California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 8103

WIC § 8103 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 8 · Ch. 3

Statute text

(a)(1) A person who after October 1, 1955, has been adjudicated by a court of any state to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or mental illness, or who has been adjudicated to be a mentally disordered sex offender, shall not purchase or receive, or attempt to purchase or receive, or have possession, custody, or control of a firearm, other deadly weapon, or ammunition unless there has been issued to the person a certificate by the court of adjudication upon release from treatment or at a later date stating that the person may possess a firearm, other deadly weapon, or ammunition without endangering others, and the person has not, subsequent to the issuance of the certificate, again been adjudicated by a court to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or mental illness.

(2)The court shall notify the Department of Justice of the court order finding the individual to be a person described in paragraph (1) as soon as possible, but not later than one court day after issuing the order. The court shall also notify the department of a certificate issued as described in paragraph (1) as soon as possible, but not later than one court day after issuing the certificate.

(3)A person described in paragraph (1) shall, in accordance with applicable state law and local procedure, relinquish to law enforcement a firearm, other deadly weapon, or ammunition in their custody or control within 14 days of a court order finding the person to be a person described in paragraph (1) and submit a receipt to the court to show proof of relinquishment.

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 2.4) and added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 924, Sec. 2.5. (SB 1025) Effective January 1, 2025. Operative September 1, 2025, by its own provisions.