Pen. Code, § 31610 · Article 2. Firearm Safety Certificate
Pen. Code, § 31610
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to require that persons who obtain firearms have a basic familiarity with those firearms, including, but not limited to, the safe handling and storage of those firearms. It is not the intent of the Legislature to require a firearm safety certificate for the mere possession of a firearm.
(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2015.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed (in Sec. 14) and added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 761, Sec. 15. (SB 683) Effective January 1, 2014. Section operative January 1, 2015, by its own provisions.
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- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=31610.
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Cited by 5 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pen. Code, § 31610. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 16370Printed as Sections 31610 to 31700, inclusive
- Pen. Code, § 16450Printed as Sections 31610 to 31700, inclusive
- Pen. Code, § 16535Printed as Sections 31610 to 31700, inclusive
- Pen. Code, § 16670Printed as Sections 31610 to 31700, inclusive
- Pen. Code, § 27550Printed as Sections 31610 to 31700, inclusive
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