or a gun violence restraining order issued after notice and a hearing pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/pen/18170\">18170</a>), knowing the information in the petition to be false or with the intent to harass, is guilty of a misdemeanor.</p>","text":"Every person who files a petition for an ex parte gun violence restraining order pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 18150) or a gun violence restraining order issued after notice and a hearing pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18170), knowing the information in the petition to be false or with the intent to harass, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/offenses-18200","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}