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DIVISION 6. SALE, LEASE, OR TRANSFER OF FIREARMS [26500. - 28490.]

Division 6 added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6.

§§ 26500–28490 · 250 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. License Requirement for Sale, Lease, or Transfer of Firearms §§ 26500–26625 · 35 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. License Requirement and Miscellaneous Exceptions §§ 26500–26590 · 28 sections
      • § 26500 (a) No person shall sell, lease, or transfer firearms unless the person has been issued a license pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and…
      • § 26505 Section 26500 does not apply to the sale, lease, or transfer of any firearm by any of the following: (a) A person acting pursuant to operation of law. (b) A…
      • § 26510 Section 26500 does not apply to a person acting pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 186.22a or Section 18000 or 18005.
      • § 26515 Section 26500 does not apply to the sale, lease, or transfer of a firearm if both of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The sale, lease, or transfer…
      • § 26520 (a) Section 26500 does not apply to the infrequent sale, lease, or transfer of firearms. (b) As used in this section, “infrequent” has the meaning provided in…
      • § 26525 (a) Section 26500 does not apply to the sale, lease, or transfer of used firearms, other than handguns, at gun shows or events, as specified in Article 1…
      • § 26530 Section 26500 does not apply to sales, deliveries, or transfers of firearms between or to importers and manufacturers of firearms licensed to engage in that…
      • § 26535 Section 26500 does not apply to any sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms that satisfies both of the following conditions: (a) It is made by an importer or…
      • § 26537 (a) Section 26500 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms that satisfies both of the following conditions: (1) The sale, delivery, or…
      • § 26540 (a) Section 26500 does not apply to sales, deliveries, transfers, or returns of firearms made pursuant to any of the following: (1) Sections 18000 and 18005.…
      • § 26545 Section 26500 does not apply to the loan of a firearm for the purposes of shooting at targets, if the loan occurs on the premises of a target facility that…
      • § 26550 Section 26500 does not apply to any sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms that satisfies all of the following requirements: (a) It is made by a manufacturer,…
      • § 26555 Section 26500 does not apply to any sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms that satisfies all of the following requirements: (a) It is made by a person who…
      • § 26556 Section 26500 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm that satisfies all of the following requirements: (a) It is made by a person who…
      • § 26560 Section 26500 does not apply to any sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms by a wholesaler to a dealer.
      • § 26565 Section 26500 does not apply to any sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms that satisfies all of the following conditions: (a) It is made by a person who…
      • § 26570 Section 26500 does not apply to any sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms that satisfies all of the following conditions: (a) It is made by a person who…
      • § 26575 Section 26500 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of an unloaded firearm by one wholesaler to another wholesaler if that firearm is intended as…
      • § 26576 (a) Section 26500 does not apply to a sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms if both of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The sale, delivery, or…
      • § 26577 Section 26500 does not apply to a delivery or transfer of firearms made to a dealer pursuant to Section 26892 or 29830 for storage by that dealer.
      • § 26580 Section 26500 does not apply to the loan of an unloaded firearm or the loan of a firearm loaded with blank cartridges for use solely as a prop for a motion…
      • § 26581 Section 26500 does not apply to the delivery, sale, or transfer of an unloaded firearm that is not a handgun to a dealer if the delivery, sale, or transfer…
      • § 26582 Section 26500 does not apply to delivery or transfer of a firearm to a law enforcement agency made in accordance with Section 27922.
      • § 26585 Section 26500 does not apply to the delivery of an unloaded firearm that is a curio or relic, as defined in Section 478.11 of Title 27 of the Code of Federal…
      • § 26587 Section 26500 does not apply to either of the following: (a) A loan of a firearm to a gunsmith for service or repair. (b) The return of the firearm by the…
      • § 26588 Section 26500 does not apply to any of the following: (a) The sale, delivery, transfer, or return of a firearm regulated pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with…
      • § 26589 Section 26500 does not apply to the delivery or transfer of a firearm to a dealer by the trustee of a trust if the delivery or transfer satisfies both of the…
      • § 26590 Section 26500 does not apply to deliveries, transfers, or returns of firearms made by a court or a law enforcement agency pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Exceptions Relating to Law Enforcement §§ 26600–26625 · 7 sections
      • § 26600 (a) Section 26500 does not apply to any sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms made to an authorized law enforcement representative of any city, county, city…
      • § 26605 Section 26500 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The loan is made by an authorized law enforcement…
      • § 26610 (a) Section 26500 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm by a law enforcement agency to a peace officer pursuant to Section 10334 of…
      • § 26613 Section 26500 does not apply to the delivery of a firearm by a law enforcement agency to a dealer in order for that dealer to deliver the firearm to the spouse…
      • § 26615 (a) Section 26500 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm by a law enforcement agency to a retiring peace officer who is authorized to…
      • § 26620 Section 26500 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm when made by an authorized law enforcement representative of a city, county, city…
      • § 26625 Section 26500 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if the loan of the firearm is to a person enrolled in the course of basic training prescribed by the…
  2. CHAPTER 2. Issuance, Forfeiture, and Conditions of License to Sell, Lease, or Transfer Firearms at Retail §§ 26700–27140 · 57 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. License to Sell, Lease, or Transfer Firearms at Retail §§ 26700–26725 · 6 sections
      • § 26700 As used in this division, and in any other provision listed in Section 16580, “dealer,” “licensee,” or “person licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915,…
      • § 26705 (a) The duly constituted licensing authority of a city, county, or a city and county shall accept applications for, and may grant licenses permitting,…
      • § 26710 (a) A person may request a certificate of eligibility from the Department of Justice. (b) The Department of Justice shall examine its records and records…
      • § 26715 (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (1) and (3) of subdivision (b), the Department of Justice shall keep a centralized list of all persons licensed…
      • § 26720 (a) The Department of Justice may conduct inspections of dealers at least every three years to ensure compliance with the requirements of this title, including…
      • § 26725 The Department of Justice shall maintain and make available upon request information concerning all of the following: (a) The number of inspections conducted…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Grounds for Forfeiture of License §§ 26800–26920 · 33 sections
      • § 26800 (a) A license under this chapter is subject to forfeiture for a violation of any of the prohibitions and requirements of this article, except those stated in…
      • § 26805 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the business of a licensee shall be conducted only in the buildings designated in the license. (b) (1) A…
      • § 26806 (a) Commencing January 1, 2024, a licensee shall ensure that its business premises are monitored by a digital video surveillance system that meets all of the…
      • § 26810 A person’s license under this chapter, or a copy thereof certified by the issuing authority, shall be displayed on the premises where it can easily be seen.
      • § 26811 (a) Commencing July 1, 2023, a licensee shall carry a general liability insurance policy providing at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) of coverage per…
      • § 26815 No firearm shall be delivered: (a) Within 10 days of the application to purchase, or, after notice by the department pursuant to Section 28220, within 10 days…
      • § 26820 No handgun or imitation handgun, or placard advertising the sale or other transfer thereof, shall be displayed in any part of the premises where it can readily…
      • § 26825 A licensee shall agree to and shall act properly and promptly in processing firearms transactions pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 28050).
      • § 26830 A licensee shall comply with all of the following: (a) Sections 27500 to 27535, inclusive. (b) Section 27555. (c) Section 28100. (d) Article 2 (commencing with…
      • § 26835 (a) A licensee shall conspicuously post within the licensed premises the following warnings in block letters not less than one inch in height: (1) “FIREARMS…
      • § 26840 (a) A dealer shall not deliver a firearm unless the person receiving the firearm presents to the dealer a valid firearm safety certificate, or, in the case of…
      • § 26845 (a) No handgun may be delivered unless the purchaser, transferee, or person being loaned the firearm presents documentation indicating that the person is a…
      • § 26850 (a) Except as authorized by the department, no firearms dealer may deliver a handgun unless the recipient performs a safe handling demonstration with that…
      • § 26853 To comply with Section 26850, a safe handling demonstration for a semiautomatic pistol shall include all of the following steps: (a) Remove the magazine. (b)…
      • § 26856 To comply with Section 26850, a safe handling demonstration for a double-action revolver shall include all of the following steps: (a) Open the cylinder. (b)…
      • § 26859 To comply with Section 26850, a safe handling demonstration for a single-action revolver shall include all of the following steps: (a) Open the loading gate.…
      • § 26860 (a) Except as authorized by the department, commencing January 1, 2015, a firearms dealer shall not deliver a long gun unless the recipient performs a safe…
      • § 26865 A licensee shall offer to provide the purchaser or transferee of a firearm, or person being loaned a firearm, with a copy of the pamphlet described in Section…
      • § 26866 (a) A licensee shall provide the purchaser or transferee of a firearm, or person being loaned a firearm, with a copy of the most current version of the…
      • § 26870 A licensee shall not commit an act of collusion as defined in Section 27550.
      • § 26875 A licensee shall post conspicuously within the licensed premises a detailed list of each of the following: (a) All charges required by governmental agencies…
      • § 26880 A licensee shall not misstate the amount of fees charged by a governmental agency pursuant to Section 12806, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 28050), and…
      • § 26883 (a) A licensee shall not charge a restocking or other return-related fee of more than 5 percent of the purchase price of the firearm if the buyer decides to…
      • § 26885 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 26805, all firearms that are in the inventory of a licensee shall be kept within the licensed…
      • § 26890 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 26805, any time when the licensee is not open for business, all inventory firearms shall be…
      • § 26892 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (g), a licensee shall accept a firearm for storage from an individual if all of the following conditions are…
      • § 26894 (a) A licensee shall not offer an opportunity to win an item of inventory in a game dominated by chance. (b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply to a raffle…
      • § 26895 Commencing January 1, 1994, a licensee shall, upon the issuance or renewal of a license, submit a copy of it to the Department of Justice.
      • § 26900 (a) A licensee shall maintain and make available for inspection during business hours to any peace officer, authorized local law enforcement employee, or…
      • § 26905 (a) On the date of receipt, a licensee shall report to the Department of Justice, in a format prescribed by the department, the acquisition by the licensee of…
      • § 26910 A licensee shall forward, in a format prescribed by the Department of Justice, information as required by the department on any firearm that is not delivered…
      • § 26915 (a) Commencing January 1, 2018, a firearms dealer shall require any agent or employee who handles, sells, or delivers firearms to obtain and provide to the…
      • § 26920 (a) Commencing July 1, 2026, every licensee, and every employee thereof who handles or processes the sale, loan, or transfer of firearms or ammunition in the…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Exceptions Extending Only to Waiting Period §§ 26950–26970 · 4 sections
      • § 26950 (a) The waiting period described in Section 26815 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms made to any person who satisfies both of the…
      • § 26960 (a) The waiting period described in Section 26815 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a handgun, and commencing January 1, 2014, a firearm…
      • § 26965 (a) The waiting period described in Section 26815 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm to the holder of a special weapons permit…
      • § 26970 (a) The waiting period described in Section 26815 does not apply to the sale, delivery, loan, or transfer of a firearm if all of the following conditions are…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Exceptions Extending Only to Grounds for Forfeiture of License §§ 27000–27005 · 2 sections
      • § 27000 (a) Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The firearm is…
      • § 27005 (a) Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) does not apply to the loan of an unloaded firearm to a consultant-evaluator by a person licensed pursuant to…
    5. ARTICLE 5. Exceptions Relating to Law Enforcement §§ 27050–27065 · 4 sections
      • § 27050 (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) do not apply to any sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms made to…
      • § 27055 Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) do not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following…
      • § 27060 (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) do not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm by a…
      • § 27065 (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) do not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm by a…
    6. ARTICLE 6. Other Exceptions §§ 27100–27140 · 8 sections
      • § 27100 Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) do not apply to sales, deliveries, or transfers of firearms between or…
      • § 27105 Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) do not apply to the delivery of a firearm to a gunsmith for service or…
      • § 27115 Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) do not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of unloaded firearms by…
      • § 27120 Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) do not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of unloaded firearms to…
      • § 27125 Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) do not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms if all of…
      • § 27130 Until January 1, 2014, Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) do not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer…
      • § 27135 Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) do not apply to the loan of an unloaded firearm by a dealer who also…
      • § 27140 Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) do not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm regulated…
  3. CHAPTER 3. Gun Show or Event §§ 27200–27415 · 25 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Gun Show or Event §§ 27200–27245 · 10 sections
      • § 27200 (a) No person shall produce, promote, sponsor, operate, or otherwise organize a gun show or event, as specified in subdivision (b) of Section 26805, unless…
      • § 27205 (a) Before commencement of a gun show or event, the producer thereof shall, upon written request from a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the…
      • § 27210 (a) The producer and facility’s manager of a gun show or event shall prepare an annual event and security plan and schedule that shall include, at a minimum,…
      • § 27215 The producer of a gun show or event shall be responsible for informing prospective gun show vendors of the requirements of this article and of Article 2…
      • § 27220 (a) Within seven calendar days of the commencement of a gun show or event, but not later than noon on Friday for a show or event held on a weekend, the…
      • § 27225 If a licensed firearms dealer or ammunition vendor fails to cooperate with a producer of a gun show or event, or fails to comply with the applicable…
      • § 27230 If a producer fails to comply with Section 27215 or 27220, the gun show or event shall not commence until those requirements are met.
      • § 27235 Every producer of a gun show or event shall have a written contract with each gun show vendor selling firearms or ammunition at the show or event.
      • § 27240 (a) The producer of a gun show or event shall require that signs be posted in a readily visible location at each public entrance to the show containing, but…
      • § 27245 (a) A willful failure by a gun show producer to comply with any of the requirements of this article, except for the posting of required signs, shall be a…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Gun Show Enforcement and Security Act of 2000 §§ 27300–27350 · 11 sections
      • § 27300 This article shall be known, and may be cited as, the Gun Show Enforcement and Security Act of 2000.
      • § 27305 All gun show or event vendors shall certify in writing to the producer that they: (a) Will not display, possess, or offer for sale any firearms, ammunition,…
      • § 27310 (a) All firearm, ammunition, and firearm precursor part transfers or sales at a gun show or event shall be conducted in accordance with applicable state and…
      • § 27315 Sales of ammunition at a gun show or event shall comply with all applicable laws, including Sections 30347, 30348, 30350, 30352, and 30360.
      • § 27320 (a) Before commencement of a gun show or event, each vendor who will offer for sale any firearms manufactured after December 31, 1898, or any ammunition, shall…
      • § 27325 At any gun show or event, each vendor and each employee of a vendor shall wear a name tag indicating first and last name.
      • § 27330 No person at a gun show or event, other than security personnel or sworn peace officers, shall possess at the same time both a firearm and ammunition that is…
      • § 27335 No member of the public who is under the age of 18 years shall be admitted to, or be permitted to remain at, a gun show or event unless accompanied by a parent…
      • § 27340 (a) Persons other than show or event security personnel, sworn peace officers, or vendors, who bring any firearm or any ammunition that is separate from a…
      • § 27345 Any person who possesses a firearm or ammunition at a gun show or event shall have government-issued photo identification in immediate possession, and shall…
      • § 27350 (a) Unless otherwise specified, a first violation of this article is an infraction. (b) Any second or subsequent violation of this article is punishable by…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Exceptions Relating to Law Enforcement §§ 27400–27415 · 4 sections
      • § 27400 (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 27200) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 27300) do not apply to any sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms made to…
      • § 27405 Article 1 (commencing with Section 27200) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 27300) do not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following…
      • § 27410 (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 27200) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 27300) do not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm by a…
      • § 27415 (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 27200) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 27300) do not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm by a…
  4. CHAPTER 4. Crimes Relating to Sale, Lease, or Transfer of Firearms §§ 27500–28000 · 84 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Crimes Relating to Sale, Lease, or Transfer of Firearms §§ 27500–27595.1 · 28 sections
      • § 27500 (a) No person, corporation, or firm shall knowingly sell, supply, deliver, or give possession or control of a firearm to any person within any of the classes…
      • § 27505 (a) No person, corporation, or firm shall sell, loan, or transfer a firearm to a minor, nor sell a handgun to an individual under 21 years of age. (b)…
      • § 27510 (a) A person licensed under Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, shall not sell, supply, deliver, or give possession or control of a firearm to any person who…
      • § 27515 No person, corporation, or dealer shall sell, loan, or transfer a firearm to anyone whom the person, corporation, or dealer knows or has cause to believe is…
      • § 27520 (a) A person, corporation, or dealer shall not acquire within this state or bring into this state a firearm for the purpose of selling, loaning, or…
      • § 27525 (a) A dealer shall comply with Section 26905. (b) A dealer shall comply with Section 26910.
      • § 27530 (a) No person shall sell or otherwise transfer ownership of a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number imprinted by a federal licensee authorized to…
      • § 27531 The following terms have the following meanings for purposes of this article: (a) “Microstamp” means a microscopic array of characters that may be used to…
      • § 27532 (a) On or before March 1, 2025, the Department of Justice shall engage in an investigation to determine the technological viability of microstamping components…
      • § 27533 (a) Commencing on January 1, 2028, if the department has determined that microstamping components, microstamping-enabled semi-automatic firearms, or both…
      • § 27534 (a) A person who modifies a microstamping-enabled pistol or microstamping component with the intent to prevent the production of a microstamp is, for a first…
      • § 27534.1 (a) It shall be unlawful to knowingly or recklessly provide a false or misleading certification that a firearm is microstamping-enabled, as defined in Section…
      • § 27534.2 The Department of Justice is authorized to adopt regulations to implement Sections 27533, 27534, 27534.1, and 31910. Regulations adopted pursuant to those…
      • § 27535 (a) A person shall not make an application to purchase one or more firearms that would result in the purchase of more than three firearms cumulatively within…
      • § 27540 A dealer, whether or not acting pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 28050), shall not deliver a firearm to a person, as follows: (a) Within 10 days…
      • § 27545 Where neither party to the transaction holds a dealer’s license issued pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, the parties to the transaction shall…
      • § 27550 (a) No person may commit an act of collusion relating to Sections 31610 to 31700, inclusive. (b) For purposes of this section and Section 26870, collusion may…
      • § 27555 (a) (1) Commencing July 1, 2008, a person who is licensed pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the United States Code may not…
      • § 27560 (a) (1) Within 60 days after bringing any firearm into this state, a personal firearm importer shall do one of the following: (A) Submit to the Department of…
      • § 27565 (a) This section applies in the following circumstances: (1) A person is licensed as a collector pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title…
      • § 27570 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that a violation of Section 27560 or 27565 shall not constitute a “continuing offense” and the statute of limitations…
      • § 27573 (a) A state officer or employee, or operator, lessee, or licensee of any state property, shall not contract for, authorize, or allow the sale of any firearm,…
      • § 27575 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an officer, employee, operator, lessee, or licensee of the 32nd District Agricultural Association, as defined in Section…
      • § 27575.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an officer, employee, operator, lessee, or licensee of the 31st District Agricultural Association, as defined in Section…
      • § 27585 (a) Commencing January 1, 2015, a resident of this state shall not import into this state, bring into this state, or transport into this state, any firearm…
      • § 27590 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), (c), or (e), a violation of this article is a misdemeanor. (b) If any of the following circumstances apply, a…
      • § 27595 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), commencing on July 1, 2026, a firearms dealer licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26920, shall not sell, offer…
      • § 27595.1 The Department of Justice is authorized to adopt regulations to implement Section 27595.
    2. ARTICLE 2. Exceptions Relating to Law Enforcement §§ 27600–27620 · 5 sections
      • § 27600 (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) does not apply to any sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms made to, or the importation of firearms by, an…
      • § 27605 Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The loan is made by an…
      • § 27610 (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm by a law enforcement agency to a peace officer…
      • § 27615 (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm by a law enforcement agency to a retiring peace…
      • § 27620 Section 27545 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm when made by an authorized law enforcement representative of a city, county, city…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Exceptions Extending Only to Waiting Period §§ 27650–27670 · 4 sections
      • § 27650 (a) The waiting period described in Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms made to any person who satisfies both of the…
      • § 27660 (a) The waiting period described in Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a handgun, and commencing January 1, 2014, any firearm,…
      • § 27665 (a) The waiting period described in Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm to the holder of a special weapons permit…
      • § 27670 (a) The waiting period described in Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, loan, or transfer of a firearm if all of the following conditions are…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Exceptions to Restrictions on Delivery of a Firearm §§ 27700–27750 · 10 sections
      • § 27700 Section 27540 does not apply to sales, deliveries, or transfers of firearms between or to importers and manufacturers of firearms licensed to engage in that…
      • § 27705 Section 27540 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 by the gunsmith, or…
      • § 27715 Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of unloaded firearms by a dealer to a person who resides outside this state and is licensed…
      • § 27720 Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of unloaded firearms to a wholesaler if the firearms are being returned to the wholesaler and…
      • § 27725 Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The firearms are unloaded.…
      • § 27730 Until January 1, 2014, Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of an unloaded firearm, other than a handgun, by a dealer to himself or…
      • § 27735 Section 27540 does not apply to the loan of an unloaded firearm by a dealer who also operates a target facility that holds a business or regulatory license on…
      • § 27740 Section 27540 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm regulated pursuant to any of the following statutes, if the sale, delivery, or…
      • § 27745 (a) Section 27540 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The firearm is unloaded. (2) The loan is made…
      • § 27750 (a) Section 27540 does not apply to the loan of an unloaded firearm to a consultant-evaluator by a person licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915,…
    5. ARTICLE 5. Exceptions to the Requirement of Obtaining a Verification Number §§ 27805–27835 · 7 sections
      • § 27805 (a) Section 27555 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The firearm is unloaded. (2) The loan is made…
      • § 27810 (a) Section 27555 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The firearm is unloaded. (2) The loan is made…
      • § 27815 (a) Section 27555 does not apply to the loan of an unloaded firearm to a consultant-evaluator by a person licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915,…
      • § 27820 (a) Section 27555 does not apply to the sale, loan, or transfer of a firearm by or to a person who is licensed as a collector pursuant to Chapter 44…
      • § 27825 Section 27555 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 by the gunsmith, or…
      • § 27830 Section 27555 does not apply where the transferor and the transferee are the same person or corporation.
      • § 27835 Section 27555 does not apply where the transfer is to or from a person who has a valid entertainment firearms permit and the transfer involves the loan or…
    6. ARTICLE 6. Exceptions to the Requirement of Using a Dealer for a Private Party Firearms Transaction §§ 27850–27970 · 29 sections
      • § 27850 (a) Section 27545 does not apply to a sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms if both of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The sale, delivery, or…
      • § 27855 Section 27545 does not apply to the sale, delivery, loan, or transfer of a firearm made by an authorized law enforcement representative of a city, county, city…
      • § 27860 Section 27545 does not apply to the sale, delivery, loan, or transfer of a firearm made by any person other than a representative of an authorized law…
      • § 27865 Section 27545 does not apply to sales, deliveries, or transfers of firearms between or to importers and manufacturers of firearms licensed to engage in that…
      • § 27875 (a) Section 27545 does not apply to the transfer of a firearm by gift, bequest, intestate succession, or other means from one individual to another, if all of…
      • § 27880 Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (a) The loan is to a spouse, registered domestic…
      • § 27881 Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following conditions are met: (a) If the firearm being loaned is a handgun, the handgun is…
      • § 27882 (a) Section 27545 does not apply to the transfer of a firearm if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The firearm is voluntarily and temporarily…
      • § 27883 Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm provided all of the following requirements are met: (a) The firearm being loaned is lawfully owned by the…
      • § 27885 Section 27545 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 times within the…
      • § 27890 Section 27545 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 by the gunsmith, or…
      • § 27895 Section 27545 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (a) The sale, delivery, or…
      • § 27900 Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm other than a handgun at an auction, raffle, or similar event conducted by a nonprofit public benefit or…
      • § 27905 Section 27545 does not apply to the transfer of a firearm if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (a) The firearm is not a handgun. (b) The firearm…
      • § 27910 Section 27545 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 loan occurs on the…
      • § 27920 (a) Section 27545 does not apply to a person who takes title or possession of a firearm by operation of law if the person is not prohibited by state or federal…
      • § 27922 (a) Section 27545 does not apply to a person who takes possession of a firearm and subsequently delivers that firearm to a law enforcement agency if all of the…
      • § 27925 (a) Section 27545 does not apply to a person who takes possession of a firearm by operation of law in a representative capacity who subsequently transfers…
      • § 27930 Section 27545 does not apply to deliveries, transfers, or returns of firearms made pursuant to any of the following: (a) Sections 18000 and 18005. (b) Division…
      • § 27935 Section 27545 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of unloaded firearms to a wholesaler as merchandise in the wholesaler’s business by a…
      • § 27937 Section 27545 does not apply to sales, deliveries, or transfers of firearms made pursuant to Section 26556.
      • § 27940 Section 27545 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm regulated pursuant to any of the following statutes, if the sale, delivery, or…
      • § 27945 Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm to a minor in compliance with the applicable exemptions set forth in Section 27505.
      • § 27950 Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm, other than a handgun, to a licensed hunter for use by that hunter for a period of time not to exceed the…
      • § 27955 Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (a) The loan is infrequent, as defined in Section…
      • § 27960 (a) Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The firearm is unloaded. (2) The loan is made…
      • § 27963 Section 27545 does not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms between or to manufacturers of ammunition licensed to engage in that business…
      • § 27966 If all of the following requirements are satisfied, Section 27545 shall not apply to the sale, loan, or transfer of a firearm: (a) The firearm is not a…
      • § 27970 Section 27545 does not apply to the loan of a firearm if the loan of the firearm is to a person enrolled in the course of basic training prescribed by the…
    7. ARTICLE 7. Report to Department of Justice § 28000 · 1 section
      • § 28000 (a) A person who is exempt from Section 27545 or is otherwise not required by law to report the acquisition or ownership of a firearm may submit that…
  5. CHAPTER 4.1. Registration and Assignment of Firearms by Private Patrol Operators §§ 28010–28024 · 8 sections
    • § 28010 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that current practices and statutes authorize the purchase, registration, and ownership of firearms by an individual,…
    • § 28012 (a) A PPO may be the registered owner of a firearm if the PPO is registered with the department pursuant to procedures established by the department. (b) The…
    • § 28014 The department shall charge a fee not to exceed the reasonable costs to the department for filing and processing a COA, and for the costs incurred in the…
    • § 28016 (a) If the PPO ceases to do business, ceases to possess a valid PPO license issued by the bureau that is not suspended, revoked, expired, inactive, delinquent,…
    • § 28018 Notwithstanding any other law, an assignment of a firearm pursuant to this chapter shall not constitute a loan, sale, or transfer of a firearm.
    • § 28020 (a) Within 48 hours of the PPO’s request, for any reason, or within 48 hours of separation of employment or revocation of the firearm qualification card, the…
    • § 28022 (a) The director, through his or her designee, may assess an administrative fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) against a PPO or a security guard for…
    • § 28024 This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2016.
  6. CHAPTER 5. Procedure For a Private Party Firearms Transaction §§ 28050–28070 · 5 sections
    • § 28050 (a) A person shall complete any sale, loan, or transfer of a firearm through a person licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, in accordance…
    • § 28055 (a) For a sale, loan, or transfer conducted pursuant to this chapter, the purchaser or transferee or person being loaned the firearm may be required by the…
    • § 28060 The Attorney General shall adopt regulations under this chapter to do all of the following: (a) Allow the seller or transferor or the person loaning the…
    • § 28065 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a dealer who does not sell, transfer, or keep an inventory of handguns is not required to process private party…
    • § 28070 A violation of this chapter by a dealer is a misdemeanor.
  7. CHAPTER 6. Recordkeeping, Background Checks, and Fees Relating to Sale, Lease, or Transfer of Firearms §§ 28100–28490 · 36 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions Relating to the Register or the Record of Electronic or Telephonic Transfer §§ 28100–28110 · 3 sections
      • § 28100 (a) As required by the Department of Justice, every dealer shall keep a register or record of electronic or telephonic transfer in which shall be entered the…
      • § 28105 (a) (1) The register required by Section 28100 shall be prepared by and obtained from the State Printer. (2) The State Printer shall furnish the register only…
      • § 28110 (a) The State Printer upon issuing a register shall forward to the Department of Justice both of the following: (1) The name and business address of the…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Form of the Register or the Record of Electronic Transfer §§ 28150–28180 · 6 sections
      • § 28150 As used in this article, the following words have the following meanings: (a) “Purchase” means the purchase, loan, or transfer of a firearm. (b) “Purchaser”…
      • § 28155 The Department of Justice shall prescribe the form of the register and the record of electronic transfer pursuant to Section 28105.
      • § 28160 (a) For all firearms, the register or record of electronic transfer shall include all of the following information: (1) The date and time of sale. (2) The make…
      • § 28170 Where the register is used, the following shall apply: (a) Dealers shall use ink to complete each document. (b) The dealer or salesperson making a sale shall…
      • § 28175 The dealer or salesperson making a sale shall ensure that all required information has been obtained from the purchaser. The dealer and all salespersons shall…
      • § 28180 (a) The purchaser’s name, date of birth, and driver’s license or identification number shall be obtained electronically from the magnetic strip on the…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Submission of Fees and Firearm Purchaser Information to the Department of Justice §§ 28200–28255 · 13 sections
      • § 28200 As used in this article, the following words have the following meanings: (a) “Purchase” means the purchase, loan, or transfer of a firearm. (b) “Purchaser”…
      • § 28205 (a) Until January 1, 1998, the Department of Justice shall determine the method by which a dealer shall submit firearm purchaser information to the department.…
      • § 28210 (a) (1) Where the register is used, the purchaser of any firearm shall be required to present to the dealer clear evidence of the person’s identity and age.…
      • § 28215 (a) (1) Where the electronic or telephonic transfer of applicant information is used, the purchaser shall be required to present to the dealer clear evidence…
      • § 28220 (a) (1) Upon submission of firearm purchaser information, the Department of Justice shall examine its records, as well as those records that it is authorized…
      • § 28225 (a) The Department of Justice may require the dealer to charge each firearm purchaser a fee not to exceed one dollar ($1), except that the fee may be increased…
      • § 28230 (a) The Department of Justice may charge a fee sufficient to reimburse it for each of the following but not to exceed fourteen dollars ($14), except that the…
      • § 28233 (a) The Department of Justice may, in addition to the fee described in Sections 28225 and 28230, require a dealer to charge each firearm purchaser a fee in the…
      • § 28235 Except as otherwise provided in Section 28233, moneys received by the department pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the Dealers’ Record of Sale…
      • § 28240 Except as otherwise specified, each fee prescribed in this article shall only be charged once for a single transaction on the same date for taking title or…
      • § 28245 Whenever the Department of Justice acts pursuant to this article as it pertains to firearms other than handguns, the department’s acts or omissions shall be…
      • § 28250 (a) Any person who does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor: (1) Furnishing a fictitious name or address for the register under Section 28210 or…
      • § 28255 Commencing January 1, 2014, if after the conclusion of the waiting period described in Sections 26815 and 27540, the individual named in the application as the…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Firearms Safety and Enforcement Special Fund § 28300 · 1 section
      • § 28300 (a) The Firearms Safety and Enforcement Special Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury and shall be administered by the Department of Justice. (b)…
    5. ARTICLE 5. Exceptions Relating to Law Enforcement §§ 28400–28415 · 4 sections
      • § 28400 (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 28100), Article 2 (commencing with Section 28150), Article 3 (commencing with Section 28200), and Article 4 (commencing…
      • § 28405 Article 1 (commencing with Section 28100), Article 2 (commencing with Section 28150), Article 3 (commencing with Section 28200), and Article 4 (commencing with…
      • § 28410 (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 28100), Article 2 (commencing with Section 28150), Article 3 (commencing with Section 28200), and Article 4 (commencing…
      • § 28415 (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 28100), Article 2 (commencing with Section 28150), Article 3 (commencing with Section 28200), and Article 4 (commencing…
    6. ARTICLE 6. Centralized List of Exempted Federal Firearms Licensees §§ 28450–28490 · 9 sections
      • § 28450 (a) Commencing January 1, 2008, the Department of Justice shall keep a centralized list of persons who identify themselves as being licensed pursuant to…
      • § 28455 Any person furnishing a fictitious name, knowingly furnishing any incorrect information, or knowingly omitting any information for the declaration under…
      • § 28460 (a) Commencing January 1, 2008, the department shall assess an annual fee of one hundred fifteen dollars ($115) to cover its costs of maintaining the…
      • § 28465 (a) Any person licensed pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the United States Code as a dealer, importer, or manufacturer of…
      • § 28470 (a) All persons on the centralized list of exempted federal firearms licensees prescribed by Section 28450 shall record and keep on file for three years, the…
      • § 28475 Information compiled from the list described in Section 28450 shall be made available for the following purposes: (a) Requests from local, state, and federal…
      • § 28480 (a) The department may conduct onsite inspections at the business premises of a person on the centralized list described in Section 28450 to determine…
      • § 28485 The department may remove from the centralized list described in Section 28450 any person who violates a provision listed in Section 16575.
      • § 28490 The department may adopt regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of this article, Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2…