{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-17290","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 17290","heading":"","body":"As used in this part, “undetectable knife” means any knife or other instrument, with or without a handguard, that satisfies all of the following requirements:\n(a) It is capable of ready use as a stabbing weapon that may inflict great bodily injury or death.\n(b) It is commercially manufactured to be used as a weapon.\n(c) It is not detectable by a metal detector or magnetometer, either handheld or otherwise, which is set at standard calibration.","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":"44f3eaace6dfad425c4183ca89e22db47f44c4c3fd22a27182d743a732cb75f7","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-17280","next":"us-ca/pen-17295"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}