California Penal Code 27530 – (a) No person shall sell or otherwise transfer ownership of a …
(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:
Terms Used In California Penal Code 27530
- 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
- handgun: means any pistol, revolver, or firearm capable of being concealed upon the person. See California Penal Code 16640
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Penal Code 7
(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.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 76, Sec. 17. (AB 1621) Effective June 30, 2022.)