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Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. B19-1. License required.

(a) This division shall be interpreted in accordance with Part 4, Title 2, Chapter 1, Article 4 of the Penal Code of California (Penal Code § 12070 et seq.).

(b) Within the unincorporated area of the County, no person shall engage in the business of selling or transferring firearms, or offering or exposing firearms for sale or transfer, unless that person has been issued a license as provided herein.

(c) The license requirement shall not apply to the infrequent sale, lease or transfer, offering, exposing for sale, lease or transfer, or advertising for sale, lease or transfer of firearms. As used in this section "infrequent" means:

(1) For pistols, revolvers and other firearms capable of being concealed upon the person, less than six transactions per calendar year. For this purpose, "transaction" means a single sale, lease or transfer of any number of pistols, revolvers or other firearms capable of being concealed upon the person.

(2) For firearms other than pistols, revolvers or other firearms capable of being concealed upon the person, occasional and without regularity.

(Ord. No. NS-624, § 1, 2-11-75; Ord. No. NS-624.1, § 1, 5-2-78; Ord. No. NS-624.2, § 1, 1-16-79; Ord. No. NS-624.7, § 1, 6-11-91)

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