California Penal Code 32700 – The Department of Justice may grant a license to permit the sale of …
The Department of Justice may grant a license to permit the sale of machineguns at the place specified in the license, subject to all of the following conditions:
(a) The business shall be carried on only in the place designated in the license.
Terms Used In California Penal Code 32700
- license: shall include a permit or a certificate issued by a state agency. See California Penal Code 23
- machinegun: means any weapon that shoots, is designed to shoot, or can readily be restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. See California Penal Code 16880
- peace officer: signify any one of the officers mentioned in Chapter 4. See California Penal Code 7
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Penal Code 7
(b) The license or a certified copy of the license must be displayed on the premises in a place where it may easily be read.
(c) No machinegun shall be delivered to any person not authorized to receive the machinegun under the provisions of this chapter.
(d) A complete record must be kept of sales made under the authority of the license, showing the name and address of the purchaser, the descriptions and serial numbers of the weapons purchased, the number and date of issue of the purchaser’s permit, if any, and the signature of the purchaser or purchasing agent. This record shall be open to the inspection of any peace officer or other person designated by the Attorney General.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. (SB 1080) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 10 of Ch. 711.)