California Penal Code

§ 30020

PEN § 30020 Effective Jan 1, 2017Div. 9 · Title 4 · Part 6 · Ch. 4

Statute text

(a)The Department of Justice shall complete an initial review of a match in the daily queue of the Armed Prohibited Persons System within seven days of the match being placed in the queue and shall periodically reassess whether the department can complete those reviews more efficiently.

(b)(1) For the purpose of this section, “Armed Prohibited Persons System” means the “Prohibited Armed Persons File,” as described in Section 30000.

(2)For the purpose of this section, “match” means the entry into the Automated Criminal History System or into any department automated information system of the name and other information of an individual who may be prohibited from acquiring, owning, or possessing a firearm, and a corresponding record of ownership or possession of a firearm by that individual, as described in Section 30005.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 638, Sec. 1. (AB 1999) Effective January 1, 2017.