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Penal Code § 17015

DIVISION 2. DEFINITIONS

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 17015Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 572, Sec. 4. (AB 1127) Effective January 1, 2026.

“Pistol converter” means any device or instrument that when installed in or attached to the rear of the slide of a semiautomatic pistol, replaces the backplate, and interferes with the trigger mechanism and thereby enables the pistol to shoot automatically more than one shot by a single function of the trigger. A pistol converter includes, but is not limited to, a pistol converter manufactured using a three-dimensional printer, as defined in Section 29185.