Pen. Code, § 17290 · Division 2. DEFINITIONS
Pen. Code, § 17290
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
As used in this part, “undetectable knife” means any knife or other instrument, with or without a handguard, that satisfies all of the following requirements:
(a) It is capable of ready use as a stabbing weapon that may inflict great bodily injury or death.
(b) It is commercially manufactured to be used as a weapon.
(c) It is not detectable by a metal detector or magnetometer, either handheld or otherwise, which is set at standard calibration.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
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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