{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-32625","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 32625","heading":"","body":"(a) Any person, firm, or corporation, who within this state possesses or knowingly transports a machinegun, except as authorized by this chapter, is guilty of a public offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.\n(b) Any person, firm, or corporation who within this state intentionally converts a firearm into a machinegun, or who sells, or offers for sale, or knowingly manufactures a machinegun, except as authorized by this chapter, is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for four, six, or eight years.","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 6. Machineguns [32610. - 32750.]","ARTICLE 2. Unlawful Acts Relating to Machineguns [32625. - 32625.]"],"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":"06e939a9dccf89967200795501918913f63d28e59fb7a2a81985f9655d98897b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-32610","next":"us-ca/pen-32650"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}