{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"22820","citation":"Pen. Code, § 22820","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 11. TEAR GAS AND TEAR GAS WEAPONS [22810. - 23025.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-3/division-11"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [22810. - 22840.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-3/division-11/chapter-1"}],"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>Nothing in this division prohibits any person who is a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/pen/830\">830</a>) of Title 3 of Part 2, from purchasing, possessing, transporting, or using any tear gas or tear gas weapon if the person has satisfactorily completed a course of instruction approved by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training in the use of tear gas.</p>","text":"Nothing in this division prohibits any person who is a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2, from purchasing, possessing, transporting, or using any tear gas or tear gas weapon if the person has satisfactorily completed a course of instruction approved by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training in the use of tear gas.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/general-provisions-22820","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}