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Cal. Penal Code § 16380

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 § 16380

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 § 16380Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
As used in this part, “chamber load indicator” means a device that plainly indicates that a cartridge is in the firing chamber. A device satisfies this definition if it is readily visible, has incorporated or adjacent explanatory text or graphics, or both, and is designed and intended to indicate to a reasonably foreseeable adult user of the pistol, without requiring the user to refer to a user’s manual or any other resource other than the pistol itself, whether a cartridge is in the firing chamber.

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