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Effective Jan 1, 2024Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 239, Sec. 1. (AB 725) Effective January 1, 2024.
- (a) As used in this part, “firearm” means a device, designed to be used as a weapon, from which is expelled through a barrel, a projectile by the force of an explosion or other form of combustion.
(b) As used in the following provisions, “firearm” includes the frame or receiver of the weapon, including both a completed frame or receiver, or a firearm precursor part:
- (1) Section 136.2.
- (2) Section 646.91.
- (3) Sections 16515 and 16517.
- (4) Section 16550.
- (5) Section 16730.
- (6) Section 16960.
- (7) Section 16990.
- (8) Section 17070.
- (9) Section 17310.
- (10) Sections 18100 to 18500, inclusive.
- (11) Section 23690.
- (12) Sections 23900 to 23925, inclusive.
- (13) Commencing on July 1, 2026, Sections 25250 to 25275, inclusive.
- (14) Sections 26500 to 26590, inclusive.
- (15) Sections 26600 to 27140, inclusive.
- (16) Sections 27200 to 28490, inclusive.
- (17) Sections 29010 to 29150, inclusive.
- (18) Section 29185.
- (19) Sections 29610 to 29750, inclusive.
- (20) Sections 29800 to 29905, inclusive.
- (21) Sections 30150 to 30165, inclusive.
- (22) Section 31615.
- (23) Sections 31700 to 31830, inclusive.
- (24) Sections 34355 to 34370, inclusive.
- (25) Sections 527.6 to 527.9, inclusive, of the Code of Civil Procedure.
- (26) Sections 8100 to 8108, inclusive, of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
- (27) Section 15657.03 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(c) As used in the following provisions, “firearm” also includes a rocket, rocket propelled projectile launcher, or similar device containing an explosive or incendiary material, whether or not the device is designed for emergency or distress signaling purposes:
- (1) Section 16750.
- (2) Subdivision (b) of Section 16840.
- (3) Section 25400.
- (4) Sections 25850 to 26025, inclusive.
- (5) Subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 26030.
- (6) Sections 26035 to 26055, inclusive.
(d) As used in the following provisions, “firearm” does not include an unloaded antique firearm:
- (1) Section 16730.
- (2) Section 16550.
- (3) Section 16960.
- (4) Section 17310.
- (5) Subdivision (b) of Section 23920.
- (6) Section 25135.
- (7) Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 26350) of Division 5 of Title 4.
- (8) Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 26400) of Division 5 of Title 4.
- (9) Sections 26500 to 26588, inclusive.
- (10) Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive.
- (11) Section 27510.
- (12) Section 27530.
- (13) Section 27540.
- (14) Section 27545.
- (15) Sections 27555 to 27585, inclusive.
- (16) Sections 29010 to 29150, inclusive.
- (17) Section 29180.
- (e) As used in Sections 34005 and 34010, “firearm” does not include a destructive device.
- (f) As used in Sections 17280 and 24680, “firearm” has the same meaning as in Section 922 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
- (g) As used in Sections 29180 to 29184, inclusive, “firearm” includes the completed frame or receiver of a weapon.