{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-23900","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 23900","heading":"","body":"Any person who changes, alters, removes, or obliterates the name of the maker, model, manufacturer’s number, or other mark of identification, including any distinguishing number or mark assigned by the Department of Justice, on any pistol, revolver, or any other firearm, without first having secured written permission from the department to make that change, alteration, or removal shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 6. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS [16000. - 34400.]","TITLE 4. FIREARMS [23500. - 34400.]","DIVISION 3. DISGUISED OR MISLEADING APPEARANCE [23800. - 24790.]","CHAPTER 2. Obliteration of Identification Marks [23900. - 23925.]"],"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":"6cb4c17fd8f3f6c1359efdaeafa87c7a76b64c9999765b0710c6d058cee66eab","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-23800","next":"us-ca/pen-23910"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}