California Penal Code

§ 26406

PEN § 26406 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 5 · Title 4 · Part 6 · Ch. 7 · Art. 2

Statute text

Section 26400 does not apply to, or affect, the carrying of an unloaded firearm that is not a handgun in any of the following circumstances:

(a)By a person who finds that firearm, if the person is carrying the firearm in order to comply with Article 1 (commencing with Section 2080) of Chapter 4 of Title 6 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code as it pertains to that firearm, and, if the person is transporting the firearm to a law enforcement agency, the person gives prior notice to the law enforcement agency that the person is transporting the firearm to the law enforcement agency.

(b)By a person who finds that firearm and is transporting it to a law enforcement agency for disposition according to law, if the person gives prior notice to the law enforcement agency that the person is transporting the firearm to the law enforcement agency for disposition according to law.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 250, Sec. 6. (SB 715) Effective January 1, 2022.