Pen. Code, § 16865 · Division 2. DEFINITIONS

Pen. Code, § 16865

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

As used in Section 26860, “long gun” means any firearm that is not a handgun or a machinegun.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 761, Sec. 2. (SB 683) Effective January 1, 2014.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&sectionNum=16865.
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Penal Code

Pen. Code, § 26860Printed as Section 26860

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