Verified Firearm Specifications

California local laws preempted by state handgun Permissive

CA1089 — limited

Citation: West's Ann.Cal.Gov.Code § 25605(b)

No permit or license to purchase, own, possess, keep, or carry, either openly or concealed, shall be required of any citizen of the United States or legal resident over the age of 18 years who resides or is temporarily within this state, and who is not within the excepted classes prescribed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 29800) or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 29900) of Division 9 of this title, or...

Effective: 1953-01-01 Superseded: 1970-01-01

California minimum age long gun Restrictive

CA1112 — youth possession

Citation: Cal. Penal Code § 29610

(a) A minor shall not possess a handgun. (b) A minor shall not possess a semiautomatic centerfire rifle. (c) Commencing July 1, 2023, a minor shall not possess any firearm.

Effective: 2023-07-01

California minimum age long gun Restrictive

CA1049 — purchase and sale

Citation: Penal Code § 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 under 21 years of age.

Effective: 2019-01-01

California minimum age long gun Restrictive

CA1113 — minimum age purchase - federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1)

(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell or deliver-- (1) any firearm or ammunition to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than eighteen years of age, and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee...

Effective: 1994-09-13

California minimum age handgun Restrictive

CA1114 — minimum age purchase - federal

Citation: 20 U.S.C. § 922(x)(1),(5)

(x)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer to a person who the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe is a juvenile-- (A) a handgun; or (B) ammunition that is suitable for use only in a handgun. (5) For purposes of this subsection, the term “juvenile” means a person who is less than 18 years of age.

Effective: 1994-09-13

California minimum age handgun Restrictive

CA1115 — minimum age possession - federal

Citation: 43 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1)(c)(1)

(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell or deliver-- (1) any firearm or ammunition to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than eighteen years of age, and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee...

Effective: 1994-09-13

California minimum age handgun Restrictive

CA1022 — purchase and sale

Citation: Cal. Penal Code § 27505

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.

Effective: 1990-12-30

California minimum age long gun Restrictive

CA1048 — purchase and sale

Citation: Penal Code § 27505

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.

Effective: 1990-12-30 Superseded: 2019-01-01

California minimum age handgun Restrictive

CA1017 — youth possession

Citation: Cal. Penal Code § 29610

A minor shall not possess a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person.

Effective: 1967-08-22

California minimum age handgun Restrictive

CA1020 — purchase and sale

Citation: Cal. Penal Code §12072

No person shall sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer any pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person to…any minor under the age of 18 years.

Effective: 1953-01-01 Superseded: 1990-12-30

California open carry long gun Restrictive

CA1027 — prohibited

Citation: Cal. Penal Code § 26400

A person is guilty of carrying an unloaded firearm that is not a handgun in an incorporated city or city and county when that person carries upon his or her person an unloaded firearm that is not a handgun outside a vehicle while in the incorporated city or city and county.

Effective: 2013-01-01

California open carry handgun Restrictive

CA1025 — prohibited

Citation: Cal. Penal Code § 26350

A person is guilty of openly carrying an unloaded handgun when that person carries upon his or her person an exposed and unloaded handgun outside a vehicle while in or on any of the following: A person is guilty of openly carrying an unloaded handgun when that person carries upon his or her person an exposed and unloaded handgun outside a vehicle while in or on any of the following: (A) A public place or public...

Effective: 2012-01-01

California open carry long gun Restrictive

CA1026 — limited : prohibited : loaded

Citation: Cal. Penal Code § 12031

A person is guilty of carrying a loaded firearm when he or she carries a loaded firearm on his or her person or in a vehicle while in any public place or on any public street in an incorporated city or in any public place or on any public street in a prohibited area of unincorporated territory.

Effective: 1967-07-28 Superseded: 2013-01-01

California open carry handgun Restrictive

CA1045 — limited : prohibited : loaded

Citation: Cal. Penal Code § 12031

A person is guilty of carrying a loaded firearm when he or she carries a loaded firearm on his or her person or in a vehicle while in any public place or on any public street in an incorporated city or in any public place or on any public street in a prohibited area of unincorporated territory.

Effective: 1967-07-28 Superseded: 2012-01-01

California prohibited possessor handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1062 — dvro

Citation: Cal.Penal Code § 1524

Beginning January 1, 2016, the property or things to be seized are firearms or ammunition or both that are owned by, in the possession of, or in the custody or control of a person who is the subject of a gun violence restraining order that has been issued pursuant to Division 3.2 (commencing with Section 18100) of Title 2 of Part 6, if a prohibited firearm or ammunition or both is possessed, owned, in the custody...

Effective: 2016-01-01

California prohibited possessor handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1064 — erpo : expanded

Citation: Cal. Penal Code § 18150

(a) (1) An immediate family member of a person or a law enforcement officer may file a petition requesting that the court issue an ex parte gun violence restraining order enjoining the subject of the petition from having in his or her custody or control, owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm or ammunition.

Effective: 2016-01-01

California prohibited possessor handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1065 — erpo : ex parte expanded

Citation: Cal. Penal Code § 18150

§ 18150. Petition; Grounds for issuance; Supporting affidavit; Issuance or denial on same day petition filed. (a) (1) An immediate family member of a person or a law enforcement officer may file a petition requesting that the court issue an ex parte gun violence restraining order enjoining the subject of the petition from having in his or her custody or control, owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm...

Effective: 2016-01-01

California prohibited possessor handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1060 — dvro : expanded

Citation: Cal. Fam. Code § 6389

If no request is made by a law enforcement officer, the relinquishment must occur within 24 hours of being served the order, either by surrender to a law enforcement officer or sale to a licensed gun dealer.

Effective: 2013-01-01

California prohibited possessor handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1116 — violent misdemeanor

Citation: Cal. Penal Code § 29805(a)

(a)(1) Except as provided in Section 29855, subdivision (a) of Section 29800, or subdivision (b), any person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor violation of Section 71, 76, 136.1, 136.5, or 140, subdivision (d) of Section 148, subdivision (f) of Section 148.5, Section 171b, paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 171c, Section 171d, 186.28, 240, 241, 242, 243, 243.4, 244.5, 245, 245.5, 246.3, 247, 273.5,...

Effective: 2012-01-01

California prohibited possessor handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1059 — dvro : expanded

Citation: Cal.Penal Code § 29825(b), (d); Cal. Fam. Code § 6211

29825(b): Every person who owns or possesses a firearm knowing that the person is prohibited from doing so by a temporary restraining order or injunction issued pursuant to Section 527.6, 527.8, or 527.85 of the Code of Civil Procedure, a protective order as defined in Section 6218 of the Family Code, a protective order issued pursuant to Section 136.2 or 646.91 of this code, or a protective order issued pursuant to...

Effective: 2004-01-01 Superseded: 2013-01-01

California prohibited possessor handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1058 — dvro ex parte : expanded

Citation: Cal. Fam. Code § 6210

“Dating relationship” means frequent, intimate associations primarily characterized by the expectation of affection or sexual involvement independent of financial considerations.

Effective: 2002-01-01

California prohibited possessor handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1057 — dvro ex parte

Citation: Cal. Fam. Code §§ 6218, 6389, 6210

Sec. 6218: “Protective order” means an order that includes any of the following restraining orders, whether issued ex parte, after notice and hearing, or in a judgment: (a) An order described in Section 6320 enjoining specific acts of abuse. (b) An order described in Section 6321 excluding a person from a dwelling (c) An order described in Section 6322 enjoining other specified behavior. Sec.

Effective: 1994-01-01 Superseded: 2002-01-01

California prohibited possessor handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1056 — mental health : committed to mh facility

Citation: Cal.Welf. & Inst.Code § 8103

(f)(1)No person who has been (A) taken into custody as provided in Section 5150 because that person is a danger to himself, herself, or to others, (B) assessed within the meaning of Section 5151, and (C) admitted to a designated facility within the meaning of Sections 5151 and 5152 because that person is a danger to himself, herself, or others, shall own, possess, control, receive, or purchase, or attempt to own,...

Effective: 1991-01-01

California prohibited possessor handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1117 — violent misdemeanor

Citation: Cal. Penal Code § 12021 (c)

(c)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (a) or paragraph (2) of this subdivision, any person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor violation of Section 71, 76, 136.5, or 140, subdivision (d) of Section 148, Section 171b, 171c, 171d, 186.28, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244.5, 245, 245.5, 246, 246.3, 247, 273.5, 273.6, 417, 417.1, 417.2, 417.6, 626.9, 646.9, 12023, or 12024, subdivision (b) or (d) of Section 12034, Section...

Effective: 1990-03-05 Superseded: 2012-01-01

California prohibited possessor handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1054 — mental health : adjudicated as mentally incompetent//incapacitated/disabled

Citation: Cal.Welf. & Inst.Code § 8103(e)(1)

A person who has been placed under conservatorship by a court, pursuant to Section 5350 or the law of any other state or the United States, because the person is gravely disabled as a result of a mental disorder or impairment by chronic alcoholism, shall not purchase or receive, or attempt to purchase or receive, or have in his or her possession, custody, or control, any firearm or any other deadly weapon while...

Effective: 1985-01-01

California prohibited possessor handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1055 — mental health : committed to mh facility

Citation: Cal.Welf. & Inst.Code § 8103

(b) A person who has been found, pursuant to Section 1026 of the Penal Code or the law of any other state or the United States, not guilty by reason of insanity of [enumerated felonies] shall not purchase or receive, or attempt to purchase or receive, or have in his or her possession or under his or her custody or control any firearm or any other deadly weapon.

Effective: 1985-01-01 Superseded: 1991-01-01

California prohibited possessor handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1052 — mental health : committed to mh facility : voluntary

Citation: Cal.Welf. & Inst.Code § 8100

A person shall not have in his or her possession or under his or her custody or control, or purchase or receive, or attempt to purchase or receive, any firearms whatsoever or any other deadly weapon, if on or after January 1, 1992, he or she has been admitted to a facility and is receiving inpatient treatment and, in the opinion of the attending health professional who is primarily responsible for the patient's...

Effective: 1969-07-01

California prohibited possessor handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1053 — mental health : adjudicated as mentally incompetent//incapacitated/disabled

Citation: Cal.Welf. & Inst.Code § 8103

A person who after October 1, 1955, has been adjudicated by a court of any state to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or mental illness...shall not purchase or receive, or attempt to purchase or receive, or have in his or her possession, custody, or control a firearm or any other deadly weapon.

Effective: 1969-07-01 Superseded: 1985-01-01

California registration long gun Restrictive

CA1032 — required

Citation: Cal. Penal Code § 28160

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 of firearm. (3) Peace officer exemption status pursuant to the provisions listed in subdivision (c) of Section 16585, and the agency name. (4) Any applicable waiting period exemption information.

Effective: 2014-01-01

California registration handgun Restrictive

CA1031 — required

Citation: Cal. Penal Code § 28160

§ 12076(b) Two copies of the original sheet of the register, on the date of sale or transfer, shall be placed in the mail, postage prepaid, and properly addressed to the Department of Justice in Sacramento. The third copy of the original shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the chief of police, or other head of the police department, of the city or county wherein the sale or transfer is made.

Effective: 1991-01-01

California required reporting of lost or stolen firearms handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1098 — tracing firearms used in crimes

Citation: Cal. Pen. Code § 11108.2; 11108.3

(a) A law enforcement agency shall enter or cause to be entered into the Department of Justice Automated Firearms System each firearm that has been reported stolen, lost, found, recovered, held for safekeeping, or under observation, within seven calendar days after being notified of the precipitating event.

Effective: 2019-01-01

California required reporting of lost or stolen firearms handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1101 — tracing firearms used in crimes

Citation: Cal. Pen. Code § 11108.3

(a) A law enforcement agency shall enter or cause to be entered into the Department of Justice Automated Firearms System each firearm that has been reported stolen, lost, found, recovered, held for safekeeping, or under observation, within seven calendar days after being notified of the precipitating event.

Effective: 2018-09-28 Superseded: 2019-01-01

California required reporting of lost or stolen firearms handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1093 — lost and stolen firearms

Citation: Cal. Pen. Code § 25250(a)

Commencing July 1, 2017, every person shall report the loss or theft of a firearm he or she owns or possesses to a local law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the theft or loss occurred within five days of the time he or she knew or reasonably should have known that the firearm had been stolen or lost.

Effective: 2017-07-01

California required reporting of lost or stolen firearms handgun and long gun Restrictive

CA1096 — tracing firearms used in crimes

Citation: 1998 Cal. Legis. Serv. Ch. 911 (AB 2011)

11108.3. (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 11108 that apply to a local law enforcement agency's duty to report to the Department of Justice the recovery of a firearm, whenever a police or sheriff's department recovers a firearm that is illegally possessed, has been used in a crime, or is suspected of having been used in a crime, it shall report to the department in a manner determined by the Attorney...

Effective: 1999-01-01 Superseded: 2018-09-28

California safety training required long gun Restrictive

CA1068 — to purchase

Citation: Cal. Penal Code § 31615(a)

A person shall not do either of the following: (1) Purchase or receive any handgun, except an antique firearm, without a valid handgun safety certificate (2) Sell, deliver, loan, or transfer any firearm, except an antique firearm, to any person who does not have a valid handgun safety certificate.

Effective: 2015-01-01

California safety training required long gun Restrictive

CA1079 — to purchase

Citation: West's Ann.Cal.Penal Code § 26840

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 a handgun, an unexpired handgun safety certificate. The firearms dealer shall retain a photocopy of the firearm safety certificate as proof of compliance with this requirement.

Effective: 2015-01-01