{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"18415","citation":"Pen. Code, § 18415","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 4. SEIZURE OF FIREARM OR OTHER DEADLY WEAPON AT SCENE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [18250. - 18500.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-2/division-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Procedure Where Agency Believes Return of Weapon Would Create Danger [18400. - 18420.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-2/division-4/chapter-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6.   (SB 1080)   Effective January 1, 2011.   Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 10 of Ch. 711.","effective":"2011-01-01","html":"<p>If the person who receives a petition under Section <a href=\"/pen/18405\">18405</a> does not request a hearing or does not otherwise respond within 30 days of the receipt of the notice, the law enforcement agency may file a petition for an order of default and may dispose of the firearm or other deadly weapon as provided in Sections <a href=\"/pen/18000\">18000</a> and <a href=\"/pen/18005\">18005</a>.</p>","text":"If the person who receives a petition under Section 18405 does not request a hearing or does not otherwise respond within 30 days of the receipt of the notice, the law enforcement agency may file a petition for an order of default and may dispose of the firearm or other deadly weapon as provided in Sections 18000 and 18005.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/procedure-where-agency-believes-return-of-weapon-would-18415","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}