California Penal Code

§ 33880

PEN § 33880 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 11 · Title 4 · Part 6 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)A city, county, or city and county, or a state agency may adopt a regulation, ordinance, or resolution imposing a charge equal to its administrative costs relating to the seizure, impounding, storage, or release of any firearm, ammunition feeding device, or ammunition.

(b)The fee under subdivision (a) shall not exceed the actual costs incurred for the expenses directly related to taking possession of any firearm, ammunition feeding device, or ammunition, storing it, and surrendering possession of it to a licensed firearms dealer or to the owner.

(c)The administrative costs described in subdivisions (a) and (b) may be waived by the local or state agency upon verifiable proof that the firearm, ammunition feeding device, or ammunition was reported stolen at the time it came into the custody or control of the law enforcement agency.

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Legislative history

Repealed and added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 780, Sec. 22. (SB 746) Effective January 1, 2019. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.