{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-23910","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 23910","heading":"","body":"The Department of Justice, upon request, may assign a distinguishing number or mark of identification to any firearm whenever the firearm lacks a manufacturer’s number or other mark of identification. Whenever the manufacturer’s number or other mark of identification or a distinguishing number or mark assigned by the department has been destroyed or obliterated, the Department of Justice, upon request, may assign a distinguishing number or mark of identification to any firearm in accordance with Section 29182.","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":"fcece40d82c048785d016725da22670a903c3dd911f84807d0d9e861ef040de5","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-23900","next":"us-ca/pen-23915"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}