CALIFORNIA STATUTES AND CODES
SECTIONS 25900-25925
PENAL CODE
SECTION 25900-25925
25900. As provided in this article, Section 25850 does not apply to
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.
25905. (a) Any peace officer described in Section 25900 who has
been honorably retired shall be issued an identification certificate
by the law enforcement agency from which the officer has retired.
(b) The issuing agency may charge a fee necessary to cover any
reasonable expenses incurred by the agency in issuing certificates
pursuant to Sections 25900, 25910, 25925, and this section.
(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 loaded 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
loaded firearm.
25910. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no endorsement or
renewal endorsement issued pursuant to Section 25915 shall be
effective unless it is in the format set forth in subdivision (c) of
Section 25460.
(b) Any peace officer listed in subdivision (f) of Section 830.2
or in subdivision (c) of Section 830.5, who is retired between
January 2, 1981, and on or before December 31, 1988, and who is
authorized to carry a loaded firearm pursuant to this article, shall
not be required to have an endorsement in the format set forth in
subdivision (c) of Section 25460 until the time of the issuance, on
or after January 1, 1989, of a renewal endorsement pursuant to
Section 25915.
25915. 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 privilege
to carry a loaded firearm.
25920. (a) The agency from which a peace officer is honorably
retired may, upon initial retirement of the peace officer, or at any
time subsequent thereto, deny or revoke for good cause the retired
officer's privilege to carry a loaded 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 is retired prior to January 1, 1981, shall have the
privilege to carry a loaded firearm denied or revoked by having the
agency from which the officer retired stamp on the officer's
identification certificate "No CCW privilege."
25925. (a) An honorably retired peace officer who is listed in
subdivision (c) of Section 830.5 and authorized to carry a loaded
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 loaded 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.