Rev. & Tax. Code, § 6405 · Article 3. Exemptions From Use Tax
Rev. & Tax. Code, § 6405
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Notwithstanding Section 6246, the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of the first eight hundred dollars ($800) of tangible personal property purchased in a foreign country by an individual from a retailer and personally hand-carried into this state from the foreign country within any 30-day period is exempt from the use tax. This section shall not apply to property sent or shipped to this state.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 342, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.
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