Terms Used In California Codes > Government Code > Title 6 > Division 3 > Part 3 > Chapter 5 - Zones

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• assessed value: means 25 percent of full value to, and including, the 1980-81 fiscal year, and 100 percent of full value for the 1981-82 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter. See California Government Code 25
• Board of directors: means the board of directors of a district that establishes policies for the operation of the district. See California Government Code 61002
• City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town. See California Streets and Highways Code 15
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• County: includes city and county. See California Food and Agricultural Code 29
• Department: means the Department of Transportation of this state. See California Streets and Highways Code 20
• District: means a community services district created pursuant to this division or any of its statutory predecessors. See California Government Code 61002
• firearm: includes the frame or receiver of the weapon, including both a completed frame or receiver, or a firearm precursor part:

  California Penal Code 16520

• firearm safety certificate: means a certificate issued by the Department of Justice pursuant to Sections 31610 to 31700, inclusive, or pursuant to former Article 8 (commencing with Section 12800) of Chapter 6 of Title 2 of Part 4, as that article was operative at any time from January 1, 2003, until it was repealed by the Deadly Weapons Recodification Act of 2010. See California Penal Code 16535
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• handgun: means any pistol, revolver, or firearm capable of being concealed upon the person. See California Penal Code 16640
• handgun safety certificate: means a certificate issued by the Department of Justice pursuant to Sections 31610 to 31700, inclusive, or pursuant to former Article 8 (commencing with Section 12800) of Chapter 6 of Title 2 of Part 4, as that article was operative at any time from January 1, 2003, until it was repealed by the Deadly Weapons Recodification Act of 2010. See California Penal Code 16670
• knowingly: import s only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code. See California Penal Code 7
• license: shall include a permit or a certificate issued by a state agency. See California Penal Code 23
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Penal Code 7
• Person: means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See California Food and Agricultural Code 38
• Purchase: means the purchase, loan, or transfer of a firearm. See California Penal Code 28150
• Purchase: means the purchase, loan, or transfer of a firearm. See California Penal Code 28200
• Purchaser: means the purchaser or transferee of a firearm or the person being loaned a firearm. See California Penal Code 28150
• Purchaser: means the purchaser or transferee of a firearm or the person being loaned a firearm. See California Penal Code 28200
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• safety: is a utomatically applied by the pistol, this feature shall not be defeated. See California Penal Code 31900
• Sale: means the sale, loan, or transfer of a firearm. See California Penal Code 28150
• Sale: means the sale, loan, or transfer of a firearm. See California Penal Code 28200
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• will: includes codicil. See California Penal Code 7
• Zone: means a zone formed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 61140) of Part 3. See California Government Code 61002