{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-27530","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 27530","heading":"","body":"(a) No person shall sell or otherwise transfer ownership of a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number imprinted by a federal licensee authorized to serialize firearms.\n(b) This section does not apply to any of the following:\n(1) A firearm made or assembled prior to December 16, 1968, that is not a handgun.\n(2) A firearm that is a curio or relic, or an antique firearm, as those terms are defined in Section 479.11 of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations.\n(3) A firearm that has been entered, before July 1, 2018, into the centralized registry set forth in Section 11106, as being owned by a specific individual or entity, if that firearm has assigned to it a distinguishing number or mark of identification because the department accepted entry of that firearm into the centralized registry.\n(4) The transfer, surrender, or sale of a firearm to a law enforcement agency.\n(5) The sale or transfer of ownership of a firearm to a federally licensed firearms manufacturer or importer, or any other federal licensee authorized to serialize firearms.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 6. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS [16000. - 34400.]","TITLE 4. FIREARMS [23500. - 34400.]","DIVISION 6. SALE, LEASE, OR TRANSFER OF FIREARMS [26500. - 28490.]","CHAPTER 4. Crimes Relating to Sale, Lease, or Transfer of Firearms [27500. - 28000.]","ARTICLE 1. Crimes Relating to Sale, Lease, or Transfer of Firearms [27500. - 27595.1.]"],"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":"d6fc4c3ffee02a423a622f8fed6b1314a9ded1fb6c042f8c6da14ed5e56bd6ae","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-27525","next":"us-ca/pen-27531"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}