SECTIONS 33210-33290 - California Statutes

PENAL CODE

SECTION 33210-33290

33210. Except as expressly provided in Sections 33215 to 33225,
inclusive, and in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of
Division 2 of Title 2, and solely in accordance with those
provisions, no person may manufacture, import into this state, keep
for sale, offer for sale, give, lend, or possess any short-barreled
rifle or short-barreled shotgun. Nothing else in any provision listed
in Section 16580 shall be construed as authorizing the manufacture,
importation into the state, keeping for sale, offering for sale, or
giving, lending, or possession of any short-barreled rifle or
short-barreled shotgun.

33215. Except as provided in Sections 33220 and 33225 and in
Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2,
any person in this state who manufactures or causes to be
manufactured, imports into the state, keeps for sale, or offers or
exposes for sale, or who gives, lends, or possesses any
short-barreled rifle or short-barreled shotgun is punishable by
imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in the state
prison.

33220. Section 33215 does not apply to either of the following:
(a) The sale to, purchase by, or possession of short-barreled
rifles or short-barreled shotguns by a police department, sheriff's
office, marshal's office, the California Highway Patrol, the
Department of Justice, the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation, or the military or naval forces of this state or of
the United States, for use in the discharge of their official duties.
(b) The possession of short-barreled rifles and short-barreled
shotguns by peace officer members of a police department, sheriff's
office, marshal's office, the California Highway Patrol, the
Department of Justice, or the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation, when on duty and the use is authorized by the agency
and is within the course and scope of their duties, and the officers
have completed a training course in the use of these weapons
certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

33225. Section 33215 does not apply to the manufacture, possession,
transportation, or sale of a short-barreled rifle or short-barreled
shotgun, when authorized by the Department of Justice pursuant to
Article 2 (commencing with Section 33300) and not in violation of
federal law.

33290. Except as provided in Sections 33220 and 33225 and in
Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17700) of Division 2 of Title 2,
any short-barreled rifle or short-barreled shotgun is a nuisance and
is subject to Section 18010.