{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-17312","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 17312","heading":"","body":"“Valid state or federal serial number or mark of identification” means either of the following:\n(a) A serial number that has been imprinted by a federal licensee authorized to serialize firearms in accordance with federal law, or that has been assigned to a firearm pursuant to Chapter 53 of Title 26 of the United States Code and the regulations issued pursuant thereto.\n(b) A serial number or mark of identification issued by the California Department of Justice pursuant to Section 23910 or 29180.","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":"6f7e28a13fa05b8e9931d4cd83e9bb3c8f7166cd29944cd1365525e06cc253d7","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-17310","next":"us-ca/pen-17315"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}