{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-18109","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 18109","heading":"","body":"(a) This division does not require a law enforcement agency or a law enforcement officer to seek a gun violence restraining order in any case, including, but not limited to, in a case in which the agency or officer concludes, after investigation, that the criteria for issuance of a gun violence restraining order are not satisfied.\n(b) A petition brought by a law enforcement officer may be made in the name of the law enforcement agency in which the officer is employed.\n(c) This section shall become operative on September 1, 2020.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 6. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS [16000. - 34400.]","TITLE 2. WEAPONS GENERALLY [17500. - 19405.]","DIVISION 3.2. Gun Violence Restraining Orders [18100. - 18225.]","CHAPTER 1. General [18100. - 18123.]"],"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":"acdcc95a297561154f708b50ca657b304e2c04035084111388f86cd1cd10c137","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-18108","next":"us-ca/pen-18110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}