Pen. Code, § 17190 · Division 2. DEFINITIONS
Pen. Code, § 17190
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
As used in Sections 16530, 16640, 16870, and 17180, Sections 17720 to 17730, inclusive, Section 17740, Section 30215, and Article 1 (commencing with Section 33210) of Chapter 8 of Division 10 of Title 4, “shotgun” means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore either a number of projectiles (ball shot) or a single projectile for each pull of the trigger.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 103, Sec. 8. (AB 1798) Effective January 1, 2015.
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Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 16530Printed as Sections 16530, 16640, 16870, and 17180
- Pen. Code, § 16640Printed as Sections 16530, 16640, 16870, and 17180
- Pen. Code, § 16870Printed as Sections 16530, 16640, 16870, and 17180
- Pen. Code, § 17180Printed as Sections 16530, 16640, 16870, and 17180
- Pen. Code, § 17720Printed as Sections 17720 to 17730, inclusive
- Pen. Code, § 17730Printed as Sections 17720 to 17730, inclusive
- Pen. Code, § 17740Printed as Section 17740
- Pen. Code, § 30215Printed as Section 30215
- Pen. Code, pt. 6, tit. 4, div. 10, ch. 8, art. 1Restrictions Relating to Short-Barreled Rifle or Short-Barreled ShotgunPrinted as Article 1 (commencing with Section 33210) of Chapter 8 of Division 10 of Title 4
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