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2023 California Code
Penal Code - PEN
PART 6 - CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS
TITLE 4 - FIREARMS
DIVISION 6 - SALE, LEASE, OR TRANSFER OF FIREARMS
CHAPTER 1 - License Requirement for Sale, Lease, or Transfer of Firearms
ARTICLE 1 - License Requirement and Miscellaneous Exceptions
Section 26500.
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CA Penal Code § 26500 (2023)
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26500. (a) No person shall sell, lease, or transfer firearms unless the person has been issued a license pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) of Chapter 2.
(b) Any person violating this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. (SB 1080) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 10 of Ch. 711.)
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