Statute · California Penal Code
Cal. Penal Code § 27530 — Crimes Relating to Sale, Lease, or Transfer of Firearms
Cal. Penal Code § 27530
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Penal Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2022-06-30
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(a) No person shall sell or otherwise transfer ownership of a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number imprinted by a federal licensee authorized to serialize firearms.
Citator
Cal. Penal Code § 27530 — Crimes Relating to Sale, Lease, or Transfer of Firearms is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(a) No person shall sell or otherwise transfer ownership of a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number imprinted by a federal licensee authorized to serialize firearms.
(b) This section does not apply to any of the following:
(1) A firearm made or assembled prior to December 16, 1968, that is not a handgun.
(2) A firearm that is a curio or relic, or an antique firearm, as those terms are defined in Section 479.11 of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(3) A firearm that has been entered, before July 1, 2018, into the centralized registry set forth in Section 11106, as being owned by a specific individual or entity, if that firearm has assigned to it a distinguishing number or mark of identification because the department accepted entry of that firearm into the centralized registry.
(4) The transfer, surrender, or sale of a firearm to a law enforcement agency.
(5) The sale or transfer of ownership of a firearm to a federally licensed firearms manufacturer or importer, or any other federal licensee authorized to serialize firearms.