{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-18710","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 18710","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as provided by this chapter, any person, firm, or corporation who, within this state, possesses any destructive device, other than fixed ammunition of a caliber greater than .60 caliber, is guilty of a public offense.\n(b) A person, firm, or corporation who is convicted of an offense under subdivision (a) shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed one year, or in state prison, or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both this fine and imprisonment.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 6. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS [16000. - 34400.]","TITLE 2. WEAPONS GENERALLY [17500. - 19405.]","DIVISION 5. DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, EXPLOSIVES, AND SIMILAR WEAPONS [18710. - 19290.]","CHAPTER 1. Destructive Devices and Explosives Generally  [18710. - 19000.]","ARTICLE 1. Prohibited Acts  [18710. - 18780.]"],"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":"6e4f36eea85ee51049dd76edc2638e6d27fd7da690ac2d5979b7bdc3b645e564","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-18500","next":"us-ca/pen-18715"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}