Pen. Code, § 28405 · Article 5. Exceptions Relating to Law Enforcement
Pen. Code, § 28405
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Article 1 (commencing with Section 28100), Article 2 (commencing with Section 28150), Article 3 (commencing with Section 28200), and Article 4 (commencing with Section 28300) do not apply to the loan of a firearm if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) The loan is made by an authorized law enforcement representative of a city, county, or city and county, or of the state or federal government.
(b) The loan is made to a peace officer employed by that agency and authorized to carry a firearm.
(c) The loan is made for the carrying and use of that firearm by that peace officer in the course and scope of the officer’s duties.
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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Penal Code
- Pen. Code, pt. 6, tit. 4, div. 6, ch. 6, art. 1General Provisions Relating to the Register or the Record of Electronic or Telephonic TransferPrinted as Article 1 (commencing with Section 28100)
- Pen. Code, pt. 6, tit. 4, div. 6, ch. 6, art. 2Form of the Register or the Record of Electronic TransferPrinted as Article 2 (commencing with Section 28150)
- Pen. Code, pt. 6, tit. 4, div. 6, ch. 6, art. 3Submission of Fees and Firearm Purchaser Information to the Department of JusticePrinted as Article 3 (commencing with Section 28200)
- Pen. Code, pt. 6, tit. 4, div. 6, ch. 6, art. 4Firearms Safety and Enforcement Special FundPrinted as Article 4 (commencing with Section 28300)
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