Pen. Code, § 11108.2 · Article 3. Criminal Identification and Statistics
Pen. Code, § 11108.2
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A law enforcement agency shall enter or cause to be entered into the Department of Justice Automated Firearms System each firearm that has been reported stolen, lost, found, recovered, held for safekeeping, surrendered pursuant to Section 26892, 28050, or 29830, relinquished pursuant to Section 527.9 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Section 6389 of the Family Code, Section 18120 of this code, or any other section of law that requires relinquishment or surrender of firearms to that law enforcement agency, or under observation, within seven calendar days after being notified of the precipitating event.
(b) Information about a firearm entered into the automated system for firearms shall remain in the system until the reported firearm has been found, recovered, is no longer under observation, or the record is determined to have been entered in error.
(c) Any costs incurred by the Department of Justice to implement subdivision (b) shall be reimbursed from funds other than fees charged and collected pursuant to Sections 28225, 28230, and 28233.
(d) As used in this section, “law enforcement agency” means a police or sheriff’s department, or any department or agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof that employs any peace officer as defined in Section 830, including, but not limited to, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the University of California or California State University Police Departments, and the police department of any school district, transit district, airport, and harbor, port, or housing authority.
(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2026.
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History
Repealed (in Sec. 12) and added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 544, Sec. 13. (SB 899) Effective January 1, 2025. Operative January 1, 2026, by its own provisions.
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This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Code of Civil Procedure
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 830Printed as Section 830
- Pen. Code, § 26892Printed as Section 26892, 28050, or 29830
- Pen. Code, § 28050Printed as Section 26892, 28050, or 29830
- Pen. Code, § 28225Printed as Sections 28225, 28230, and 28233
- Pen. Code, § 28230Printed as Sections 28225, 28230, and 28233
- Pen. Code, § 28233Printed as Sections 28225, 28230, and 28233
- Pen. Code, § 29830Printed as Section 26892, 28050, or 29830
Cited by 7 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pen. Code, § 11108.2. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 11108.3Printed as Section 11108.2
- Pen. Code, § 11108.5Printed as Section 11108 or 11108.2
- Pen. Code, § 11108.10Printed as Sections 11108.2 and 11108.3
- Pen. Code, § 25260Printed as Section 11108.2
- Pen. Code, § 28220Printed as Sections 11108.2, 11108.3, and 11108.5
- Pen. Code, § 33855Printed as Section 11108.2
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