{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-31610","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 31610","heading":"","body":"(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to require that persons who obtain firearms have a basic familiarity with those firearms, including, but not limited to, the safe handling and storage of those firearms. It is not the intent of the Legislature to require a firearm safety certificate for the mere possession of a firearm.\n(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2015.","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 4. Handguns and Firearm Safety [31500. - 32110.]","ARTICLE 2. Firearm Safety Certificate [31610. - 31670.]"],"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":"f94825441789480f20d5380269b568a65e32c00419b25fafdc6dcdba7860a667","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-31590","next":"us-ca/pen-31615"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}