CHAPTER 2. Entertainment Firearms Permit [29500. - 29535.]

Cal. Penal Code - PEN 2.

in effect

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 29500. Section 29500.

Any person who is at least 21 years of age may apply for an entertainment firearms permit from the Department of Justice. An entertainment firearms permit authorizes the permitholder to possess firearms loaned to the permitholder for use solely as a prop in a motion picture, television, video, theatrical, or other entertainment production or event.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 29505. Section 29505.

(a) Requests for entertainment firearms permits shall be made on application forms prescribed by the Department of Justice that require applicant information, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Complete name. (2) Residential and mailing address. (3) Telephone number. (4) Date of birth. (5) Place of birth. (6) Country of citizenship and, if other than United States, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services-assigned number. (7) Valid driver’s license number or valid identification card number issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles. (8) Social security number. (9) Signature. (b) All applications must be submitted with the appropriate fee as specified in Section 29510.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 29510. Section 29510.

(a) The Department of Justice shall recover the full costs of administering the entertainment firearms permit program by assessing the following application fees: (1) For the initial application: one hundred four dollars ($104). Of this sum, fifty-six dollars ($56) shall be deposited into the Fingerprint Fee Account, and forty-eight dollars ($48) shall be deposited into the Dealers’ Record of Sale Special Account. (2) For each annual renewal application: twenty-nine dollars ($29), which shall be deposited into the Dealers’ Record of Sale Special Account. (b) The department shall annually review and shall adjust the fees specified in subdivision (a), if necessary, to fully fund, but not to exceed the actual costs of, the permit program provided for by this chapter, including enforcement of the program.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 29515. Section 29515.

(a) Upon receipt of an initial or renewal application submitted as specified in Sections 29505, 29520, and 29525, the department shall examine its records, records the department is authorized to request from the State Department of State Hospitals pursuant to Section 8104 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and records of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System as described in subsection (t) of Section 922 of Title 18 of the United States Code, in order to determine if the applicant is prohibited from possessing or receiving firearms. (b) The department shall issue an entertainment firearms permit only if the records indicate that the applicant is not prohibited from possessing or receiving firearms pursuant to any federal, state, or local law.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 29520. Section 29520.

(a) An initial application for an entertainment firearms permit shall require the submission of fingerprint images and related information in a manner prescribed by the department, for the purpose of obtaining information as to the existence and nature of a record of state or federal level convictions and state or federal level arrests for which the department establishes that the individual was released on bail or on the individual’s own recognizance pending trial as needed to determine whether the applicant may be issued the permit. Requests for federal level criminal offender record information received by the Department of Justice pursuant to this chapter shall be forwarded by the department to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (b) The Department of Justice shall review the criminal offender record information specified in subdivision (l) of Section 11105 for entertainment firearms permit applicants. (c) The Department of Justice shall review subsequent arrests, pursuant to Section 11105.2, to determine the continuing validity of the permit as specified in Section 29530 for all entertainment firearms permitholders.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 29525. Section 29525.

Any person who furnishes a fictitious name or address or knowingly furnishes any incorrect information or knowingly omits any information required to be provided on an application for an entertainment firearms permit is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 29530. Section 29530.

(a) An entertainment firearms permit issued by the Department of Justice shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance. (b) If at any time during that year the permitholder becomes prohibited from possessing or receiving firearms pursuant to any federal, state, or local law, the entertainment firearms permit shall be no longer valid.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 29535. Section 29535.

The implementation of Sections 29500, 29505, 29515, 29520, and 29525, and of subdivision (a) of Section 29510, by the department is exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026