Pen. Code, § 32650 · Article 3. Permits
Pen. Code, § 32650
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The Department of Justice may issue permits for the possession, manufacture, and transportation or possession, manufacture, or transportation of machineguns, upon a satisfactory showing that good cause exists for the issuance of the permit to the applicant. No permit shall be issued to a person who is under 18 years of age.
(b) A permit for possession issued pursuant to this section may only be issued to an individual, and may not be issued to a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or any other group or entity, regardless of how that entity was created.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 729, Sec. 4. (AB 170) Effective January 1, 2014.
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Cited by 11 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pen. Code, § 32650. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
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- Pen. Code, § 26390Printed as Section 32650
- Pen. Code, § 26405Printed as Section 32650
- Pen. Code, § 26588Printed as Section 32650
- Pen. Code, § 26965Printed as Section 32650 or 33300
- Pen. Code, § 27585Printed as Section 32650
- Pen. Code, § 27665Printed as Section 32650 or 33300
- Pen. Code, § 28460Printed as Section 31005, 32650, or 33300
- Pen. Code, § 31700Printed as Section 32650 or 33300
- Pen. Code, § 32450Printed as Section 31000, 32650, or 33300
- Pen. Code, § 32610Printed as Section 32650
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