CHAPTER 4. Crimes Relating to Sale, Lease, or Transfer of Firearms [27500. - 28000.]

Chapter 4 added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6.

§§ 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…