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CHAPTER 2. Issuance, Forfeiture, and Conditions of License to Sell, Lease, or Transfer Firearms at Retail [26700. - 27140.]

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6.

§§ 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…