2024 California Code
Penal Code - PEN
PART 6 - CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS
TITLE 4 - FIREARMS
DIVISION 5 - CARRYING FIREARMS
CHAPTER 6 - Openly Carrying an Unloaded Handgun
ARTICLE 2 - Exemptions
Section 26379.

Universal Citation:
CA Penal Code § 26379 (2024)
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26379. Paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 26350 does not apply to, or affect, the open carrying of an unloaded handgun incident to any of the following:

(a) Complying with Section 27560 or 27565, as it pertains to that handgun.

(b) Section 28000, as it pertains to that handgun.

(c) Section 27850 or 31725, as it pertains to that handgun.

(d) Complying with Section 27875, as it pertains to that handgun.

(e) Complying with or utilizing Section 26556, 26892, 27920, 27925, 29810, or 29830, as it pertains to that handgun.

(f) Complying with paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 32000, as it pertains to that handgun.

(g) Complying with Section 6389 of the Family Code, as it pertains to that handgun.

(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.

(Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 544, Sec. 19. (SB 899) Effective January 1, 2025. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, by its own provisions. See later operative version as added by Sec. 20 of Stats. 2024, Ch. 544.)

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