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Penal Code § 18415

CHAPTER 2. Procedure Where Agency Believes Return of Weapon Would Create Danger

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 18415Official source ↗Ask about this

Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. (SB 1080) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 10 of Ch. 711.

If the person who receives a petition under Section 18405 does not request a hearing or does not otherwise respond within 30 days of the receipt of the notice, the law enforcement agency may file a petition for an order of default and may dispose of the firearm or other deadly weapon as provided in Sections 18000 and 18005.