CHAPTER 4. Handguns and Firearm Safety [31500. - 32110.]

Heading of Chapter 4 amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 761, Sec. 12.

§§ 31500–32110 · 58 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Unconventional Pistol §§ 31500–31590 · 2 sections

   • § 31500 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…
   • § 31590 Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any unconventional pistol is a nuisance and is subject to Section…
2. ARTICLE 2. Firearm Safety Certificate §§ 31610–31670 · 14 sections

   • § 31610 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to require that persons who obtain firearms have a basic familiarity with those firearms,…
   • § 31615 (a) A person shall not do either of the following: (1) Purchase or receive any firearm, except an antique firearm, without a valid firearm safety certificate,…
   • § 31620 (a) A person shall not commit an act of collusion as specified in Section 27550. (b) Any person who alters, counterfeits, or falsifies a handgun safety…
   • § 31625 (a) A certified instructor shall not issue a firearm safety certificate to any person who has not complied with this article. Proof of compliance shall be…
   • § 31630 (a) The department shall develop an instruction manual in English, Spanish, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Korean, Dari, and…
   • § 31635 (a) The department shall prescribe a minimum level of skill, knowledge, and competency to be required of all firearm safety certificate instructors. (b)…
   • § 31640 (a) The department shall develop a written objective test, in English, Spanish, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Korean, Dari, and…
   • § 31641 (a) The Department of Justice shall prepare a firearm safety certificate study guide in all of the languages described in subdivision (a) of Section 31640 that…
   • § 31645 (a) An applicant for a firearm safety certificate shall successfully pass the objective test referred to in Section 31640, with a passing grade of at least 75…
   • § 31650 (a) The certified instructor may charge a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25), fifteen dollars ($15) of which is to be paid to the department pursuant to…
   • § 31655 (a) The department shall develop firearm safety certificates to be issued by instructors certified by the department to those persons who have complied with…
   • § 31660 (a) In the case of loss or destruction of a firearm safety certificate, the issuing instructor shall issue a duplicate certificate upon request and proof of…
   • § 31665 The department shall be immune from any liability arising from implementing Sections 31630, 31635, 31640, and subdivision (a) of Section 31655.
   • § 31670 Except for the provisions of former Section 12804, former Article 8 (commencing with Section 12800) of Chapter 6 of Title 2 of Part 4, as added by Section 10…
3. ARTICLE 3. Exceptions to Firearm Safety Certificate Requirement §§ 31700–31835 · 28 sections

   • § 31700 (a) The following persons, properly identified, are exempted from the firearm safety certificate requirement in subdivision (a) of Section 31615: (1) Any…
   • § 31705 (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to any sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms made to an authorized law enforcement representative of any…
   • § 31710 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The loan is made by an…
   • § 31715 (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm by a law enforcement agency to a peace officer pursuant to…
   • § 31720 (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm by a law enforcement agency to a retiring peace officer who…
   • § 31725 (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to a sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms if both of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The…
   • § 31730 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the sale, delivery, loan, or transfer of a firearm made by an authorized law enforcement representative of a…
   • § 31735 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the sale, delivery, loan, or transfer of a firearm made by any person other than a representative of an…
   • § 31740 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to sales, deliveries, or transfers of firearms between or to importers and manufacturers of firearms licensed…
   • § 31745 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 shall not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a handgun to a person licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915,…
   • § 31750 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following conditions exist: (a) The person loaning the firearm is at all…
   • § 31755 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the delivery of a firearm to a gunsmith for service or repair, or to the return of the firearm to its owner…
   • § 31760 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (a) The…
   • § 31765 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the loan of a firearm to a person 18 years of age or older for the purposes of shooting at targets if the…
   • § 31770 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to deliveries, transfers, or returns of firearms made pursuant to any of the following: (a) Sections 18000 and…
   • § 31780 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of unloaded firearms by a dealer to a person who resides outside this state…
   • § 31785 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of unloaded firearms to a wholesaler if the firearms are being returned to…
   • § 31790 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The…
   • § 31800 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the loan of an unloaded firearm by a dealer who also operates a target facility that holds a business or…
   • § 31805 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of unloaded firearms to a wholesaler as merchandise in the wholesaler’s…
   • § 31810 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to or affect the following circumstances: (a) The loan of a handgun, and commencing January 1, 2015, any…
   • § 31815 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (a) The loan is infrequent, as…
   • § 31820 (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The firearm is unloaded.…
   • § 31825 (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The firearm is unloaded. (2)…
   • § 31830 (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the loan of an unloaded firearm to a consultant-evaluator by a person licensed pursuant to Sections…
   • § 31833 (a) Section 31615 does not apply to the loan of a firearm other than a handgun or semiautomatic centerfire rifle to a minor that complies with all of the…
   • § 31834 Section 31615 does not apply to sales, deliveries, or transfers of firearms between or to importers and manufacturers of ammunition licensed to engage in that…
   • § 31835 Subdivision (a) of Section 31615 does not apply to the delivery, sale, or transfer of firearms when made by authorized law enforcement representatives for…
4. ARTICLE 4. “Unsafe Handgun” and Related Definitions §§ 31900–31910 · 3 sections

   • § 31900 As used in this part, the “drop safety requirement for handguns” means that at the conclusion of the firing requirements for handguns described in Section…
   • § 31905 (a) As used in this part, “firing requirement for handguns” means a test in which the manufacturer provides three handguns of the make and model for which…
   • § 31910 (a) As used in this part, “unsafe handgun” means any pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person, for which any of the…
5. ARTICLE 5. Rules Governing Unsafe Handguns §§ 32000–32030 · 7 sections

   • § 32000 (a) (1) A person in this state who manufactures or causes to be manufactured, imports into the state for sale, keeps for sale, offers or exposes for sale,…
   • § 32005 (a) Every person who is licensed as a manufacturer of firearms pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the United States Code and…
   • § 32010 (a) Any pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person manufactured in this state, imported into the state for sale, kept for…
   • § 32015 (a) On and after January 1, 2001, the Department of Justice shall compile, publish, and thereafter maintain a roster listing all of the handguns that have been…
   • § 32020 (a) The Attorney General may annually retest up to 5 percent of the handgun models that are listed on the roster described in subdivision (a) of Section 32015.…
   • § 32025 A handgun model removed from the roster pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 32020 may be reinstated on the roster if all of the following are met: (a) The…
   • § 32030 (a) A firearm shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 32015 if another firearm made by the same manufacturer is already…
6. ARTICLE 6. Exceptions to Rules Governing Unsafe Handguns §§ 32100–32110 · 4 sections

   • § 32100 (a) Article 4 (commencing with Section 31900) and Article 5 (commencing with Section 32000) shall not apply to a single-action revolver that has at least a…
   • § 32103 (a) A pistol may be submitted for testing described in Section 32010 and added to the roster described in subdivision (a) of Section 32015 without being…
   • § 32105 (a) The Legislature finds a significant public purpose in exempting pistols that are designed expressly for use in Olympic target shooting events. Therefore,…
   • § 32110 Article 4 (commencing with Section 31900) and Article 5 (commencing with Section 32000) shall not apply to any of the following: (a) The sale, loan, or…