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Cal. Penal Code § 18109
Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Part of Title 2: Weapons Generally, California Penal Code.
Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 18109
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.
(a) This division does not require a law enforcement agency or a law enforcement officer to seek a gun violence restraining order in any case, including, but not limited to, in a case in which the agency or officer concludes, after investigation, that the criteria for issuance of a gun violence restraining order are not satisfied. (b) A petition brought by a law enforcement officer may be made in the name of the law enforcement agency in which the officer is employed. (c) This section shall become operative on September 1, 2020.
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