California Penal Code
§ 18120
PEN § 18120 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 3.2 · Title 2 · Part 6 · Ch. 1
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)A person subject to a gun violence restraining order issued pursuant to this division shall not have in the person’s custody or control, own, purchase, possess, or receive any firearms or ammunition while that order is in effect.
(b)(1) Upon issuance of a gun violence restraining order issued pursuant to this division, the court shall order the restrained person to surrender all firearms and ammunition in the restrained person’s custody or control, or which the restrained person possesses or owns pursuant to this subdivision.
(2)The surrender ordered pursuant to paragraph (1) shall occur by immediately surrendering all firearms and ammunition in a safe manner, upon request of a law enforcement officer, to the control of the officer, after being served with the restraining order. A law enforcement officer serving a gun violence restraining order that indicates that the restrained person possesses firearms or ammunition shall request that all firearms and ammunition be immediately surrendered.
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Legislative history
Repealed (in Sec. 14) and added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 544, Sec. 15. (SB 899) Effective January 1, 2025. Operative January 1, 2026, by its own provisions.