California Penal Code

§ 25200

PEN § 25200 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 4 · Title 4 · Part 6 · Ch. 3

Statute text

(a)If all of the following conditions are satisfied, a person shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine:

(1)The person keeps a firearm, loaded or unloaded, within any premises that are under the person’s custody or control.

(2)The person knows or reasonably should know that a child is likely to gain access to that firearm without the permission of the child’s parent or legal guardian, or that a person prohibited from possessing a firearm or deadly weapon pursuant to state or federal law is likely to gain access to the firearm.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 840, Sec. 8. (SB 172) Effective January 1, 2020.