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Cal. Penal Code § 17290
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 § 17290
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.
As used in this part, “undetectable knife” means any knife or other instrument, with or without a handguard, that satisfies all of the following requirements: (a) It is capable of ready use as a stabbing weapon that may inflict great bodily injury or death. (b) It is commercially manufactured to be used as a weapon. (c) It is not detectable by a metal detector or magnetometer, either handheld or otherwise, which is set at standard calibration.
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