California Code of Regulations › Title 11 - Law › Division 5 - Firearms Regulations › Chapter 10 - Ammunition › Article 2 - Ammunition Purchases or Transfers › Section 4281 - Definition of Key Terms

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) "AFS" means
				  the Department's Automated Firearms System.
(b) "Ammunition vendor" means a person or entity
				  having a valid license to sell ammunition, issued pursuant to Penal Code section
				  30385.
(c) "ATN" means Ammunition Transaction Number
				  issued by the Department.
(d) "Automated
				  Firearms System" is the name of a repository of firearm records maintained by the
				  Department, as established by Penal Code section
				  11106.
(e) "Basic Ammunition Eligibility Check" means the
				  Department's ammunition eligibility check as prescribed by Penal Code section
				  30370, subdivision
				  (c). The Department shall conduct a Basic Ammunition Eligibility Check to authorize
				  a California resident for a single ammunition transaction or purchase.
(f) "Certificate of Eligibility" or "COE" means a
				  certificate issued pursuant to Penal Code section
				  26710, which states
				  that the Department has checked its records and determined that the applicant was
				  not prohibited from acquiring or possessing firearms at the time the check was
				  performed.
(g) "CFARS" means the
				  Department's California Firearms Application Reporting System. An individual can
				  access the CFARS website at the following web address:
				  https://cfars.doj.ca.gov/login.do.
(h)
				  "Department" means the California Department of Justice.
(i) "Dealer Record of Sale Entry System" or "DES"
				  means the Department's website that an ammunition vendor will use to submit an
				  ammunition purchaser's or transferee's information to the Department before the
				  Department can approve an ammunition purchase or transfer. An ammunition vendor can
				  access the DES website at the following web address:
https://des.doj.ca.gov/login.do
.
(j) "Firearms dealer" means a person having a
				  valid license to sell firearms issued pursuant to Penal Code section
				  26700.
(k) "Firearms eligibility check" means a state and
				  federal background check, conducted pursuant to Penal Code section
				  28220, that is used
				  to determine an individual's eligibility to possess, receive, own, or purchase a
				  firearm.
(l) "Head of the agency" means
				  the chief of police or the director of public safety for a police department, the
				  sheriff for a county sheriff's office, the head of an agency or their designee for a
				  state law enforcement agency, and the manager in charge of any local field office
				  for a federal law enforcement agency.
(m) "Prohibited Armed Persons File" means the
				  database established by Penal Code section
				  30000.
(n) "Purchaser or transferee" means an individual
				  purchasing or transferring ammunition.
(o) "Standard Ammunition Eligibility Check" means
				  the Department's ammunition eligibility check as prescribed by Penal Code section
				  30370, subdivision
				  (b).
(p) "Sworn federal law enforcement
				  officer's credential" means identification indicating an individual is a sworn
				  federal law enforcement officer.
(q)
				  "Sworn state or local peace officer's credential" means identification indicating an
				  individual is a sworn state or local peace officer pursuant to Part 2, Chapter 4.5,
				  of the Penal Code (commencing with section
				  830).
1. Change without
					 regulatory effect renumbering section
					 4301 to new section
					 4281 filed 5-12-2021 pursuant to
					 section 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2021, No. 20).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						30352 and
						30370, Penal Code.
						Reference: Sections
						11106,
						16150,
						16151,
						26710,
						30352,
						30370 and
						30385, Penal
						Code.