Prohibited Persons Notice Form and Power of Attorney for Firearms Relinquishment
Effective January 1, 2002, Senate Bill 950 (Chapter 944, Statutes of 2001) establishes a provision to provide a person legally prohibited from owning/possessing firearms with a notification form. The intent of the notification form is to ensure that persons who become firearms prohibited are promptly notified to immediately transfer or dispose of any illegally owned/possessed firearms. Failure of prohibited persons to divest themselves of any and all firearms could result in criminal sanctions.
Pursuant to Penal Code (PC) Sections 12021(a)(b) and (c) persons are deemed firearms prohibited if they are within any one of the categories as follows:
• Convicted of a felony;
• Addicted to the use of narcotics;
• Certified by a juvenile court for prosecution as an adult in an adult court pursuant to Section 707
of the Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC);
• Convicted of a misdemeanor enumerated in PC Sections 12001.6 and 12021(c)(1)
• Admitted to a mental health facility pursuant to 8100, and 8103 WIC; OR: