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Cal. Penal Code § 16240

Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)

Part of Title 1: Preliminary Provisions, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 16240

Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.

Cal. Penal Code § 16240Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
As used in this part, “basic firearms safety certificate” means a certificate issued before January 1, 2003, by the Department of Justice pursuant to former Article 8 (commencing with Section 12800) of Chapter 6 of Title 2 of Part 4, as that article read at any time from when it became operative on January 1, 1992, to when it was repealed on January 1, 2003.

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