California Code of Regulations › Title 11 - Law › Division 5 - Firearms Regulations › Chapter 3 - Certificates of Eligibility › Article 2 - Definitions › Section 4031 - Definition of Key Terms

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) "Applicant"
				  means a person applying to obtain a Certificate of Eligibility.
(b) "California Ammunition Vendor" or "CAV" has
				  the same meaning as "ammunition vendor" as defined in section
				  4281.
(c) "California Firearms Dealer" or "CFD" has the
				  same meaning as "firearms dealer" or "dealer" as defined in section
				  4017.
(d) "Certificate of Eligibility" or "COE" means a
				  certificate which states that the Department has checked its records and the records
				  available to the Department in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
				  and determined that the applicant is not prohibited from acquiring or possessing
				  firearms pursuant to Penal Code sections
				  18205,
				  29800,
				  29805,
				  29815 through
				  29825, and
				  29900, or Welfare
				  and Institutions Code sections
				  8100
				  and
				  8103,
				  or Title 18, sections
				  921 and
				  922 of the United States Code, or Title
				  27, Part 478.32 of the Code of Federal Regulations at the time the check was
				  performed and which ensures that anyone who handles, sells, delivers, or has under
				  their custody or control any ammunition, is eligible to do so pursuant to Penal Code
				  section
				  30347.
(e) "Certificate Holder" means a person who
				  obtains a valid Certificate of Eligibility.
(f) "CFARS" means California Firearms Application
				  Reporting System.
(g) "Department" means
				  the California Department of Justice.
1. Change without
					 regulatory effect renumbering section
					 981 to section
					 4031 filed 6-28-2006 pursuant to
					 section 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2006, No. 26).
2. Change without regulatory effect
					 amending section and NOTE filed 12-27-2011 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2011, No. 52).
3. Repealer and new section and
					 amendment of NOTE filed 4-22-2019; operative 7-1-2019 (Register 2019, No.
					 17).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (d) filed
					 12-6-2021 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2021, No. 50).
5. Amendment of section and NOTE
					 filed 4-1-2022; operative 4-1-2022 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4(b)(3)
					 (Register 2022, No. 13).
6. Repealer of subsection (d), subsection
					 relettering, amendment of newly designated subsection (d) and amendment of NOTE
					 filed 1-12-2023; operative 1-12-2023. Exempt from the APA pursuant to Statutes 2022,
					 chapter 76 (AB 1621), section
					 39, and submitted to OAL for filing and
					 printing only pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.8
					 (Register 2023, No. 2).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						26710, Penal Code.
						Reference: Sections
						12101,
						12756
						and
						12757,
						Health and Safety Code; Sections
						16140,
						16800,
						18205,
						26525,
						26585,
						26700,
						26705,
						26710,
						26915,
						26970,
						27200,
						27535,
						27670,
						27966,
						28450,
						29050,
						29120,
						29800,
						29805,
						29815,
						29820,
						29825,
						29900,
						30312,
						30314,
						30342,
						30347,
						30370 and
						31700, Penal Code;
						Sections
						8100
						and
						8103,
						Welfare and Institutions Code; Title 18, Sections
						921 and
						922, United States Code; and Title 27,
						Parts 478.32 and 478.41, Code of Federal
						Regulations.