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Drafttransfer categories
Operation of law is a defined category describing certain ways a person receives firearm title or possession through a legal role or event. [1] Penal Code section 16990 includes estate representatives, specified trustees, marital-property transmutation and other listed circumstances. [1] Section 27920 supplies additional conditions, with reporting and certificate requirements differing by category. [2] The existence of a shared reporting form for operation-of-law and intrafamilial events does not merge their distinct statutory definitions. [1][2]
- 1. California Penal Code section 16990retrieved 2026-10-04
- 2. California Penal Code section 27920retrieved 2026-10-04
Terms that use operation of law
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This entry is one of 153 defined terms in the CalGunHub glossary of California and federal firearm-law vocabulary. The 11 core terms are short plain-English definitions; the extended terms are cited research drafts, labelled as drafts, with their statutory sources listed under each entry. Every definition here is informational only and is not legal advice.
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