{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-16240","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 16240","heading":"","body":"As used in this part, “basic firearms safety certificate” means a certificate issued before January 1, 2003, by the Department of Justice pursuant to former Article 8 (commencing with Section 12800) of Chapter 6 of Title 2 of Part 4, as that article read at any time from when it became operative on January 1, 1992, to when it was repealed on January 1, 2003.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 6. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS [16000. - 34400.]","TITLE 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS [16000. - 17360.]","DIVISION 2. DEFINITIONS [16100. - 17360.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"996583742947dbddfc2792031a4518542a661581e0c1ca451580209d04dfbcf7","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-16230","next":"us-ca/pen-16250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}