Pen. Code, § 18000 · Division 3. SURRENDER, DISPOSAL, AND ENJOINING OF WEAPONS CONSTITUTING A NUISANCE
Pen. Code, § 18000
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Any weapon described in Section 19190, 21390, 21590, 25700, 26110, or 26395, or, upon conviction of the defendant or upon a juvenile court finding that an offense that would be a misdemeanor or felony if committed by an adult was committed or attempted by the juvenile with the use of a firearm, any weapon described in Section 29300, shall be surrendered to one of the following:
(1) The sheriff of a county.
(2) The chief of police or other head of a municipal police department of any city or city and county.
(3) The chief of police of any campus of the University of California or the California State University.
(4) The Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol.
(b) For purposes of this section, the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol shall receive only weapons that were confiscated by a member of the California Highway Patrol.
(c) A finding that the defendant was guilty of the offense but was insane at the time the offense was committed is a conviction for the purposes of this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 534, Sec. 1. (AB 2739) Effective January 1, 2025.
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This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 19190Printed as Section 19190, 21390, 21590, 25700, 26110, or 26395
- Pen. Code, § 21390Printed as Section 19190, 21390, 21590, 25700, 26110, or 26395
- Pen. Code, § 21590Printed as Section 19190, 21390, 21590, 25700, 26110, or 26395
- Pen. Code, § 25700Printed as Section 19190, 21390, 21590, 25700, 26110, or 26395
- Pen. Code, § 26110Printed as Section 19190, 21390, 21590, 25700, 26110, or 26395
- Pen. Code, § 26395Printed as Section 19190, 21390, 21590, 25700, 26110, or 26395
- Pen. Code, § 29300Printed as Section 29300
Cited by 39 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pen. Code, § 18000. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 186.22aPrinted as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 245Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 245.3Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 417.6Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 833.5Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 12022Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 12022.5Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 12022.53Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 18005Printed as Section 18000
- Pen. Code, § 18415Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 18420Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 19190Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 21390Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 21590Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 25700Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 26110Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 26395Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 26510Printed as Section 18000 or 18005
- Pen. Code, § 26540Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 26576Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 26620Printed as Section 18000, 18005, 34000, or 34005
- Pen. Code, § 26892Printed as Sections 18000, 18005, and 34000
- Pen. Code, § 27620Printed as Section 18000, 18005, 34000, or 34005
- Pen. Code, § 27850Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 27855Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 27922Printed as Sections 18000, 18005, or 34000
- Pen. Code, § 27930Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 28050Printed as Sections 18000, 18005, and 34000
- Pen. Code, § 29300Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 29830Printed as Sections 18000, 18005, and 34000
- Pen. Code, § 30605Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 30610Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 31725Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 31730Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 31770Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 31835Printed as Section 18000, 18005, 34000, or 34005
- Pen. Code, § 33700Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 34000Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
- Pen. Code, § 34010Printed as Sections 18000 and 18005
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