California Penal Code

§ 27882

PEN § 27882 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 6 · Title 4 · Part 6 · Ch. 4 · Art. 6

Statute text

(a)Section 27545 does not apply to the transfer of a firearm if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(1)The firearm is voluntarily and temporarily transferred to another person who is 18 years of age or older for safekeeping to prevent it from being accessed or used to attempt suicide by the transferor or another person that may gain access to it in the transferor’s household.

(2)The transferee does not use the firearm for any purpose and, except when transporting the firearm to the transferee’s residence or when returning it to the transferor, keeps the firearm unloaded and securely stored, as defined in Section 25145, in the transferee’s residence.

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 13) and added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 542, Sec. 14. (SB 53) Effective January 1, 2025. Operative January 1, 2026, by its own provisions.