Health and Safety Code section 851

Any board of supervisors may adopt such rules and regulations with regard to keeping and storing of every description of gunpowder, hercules powder, giant powder, or other explosives or combustible material, as the safety and protection of the lives and property of individuals may require.

Source: Section 851, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=851. (updated Jan. 1, 1939; accessed Aug. 17, 2026).

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Original Source: Section 851, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=851. (last accessed May 12, 2025).