Family Code section 6216

For the purposes of this division, “firearm” includes the frame or receiver of the weapon, including a completed frame or receiver or a firearm precursor part. “Firearm precursor part” has the same meaning as in subdivision (a) of Section 16531 of the Penal Code.

Source: Section 6216, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM§ionNum=6216. (updated Jun. 30, 2022; accessed Jul. 6, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/family_code_section_6216

Original Source: Section 6216, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM§ionNum=6216. (last accessed May 12, 2025).