Penal Code - PEN 26500. PART 6. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS [16000. - 34400.] TITLE 4. FIREARMS [23500. - 34400.] DIVISION 6. SALE, LEASE, OR TRANSFER OF FIREARMS [26500. - 28490.] CHAPTER 1. License Requirement for Sale, Lease, or Transfer of Firearms [26500. - 26625.] ARTICLE 1. License Requirement and Miscellaneous Exceptions [26500. - 26590.] (a) No person shall sell, lease, or transfer firearms unless the person has been issued a license pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) of Chapter 2. (b) Any person violating this article is guilty of a misdemeanor. Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. (SB 1080) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 10 of Ch. 711.