California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 18710

Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. (SB 1080) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 10 of Ch. 711.
(a)Except as provided by this chapter, any person, firm, or corporation who, within this state, possesses any destructive device, other than fixed ammunition of a caliber greater than .60 caliber, is guilty of a public offense.
(b)A person, firm, or corporation who is convicted of an offense under subdivision (a) shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed one year, or in state prison, or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both this fine and imprisonment.

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Cal. Pen. Code § 18710 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/pen/part-6-control-of-deadly-weapons/title-2-weapons-generally/division-5-destructive-devices-explosives-and-similar-weapons/chapter-1-destructive-devices-and-explosives-generally/article-1-prohibited-acts/section-18710

Other sections in Article 1 - Prohibited Acts

§ 18710§ 18715§ 18720§ 18725§ 18730§ 18735§ 18740§ 18745§ 18750§ 18755§ 18780

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