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SB 1366, as introduced, DeSaulnier. Firearms: lost or stolen:
reports.
(1) Existing law requires each sheriff or police chief executive
to submit descriptions of serialized property, or nonserialized
property that has been uniquely inscribed, which has been reported
stolen, lost, or found directly into the appropriate Department of
Justice automated property system for firearms, stolen bicycles,
stolen vehicles, or other property. Existing law requires that
information about a firearm entered into the automated system for
firearms remain in the system until the reported firearm has been
found. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to implement
an electronic system to receive comprehensive tracing information
from each local law enforcement agency and to forward the information
to the National Tracing Center.
This bill would require every person, with exceptions, to report
the theft or loss of a firearm he or she owns or possess to a local
law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the theft or loss
occurred within 48 hours of the time he or she knew or reasonably
should have known that the firearm had been stolen or lost, and
requires every person who has reported a firearm lost or stolen to
notify the local law enforcement agency within 48 hours if the
firearm is subsequently recovered. The bill would make a violation of
these provisions an infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed
$100 for a first offense, and a misdemeanor, punishable by
imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding 6 months, or by a fine
not to exceed $1,000, or both that fine and imprisonment, for a
subsequent offense. The bill would make it a misdemeanor for any
person to make a report to a local law enforcement agency that a
firearm has been lost or stolen, knowing the report to be false.
reports.
(1) Existing law requires each sheriff or police chief executive
to submit descriptions of serialized property, or nonserialized
property that has been uniquely inscribed, which has been reported
stolen, lost, or found directly into the appropriate Department of
Justice automated property system for firearms, stolen bicycles,
stolen vehicles, or other property. Existing law requires that
information about a firearm entered into the automated system for
firearms remain in the system until the reported firearm has been
found. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to implement
an electronic system to receive comprehensive tracing information
from each local law enforcement agency and to forward the information
to the National Tracing Center.
This bill would require every person, with exceptions, to report
the theft or loss of a firearm he or she owns or possess to a local
law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the theft or loss
occurred within 48 hours of the time he or she knew or reasonably
should have known that the firearm had been stolen or lost, and
requires every person who has reported a firearm lost or stolen to
notify the local law enforcement agency within 48 hours if the
firearm is subsequently recovered. The bill would make a violation of
these provisions an infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed
$100 for a first offense, and a misdemeanor, punishable by
imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding 6 months, or by a fine
not to exceed $1,000, or both that fine and imprisonment, for a
subsequent offense. The bill would make it a misdemeanor for any
person to make a report to a local law enforcement agency that a
firearm has been lost or stolen, knowing the report to be false.
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