{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-16960","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 16960","heading":"","body":"As used in Article 1 (commencing with Section 26500) of Chapter 1 of Division 6 of Title 4, “operation of law” includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:\n(a) The executor, personal representative, or administrator of an estate, if the estate includes a firearm.\n(b) A secured creditor or an agent or employee of a secured creditor when a firearm is possessed as collateral for, or as a result of, a default under a security agreement under the Commercial Code.\n(c) A levying officer, as defined in Section 481.140, 511.060, or 680.260 of the Code of Civil Procedure.\n(d) A receiver performing the functions of a receiver, if the receivership estate includes a firearm.\n(e) A trustee in bankruptcy performing the duties of a trustee, if the bankruptcy estate includes a firearm.\n(f) An assignee for the benefit of creditors performing the functions of an assignee, if the assignment includes a firearm.\n(g) A transmutation of property between spouses pursuant to Section 850 of the Family Code.\n(h) A firearm received by the family of a police officer or deputy sheriff from a local agency pursuant to Section 50081 of the Government Code.\n(i) The transfer of a firearm by a law enforcement agency to the person who found the firearm where the delivery is to the person as the finder of the firearm pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 2080) of Chapter 4 of Title 6 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code.\n(j) The trustee of a trust that includes a firearm and that was part of a will that created the trust.\n(k) A person acting pursuant to the person’s power of attorney in accordance with Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4000) of the Probate Code.\n(l) A limited or general conservator appointed by a court pursuant to the Probate Code or Welfare and Institutions Code.\n(m) A guardian ad litem appointed by a court pursuant to Section 372 of the Code of Civil Procedure.\n(n) The trustee of a trust that includes a firearm that is under court supervision.\n(o) A special administrator appointed by a court pursuant to Section 8540 of the Probate Code.\n(p) A guardian appointed by a court pursuant to Section 1500 of the Probate Code.","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":"873db6db56a19bd76357e8bdb05076c64865e224dea87954cc043e49fcf0743d","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-16950","next":"us-ca/pen-16965"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}