{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-30400","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 30400","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and in Section 30420, or except by operation of law, it shall be unlawful for a person to purchase, sell, offer to sell, or transfer ownership of any firearm precursor part in this state that is not a federally regulated firearm precursor part.\n(b) This section does not apply to either of the following:\n(1) The purchase of a firearm precursor part that is not a federally regulated firearm precursor part by a federally licensed firearms manufacturer or importer, or by a federal licensee authorized to serialize firearms.\n(2) The sale, offer to sell, or transfer of ownership of a firearm precursor part that is not a federally regulated firearm precursor part to a federally licensed firearms manufacturer or importer, or to a federal licensee authorized to serialize firearms.\n(c) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 6. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS [16000. - 34400.]","TITLE 4. FIREARMS [23500. - 34400.]","DIVISION 10. SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO PARTICULAR TYPES OF FIREARMS OR FIREARM EQUIPMENT [30210. - 33700.]","CHAPTER 1.5. Firearm Precursor Parts [30400. - 30425.]","ARTICLE 1. Restrictions Relating to Firearm Precursor Parts [30400. - 30425.]"],"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":"fd6935bd0716f33c3ed87189b061f1fcffc3e373cbeb0e045ee472716d25d65f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-30395","next":"us-ca/pen-30401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}