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Pen. Code, § 18185 · Chapter 4. Gun Violence Restraining Order Issued After Notice and Hearing

Pen. Code, § 18185

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

(a) A person subject to a gun violence restraining order issued under this chapter may submit one written request per year during the effective period of the order for a hearing to terminate the order.

(b) If the court finds after the hearing that there is no longer clear and convincing evidence to believe that paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 18175 are true, the court shall terminate the order.

(c) This section shall become operative on September 1, 2020.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Repealed (in Sec. 13) and added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 724, Sec. 14. (AB 12) Effective January 1, 2020. Section operative September 1, 2020, by its own provisions.

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