SECTIONS 20810-20820 - California Statutes

PENAL CODE

SECTION 20810-20820

20810. (a) Any person in this state who commercially manufactures
or causes to be commercially manufactured, or who knowingly imports
into the state for commercial sale, or who knowingly exports out of
this state for commercial, dealer, wholesaler, or distributor sale,
or who keeps for commercial sale, or offers or exposes for
commercial, dealer, wholesaler, or distributor sale, any undetectable
knife is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing January
1, 2000, all knives or other instrument with or without a handguard
that is capable of ready use as a stabbing weapon that may inflict
great bodily injury or death that are commercially manufactured in
this state that utilize materials that are not detectable by a metal
detector or magnetometer, shall be manufactured to include materials
that will ensure they are detectable by a metal detector or
magnetometer, either handheld or otherwise, that is set at standard
calibration.

20815. Section 20810 does not apply to the manufacture or
importation of any undetectable knife for sale to a law enforcement
or military entity with a valid agency, department, or unit purchase
order, nor does Section 20810 apply to the subsequent sale of any
undetectable knife to a law enforcement or military entity.

20820. Section 20810 does not apply to the manufacture or
importation of any undetectable knife for sale to a federal, state,
or local historical society, museum, or institutional collection that
is open to the public, provided that the undetectable knife is
properly housed and secured from unauthorized handling, nor does
Section 20810 apply to the subsequent sale of the knife to any of
these entities.