2017 California Code
Penal Code - PEN
PART 6 - CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS
TITLE 2 - WEAPONS GENERALLY
DIVISION 3.2 - Gun Violence Restraining Orders
CHAPTER 4 - Gun Violence Restraining Order Issued After Notice and Hearing
Section 18170.

Universal Citation: CA Penal Code § 18170 (2017)
18170.  

(a) An immediate family member of a person or a law enforcement officer may request that a court, after notice and a hearing, issue a 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 for a period of one year.

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, “immediate family member” has the same meaning as in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 422.4.

(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 872, Sec. 3. (AB 1014) Effective January 1, 2015. Section operative January 1, 2016, pursuant to Section 18122.)

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