Section 27600 Of Article 2. Exceptions Relating To Law Enforcement From California Penal Code >> Division 6. >> Title 4. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 2.
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. (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) does not apply
to any sale, delivery, or transfer of firearms made to, or the
importation of firearms by, an authorized law enforcement
representative of any city, county, city and county, or state, or of
the federal government, for exclusive use by that governmental agency
if, prior to the sale, delivery, transfer, or importation of these
firearms, written authorization from the head of the agency
authorizing the transaction is presented to the person from whom the
purchase, delivery, or transfer is being made or from whom the
firearm is being imported.
(b) Proper written authorization is defined as verifiable written
certification from the head of the agency by which the purchaser or
transferee is employed, identifying the employee as an individual
authorized to conduct the transaction, and authorizing the
transaction for the exclusive use of the agency by which that person
is employed.
(c) Within 10 days of the date a firearm is acquired by the
agency, a record of the same shall be entered as an institutional
weapon into the Automated Firearms System (AFS) via the California
Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) by the law
enforcement or state agency. Any agency without access to the AFS
shall arrange with the sheriff of the county in which the agency is
located to input this information via this system.
(d) Any agency that is the registered owner of an institutional
weapon in accordance with subdivision (c) that subsequently destroys
that weapon shall enter information that the weapon has been
destroyed into the Automated Firearms System (AFS) via the California
Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) within 10 days of
the destruction in accordance with procedures prescribed by the
Department of Justice. Any agency without access to the AFS shall
arrange with the sheriff of the county in which the agency is located
to input this information via this system.