California Penal Code ARTICLE 2 - Firearm Safety Certificate

  • Section 31610.
    (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to require that persons who obtain firearms have a basic familiarity with those firearms,...
  • Section 31615.
    (a) A person shall not do either of the following:(1) Purchase or receive any firearm, except an antique firearm, without a valid firearm safety certificate, except that...
  • Section 31620.
    (a) A person shall not commit an act of collusion as specified in Section 27550.(b) Any person who alters, counterfeits, or falsifies a handgun safety certificate, or...
  • Section 31625.
    (a) A certified instructor shall not issue a firearm safety certificate to any person who has not complied with this article. Proof of compliance shall be...
  • Section 31630.
    (a) The department shall develop an instruction manual in English and in Spanish. The department shall make the instructional manual available to firearms dealers licensed pursuant...
  • Section 31635.
    (a) The department shall prescribe a minimum level of skill, knowledge, and competency to be required of all firearm safety certificate instructors.(b) Department Certified Instructor applicants shall...
  • Section 31640.
    (a) The department shall develop a written objective test, in English and in Spanish, and prescribe its content, form, and manner, to be administered by an...
  • Section 31645.
    (a) An applicant for a firearm safety certificate shall successfully pass the objective test referred to in Section 31640, with a passing grade of at least...
  • Section 31650.
    (a) The certified instructor may charge a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25), fifteen dollars ($15) of which is to be paid to the department pursuant to...
  • Section 31655.
    (a) The department shall develop firearm safety certificates to be issued by instructors certified by the department to those persons who have complied with this article.(b) A...
  • Section 31660.
    (a) In the case of loss or destruction of a firearm safety certificate, the issuing instructor shall issue a duplicate certificate upon request and proof of...
  • Section 31665.
    The department shall be immune from any liability arising from implementing Sections 31630, 31635, 31640, and subdivision (a) of Section 31655.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch....
  • Section 31670.
    Except for the provisions of former Section 12804, former Article 8 (commencing with Section 12800) of Chapter 6 of Title 2 of Part 4, as...

Last modified: October 22, 2018