California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Penal Code - PEN |
Part 6. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS |
Title 4. FIREARMS |
Division 10. SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO PARTICULAR TYPES OF FIREARMS OR FIREARM EQUIPMENT |
Chapter 6. Machineguns |
ARTICLE 5. Machinegun Constituting Nuisance |
Section 32750.
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(a) It shall be a public nuisance to possess any machinegun in violation of this chapter.
(b) The Attorney General, any district attorney, or any city attorney may bring an action before the superior court to enjoin the possession of any machinegun in violation of this chapter.
(c) Any machinegun found to be in violation of this chapter shall be surrendered to the Department of Justice. The department shall destroy the machinegun so as to render it unusable and unrepairable as a machinegun, except upon the filing of a certificate with the department by a judge or district attorney stating that the preservation of the machinegun is necessary to serve the ends of justice.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 10 of Ch. 711.)