Pen. Code, § 16530 · Division 2. DEFINITIONS
Pen. Code, § 16530
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) As used in this part, the terms “firearm capable of being concealed upon the person,” “pistol,” and “revolver” apply to and include any device designed to be used as a weapon, from which is expelled a projectile by the force of any explosion, or other form of combustion, and that has a barrel less than 16 inches in length. These terms also include any device that has a barrel 16 inches or more in length which is designed to be interchanged with a barrel less than 16 inches in length.
(b) Nothing shall prevent a device defined as a “firearm capable of being concealed upon the person,” “pistol,” or “revolver” from also being found to be a short-barreled rifle or a short-barreled shotgun.
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History
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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Cited by 7 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pen. Code, § 16530. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 16580Printed as Sections 16530 to 16550, inclusive
- Pen. Code, § 17010Printed as Section 16530
- Pen. Code, § 17080Printed as Section 16530
- Pen. Code, § 17090Printed as Sections 16530, 16640, 16650, 16660, 16870, and 17170
- Pen. Code, § 17190Printed as Sections 16530, 16640, 16870, and 17180
- Pen. Code, § 27531Printed as Section 16530
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