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2021 California Code
Penal Code - PEN
PART 6 - CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS
TITLE 4 - FIREARMS
DIVISION 10 - SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO PARTICULAR TYPES OF FIREARMS OR FIREARM EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER 1.5 - Firearm Precursor Parts
ARTICLE 1 - Restrictions Relating to Firearm Precursor Parts
Section 30400.

Universal Citation:
CA Penal Code § 30400 (2021)
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30400.  

(a) Commencing July 1, 2022, a person, corporation, or dealer who does either of the following shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for a term not to exceed six months, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both the imprisonment and fine.

(1) Sells a firearm precursor part to a person under 21 years of age.

(2) Supplies, delivers, or gives possession of a firearm precursor part to a minor who the person, corporation, or dealer knows, or using reasonable care should have known, is prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition at that time pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 29610) of Division 9.

(b) Proof that a person, corporation, or dealer, or their agent or employee, demanded, was shown, and acted in reasonable reliance upon, bona fide evidence of the age of majority and identity shall be a defense to any criminal prosecution under this section.

(c) The provisions of this section are cumulative and do not restrict the application of any other law. However, an act or omission punishable in different ways by this section and another provision of law shall not be punished under more than one provision.

(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 29, Sec. 23. (SB 118) Effective August 6, 2020.)

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