{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-20990","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 20990","heading":"","body":"Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2, any writing pen knife is a nuisance and is subject to Section 18010.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 6. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS [16000. - 34400.]","TITLE 3. WEAPONS AND DEVICES OTHER THAN FIREARMS [19910. - 23025.]","DIVISION 5. KNIVES AND SIMILAR WEAPONS [20200. - 21590.]","CHAPTER 2. Disguised or Misleading Appearance [20310. - 20990.]","ARTICLE 7. Writing Pen Knife [20910. - 20990.]"],"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":"7ca4b52c38aa4c19598d60e781963d28711d4c1697aeb8d9a663876510e3ea08","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-20910","next":"us-ca/pen-21110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}