Pen. Code, § 32310 · Article 1. Rules Governing Large-Capacity Magazines
Pen. Code, § 32310
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Except as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 32400) of this chapter and in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any person in this state who manufactures or causes to be manufactured, imports into the state, keeps for sale, or offers or exposes for sale, or who gives, lends, buys, or receives any large-capacity magazine is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
(b) For purposes of this section, “manufacturing” includes both fabricating a magazine and assembling a magazine from a combination of parts, including, but not limited to, the body, spring, follower, and floor plate or end plate, to be a fully functioning large-capacity magazine.
(c) Except as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 32400) of this chapter and in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, commencing July 1, 2017, any person in this state who possesses any large-capacity magazine, regardless of the date the magazine was acquired, is guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per large-capacity magazine, or is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per large-capacity magazine, by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(d) Any person who may not lawfully possess a large-capacity magazine commencing July 1, 2017 shall, prior to July 1, 2017:
(1) Remove the large-capacity magazine from the state;
(2) Sell the large-capacity magazine to a licensed firearms dealer; or
(3) Surrender the large-capacity magazine to a law enforcement agency for destruction.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended November 8, 2016, by initiative Proposition 63, Sec. 6.1.
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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, § 1170Printed as Section 1170
- Pen. Code, pt. 6, tit. 2, div. 2, ch. 1ExemptionsPrinted as Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2
- Pen. Code, pt. 6, tit. 4, div. 10, ch. 5, art. 2Exceptions Relating Specifically to Large-Capacity MagazinesPrinted as Article 2 (commencing with Section 32400) of this chapter
Cited by 17 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pen. Code, § 32310. 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, § 16580Printed as Sections 32310 to 32450, inclusive
- Pen. Code, § 16590Printed as Section 32310
- Pen. Code, § 29186Printed as Section 32310 or 32311
- Pen. Code, § 32311Printed as Section 32310
- Pen. Code, § 32400Printed as Section 32310
- Pen. Code, § 32405Printed as Section 32310
- Pen. Code, § 32406Printed as Section 32310
- Pen. Code, § 32410Printed as Section 32310
- Pen. Code, § 32415Printed as Section 32310
- Pen. Code, § 32425Printed as Section 32310
- Pen. Code, § 32430Printed as Section 32310
- Pen. Code, § 32435Printed as Section 32310
- Pen. Code, § 32440Printed as Section 32310
- Pen. Code, § 32445Printed as Section 32310
- Pen. Code, § 32450Printed as Section 32310
- Pen. Code, § 32455Printed as Section 32310
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