California Penal Code DIVISION 2 - FIREARM SAFETY DEVICES, GUN SAFES, AND RELATED WARNINGS

  • Section 23620.
    This division and Sections 16540, 16610, and 16870 shall be known and may be cited as the “Aroner-Scott-Hayden Firearms Safety Act of 1999.”(Added by Stats....
  • Section 23625.
    The Legislature makes the following findings: (a) In the years 1987 to 1996, nearly 2,200 children in the United States under the age of 15 years...
  • Section 23630.
    (a) This division does not apply to the commerce of any antique firearm. (b) (1) This division does not apply to the commerce of any firearm intended to...
  • Section 23635.
    (a) Any firearm sold or transferred in this state by a licensed firearms dealer, including a private transfer through a dealer, and any firearm manufactured in...
  • Section 23640.
    (a) (1) The packaging of any firearm and any descriptive materials that accompany any firearm sold or transferred in this state, or delivered for sale in this...
  • Section 23645.
    (a) Any violation of Section 23635 or Section 23640 is punishable by a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000). (b) On a second violation of any of...
  • Section 23650.
    (a) The Attorney General shall develop regulations to implement a minimum safety standard for firearm safety devices and gun safes to significantly reduce the risk of...
  • Section 23655.
    (a) The Department of Justice shall certify laboratories to verify compliance with standards for firearm safety devices set forth in Section 23650. (b) The Department of Justice...
  • Section 23660.
    (a) No person shall keep for commercial sale, offer, or expose for commercial sale, or commercially sell any firearm safety device that is not listed on...
  • Section 23665.
    (a) No long-gun safe may be manufactured in this state for sale in this state that does not comply with the standards for gun safes adopted...
  • Section 23670.
    (a) (1) A violation of Section 23660 or 23665 is punishable by a civil fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500).(2) A second violation of any of...
  • Section 23675.
    Compliance with the requirements set forth in this division does not relieve any person from liability to any other person as may be imposed pursuant...
  • Section 23680.
    (a) If at any time the Attorney General determines that a gun safe or firearm safety device subject to the provisions of this division and sold...
  • Section 23685.
    Each lead law enforcement agency investigating an incident shall report to the State Department of Health Services any information obtained that reasonably supports the conclusion...
  • Section 23690.
    (a) (1) The Department of Justice may require each dealer to charge each firearm purchaser or transferee a fee not to exceed one dollar ($1) for each...

Last modified: October 22, 2018