{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"25915","citation":"Pen. Code, § 25915","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 4. FIREARMS [23500. - 34400.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-4"},{"name":"DIVISION 5. CARRYING FIREARMS [25300. - 26406.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-4/division-5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Carrying a Loaded Firearm [25800. - 26110.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-4/division-5/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Peace Officer Exemption to the Crime of Carrying a Loaded Firearm in Public [25900. - 25925.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-4/division-5/chapter-3/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 149, Sec. 2.   (SB 303)   Effective January 1, 2014.","effective":"2014-01-01","html":"<p>Every five years, a retired peace officer, except an officer listed in Section <a href=\"/pen/830.1\">830.1</a> or <a href=\"/pen/830.2\">830.2</a>, subdivision (a) of Section <a href=\"/pen/830.33\">830.33</a>, or subdivision (c) of Section <a href=\"/pen/830.5\">830.5</a> who retired prior to January 1, 1981, shall petition the issuing agency, or a successor agency pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section <a href=\"/pen/25905\">25905</a>, for renewal of the privilege to carry a loaded firearm.</p>","text":"Every five years, a retired peace officer, except an officer listed in Section 830.1 or 830.2, subdivision (a) of Section 830.33, or subdivision (c) of Section 830.5 who retired prior to January 1, 1981, shall petition the issuing agency, or a successor agency pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 25905, for renewal of the privilege to carry a loaded firearm.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/peace-officer-exemption-to-the-crime-of-carrying-a-loaded-25915","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}