{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"20815","citation":"Pen. Code, § 20815","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 3. WEAPONS AND DEVICES OTHER THAN FIREARMS [19910. - 23025.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-3"},{"name":"DIVISION 5. KNIVES AND SIMILAR WEAPONS [20200. - 21590.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-3/division-5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Disguised or Misleading Appearance [20310. - 20990.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-3/division-5/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 6. Undetectable Knife [20810. - 20820.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-3/division-5/chapter-2/article-6"}],"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>Section <a href=\"/pen/20810\">20810</a> does not apply to the manufacture or importation of any undetectable knife for sale to a law enforcement or military entity with a valid agency, department, or unit purchase order, nor does Section <a href=\"/pen/20810\">20810</a> apply to the subsequent sale of any undetectable knife to a law enforcement or military entity.</p>","text":"Section 20810 does not apply to the manufacture or importation of any undetectable knife for sale to a law enforcement or military entity with a valid agency, department, or unit purchase order, nor does Section 20810 apply to the subsequent sale of any undetectable knife to a law enforcement or military entity.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/undetectable-knife-20815","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}