TITLE 3. WEAPONS AND DEVICES OTHER THAN FIREARMS [19910. - 23025.]
Title 3 added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6.
§§ 19910–23025 · 64 sections
DIVISION 1. BB DEVICES §§ 19910–19915 · 2 sections
DIVISION 2. BLOWGUNS §§ 20010–20015 · 2 sections
- § 20010 Any person who knowingly manufactures, sells, offers for sale, possesses, or uses a blowgun or blowgun ammunition in this state is guilty of a misdemeanor.
- § 20015 Nothing in this division shall prohibit the sale to, purchase by, possession of, or use of any blowgun or blowgun ammunition by zookeepers, animal control…
DIVISION 3. BOOBYTRAP § 20110 · 1 section
- § 20110 (a) Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 18710) of Division 5 of Title 2, any person who assembles, maintains, places, or causes to be…
DIVISION 4. IMITATION FIREARMS §§ 20150–20180 · 7 sections
- § 20150 (a) Any person who changes, alters, removes, or obliterates any coloration or markings that are required by any applicable state or federal law or regulation,…
- § 20155 Any manufacturer, importer, or distributor of toy, look-alike, or imitation firearms that fails to comply with any applicable federal law or regulation…
- § 20160 (a) Any imitation firearm manufactured after July 1, 2005, shall, at the time of offer for sale in this state, be accompanied by a conspicuous advisory in…
- § 20165 (a) Any person who, for commercial purposes, purchases, sells, manufactures, ships, transports, distributes, or receives, by mail order or in any other manner,…
- § 20170 (a) No person may openly display or expose any imitation firearm in a public place. (b) As used in this section, “public place” means an area open to the…
- § 20175 Section 20170 does not apply in any of the following circumstances: (a) The imitation firearm is packaged or concealed so that it is not subject to public…
- § 20180 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), violation of Section 20170 is an infraction punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for the first…
DIVISION 5. KNIVES AND SIMILAR WEAPONS §§ 20200–21590 · 22 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions § 20200 · 1 section
- § 20200 A knife carried in a sheath that is worn openly suspended from the waist of the wearer is not concealed within the meaning of Section 16140, 16340, 17350, or…
CHAPTER 2. Disguised or Misleading Appearance §§ 20310–20990 · 15 sections
ARTICLE 1. Air Gauge Knife §§ 20310–20390 · 2 sections
- § 20310 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any person in this state who manufactures or causes to be…
- § 20390 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any air gauge knife is a nuisance and is subject to Section 18010.
ARTICLE 2. Belt Buckle Knife §§ 20410–20490 · 2 sections
- § 20410 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any person in this state who manufactures or causes to be…
- § 20490 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any belt buckle knife is a nuisance and is subject to Section 18010.
ARTICLE 3. Cane Sword §§ 20510–20590 · 2 sections
- § 20510 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any person in this state who manufactures or causes to be…
- § 20590 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any cane sword is a nuisance and is subject to Section 18010.
ARTICLE 4. Lipstick Case Knife §§ 20610–20690 · 2 sections
- § 20610 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any person in this state who manufactures or causes to be…
- § 20690 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any lipstick case knife is a nuisance and is subject to Section 18010.
ARTICLE 5. Shobi-zue §§ 20710–20790 · 2 sections
- § 20710 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any person in this state who manufactures or causes to be…
- § 20790 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any shobi-zue is a nuisance and is subject to Section 18010.
ARTICLE 6. Undetectable Knife §§ 20810–20820 · 3 sections
- § 20810 (a) Any person in this state who commercially manufactures or causes to be commercially manufactured, or who knowingly imports into the state for commercial…
- § 20815 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,…
- § 20820 Section 20810 does not apply to the manufacture or importation of any undetectable knife for sale to a federal, state, or local historical society, museum, or…
ARTICLE 7. Writing Pen Knife §§ 20910–20990 · 2 sections
- § 20910 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any person in this state who manufactures or causes to be…
- § 20990 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any writing pen knife is a nuisance and is subject to Section 18010.
CHAPTER 3. Ballistic Knife §§ 21110–21190 · 2 sections
- § 21110 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any person in this state who manufactures or causes to be…
- § 21190 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any ballistic knife is a nuisance and is subject to Section 18010.
CHAPTER 4. Dirk or Dagger §§ 21310–21390 · 2 sections
- § 21310 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any person in this state who carries concealed upon the person any…
- § 21390 The unlawful concealed carrying upon the person of any dirk or dagger, as provided in Section 21310, is a nuisance and is subject to Sections 18000 and 18005.
CHAPTER 5. Switchblade Knife §§ 21510–21590 · 2 sections
- § 21510 Every person who does any of the following with a switchblade knife having a blade two or more inches in length is guilty of a misdemeanor: (a) Possesses the…
- § 21590 The unlawful possession or carrying of any switchblade knife, as provided in Section 21510, is a nuisance and is subject to Sections 18000 and 18005.
DIVISION 6. KNUCKLES §§ 21710–21890 · 3 sections
CHAPTER 1. Composite Knuckles or Hard Wooden Knuckles § 21710 · 1 section
- § 21710 Any person in this state who possesses, commercially manufactures or causes to be commercially manufactured, or who knowingly imports into the state for…
CHAPTER 2. Metal Knuckles §§ 21810–21890 · 2 sections
- § 21810 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any person in this state who manufactures or causes to be…
- § 21890 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, metal knuckles are a nuisance and are subject to Section 18010.
DIVISION 8. SAPS AND SIMILAR WEAPONS §§ 22210–22296 · 5 sections
- § 22210 Except as provided in Section 22215 and Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any person in this state who manufactures or causes…
- § 22215 Section 22210 does not apply to the manufacture for, sale to, exposing or keeping for sale to, importation of, or lending of wooden clubs or batons to special…
- § 22290 Except as provided in Section 22215 and in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any leaded cane or any instrument or weapon of…
- § 22295 (a) Nothing in any provision listed in Section 16580 prohibits any police officer, special police officer, peace officer, or law enforcement officer from…
- § 22296 As used in this part, a “billy,” “blackjack,” or “slungshot” does not include a nunchaku.
DIVISION 9. SHURIKEN §§ 22410–22490 · 2 sections
- § 22410 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any person in this state who manufactures or causes to be…
- § 22490 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any shuriken is a nuisance and is subject to Section 18010.
DIVISION 10. STUN GUN §§ 22610–22625 · 4 sections
- § 22610 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person may purchase, possess, or use a stun gun, subject to the following requirements: (a) No person convicted…
- § 22615 Each stun gun sold shall contain both of the following: (a) The name of the manufacturer stamped on the stun gun. (b) The serial number applied by the…
- § 22620 Unless otherwise specified, any violation of this division is a misdemeanor.
- § 22625 (a) Each stun gun sold in this state shall be accompanied by an instruction booklet. (b) Violation of this section shall be a public offense punishable by a…
DIVISION 11. TEAR GAS AND TEAR GAS WEAPONS §§ 22810–23025 · 16 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 22810–22840 · 7 sections
- § 22810 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person may purchase, possess, or use tear gas or any tear gas weapon for the projection or release of tear gas…
- § 22815 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 22810, a minor who has attained the age of 16 years may purchase and possess tear gas or a tear gas weapon…
- § 22820 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…
- § 22825 A custodial officer of a county may carry a tear gas weapon pursuant to Section 22820 only while on duty. A custodial officer of a county may carry a tear gas…
- § 22830 Nothing in this division prohibits any member of the military or naval forces of this state or of the United States or any federal law enforcement officer from…
- § 22835 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person holding a license as a private investigator pursuant to Chapter 11.3 (commencing with Section 7512) of…
- § 22840 Nothing in this division authorizes the possession of tear gas or a tear gas weapon in any institution described in Section 4574, or within the grounds…
CHAPTER 2. Unlawful Possession, Sale, or Transportation §§ 22900–22910 · 3 sections
- § 22900 Any person, firm, or corporation who within this state knowingly sells or offers for sale, possesses, or transports any tear gas or tear gas weapon, except as…
- § 22905 Each tear gas weapon sold, transported, or possessed under the authority of this division shall bear the name of the manufacturer and a serial number applied…
- § 22910 (a) Any person who changes, alters, removes, or obliterates the name of the manufacturer, the serial number, or any other mark of identification on any tear…
CHAPTER 3. Permits §§ 23000–23025 · 6 sections
- § 23000 The Department of Justice may issue a permit for the possession and transportation of tear gas or a tear gas weapon that is not intended or certified for…
- § 23005 (a) An application for a permit shall satisfy all of the following requirements: (1) It shall be filed in writing. (2) It shall be signed by the applicant if…
- § 23010 (a) Each applicant for a permit shall pay, at the time of filing the application, a fee determined by the Department of Justice, not to exceed the application…
- § 23015 (a) Notwithstanding Section 23000, a bank, a savings and loan association, a credit union, or an industrial loan company that maintains more than one office or…
- § 23020 Every person, firm, or corporation to whom a permit is issued shall either carry the permit upon the person or keep it in the place described in the permit.…
- § 23025 A permit issued in accordance with this chapter may be revoked or suspended by the issuing authority at any time when it appears that the need for the…