SECTIONS 25450-25475 - California Statutes

PENAL CODE

SECTION 25450-25475

25450. As provided in this article, Section 25400 does not apply
to, or affect, any of the following:
(a) Any peace officer, listed in Section 830.1 or 830.2, or
subdivision (a) of Section 830.33, whether active or honorably
retired.
(b) Any other duly appointed peace officer.
(c) Any honorably retired peace officer listed in subdivision (c)
of Section 830.5.
(d) Any other honorably retired peace officer who during the
course and scope of employment as a peace officer was authorized to,
and did, carry a firearm.
(e) Any full-time paid peace officer of another state or the
federal government who is carrying out official duties while in
California.
(f) Any person summoned by any of these officers to assist in
making arrests or preserving the peace while the person is actually
engaged in assisting that officer.

25455. (a) Any peace officer described in Section 25450 who has
been honorably retired shall be issued an identification certificate
by the law enforcement agency from which the officer retired.
(b) The issuing agency may charge a fee necessary to cover any
reasonable expenses incurred by the agency in issuing certificates
pursuant to this article.
(c) Any officer, except an officer listed in Section 830.1 or
830.2, subdivision (a) of Section 830.33, or subdivision (c) of
Section 830.5 who retired prior to January 1, 1981, shall have an
endorsement on the identification certificate stating that the
issuing agency approves the officer's carrying of a concealed
firearm.
(d) An honorably retired peace officer listed in Section 830.1 or
830.2, subdivision (a) of Section 830.33, or subdivision (c) of
Section 830.5 who retired prior to January 1, 1981, shall not be
required to obtain an endorsement from the issuing agency to carry a
concealed firearm.

25460. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no endorsement or
renewal endorsement issued pursuant to Section 25465 shall be
effective unless it is in the format set forth in subdivision (c).
(b) Any peace officer listed in subdivision (f) of Section 830.2
or in subdivision (c) of Section 830.5, who retired between January
2, 1981, and on or before December 31, 1988, and who is authorized to
carry a concealed firearm pursuant to this article, shall not be
required to have an endorsement in the format set forth in
subdivision (c) until the time of the issuance, on or after January
1, 1989, of a renewal endorsement pursuant to Section 25465.
(c) A certificate issued pursuant to Section 25455 for any person
who is not listed in Section 830.1 or 830.2, subdivision (a) of
Section 830.33, or subdivision (c) of Section 830.5, or for any
person retiring after January 1, 1981, shall be in the following
format: it shall be on a 2x3 inch card, bear the photograph of the
retiree, include the retiree's name, date of birth, the date that the
retiree retired, and the name and address of the agency from which
the retiree retired, and have stamped on it the endorsement "CCW
Approved" and the date the endorsement is to be renewed. A
certificate issued pursuant to Section 25455 shall not be valid as
identification for the sale, purchase, or transfer of a firearm.

25465. Every five years, a retired peace officer, except an officer
listed in Section 830.1 or 830.2, subdivision (a) of Section 830.33,
or subdivision (c) of Section 830.5 who retired prior to January 1,
1981, shall petition the issuing agency for renewal of the officer's
privilege to carry a concealed firearm.

25470. (a) The agency from which a peace officer is honorably
retired may, upon initial retirement of that peace officer, or at any
time subsequent thereto, deny or revoke for good cause the retired
officer's privilege to carry a concealed firearm.
(b) A peace officer who is listed in Section 830.1 or 830.2,
subdivision (a) of Section 830.33, or subdivision (c) of Section
830.5 who retired prior to January 1, 1981, shall have the privilege
to carry a concealed firearm denied or revoked by having the agency
from which the officer retired stamp on the officer's identification
certificate "No CCW privilege."

25475. (a) An honorably retired peace officer who is listed in
subdivision (c) of Section 830.5 and authorized to carry a concealed
firearm by this article shall meet the training requirements of
Section 832 and shall qualify with the firearm at least annually.
(b) The individual retired peace officer shall be responsible for
maintaining eligibility to carry a concealed firearm.
(c) The Department of Justice shall provide subsequent arrest
notification pursuant to Section 11105.2 regarding honorably retired
peace officers listed in subdivision (c) of Section 830.5 to the
agency from which the officer has retired.