Pen. Code, § 17720 · Chapter 1. Exemptions
Pen. Code, § 17720
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The provisions listed in Section 16590 do not apply to any instrument or device, other than a short-barreled rifle or a short-barreled shotgun, which is possessed or used during the course of a motion picture, television, or video production or entertainment event by an authorized participant therein in the course of making that production or event or by an authorized employee or agent of the entity producing that production or event.
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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Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pen. Code, § 17720. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 3453Printed as Section 16570, 16740, 16760, 16830, 16920, 16930, 16940, 17090, 17125, 17160, 17170, 17180, 17190, 17200, 17270, 17280, 17330, 17350, 17360, 17700, 17705, 17710, 17715, 17720, 17725, 17730, 17735, 177
- Pen. Code, § 17090Printed as Sections 17720 to 17730, inclusive
- Pen. Code, § 17190Printed as Sections 17720 to 17730, inclusive
- Pen. Code, § 17725Printed as Sections 17715 and 17720
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