If a .50 BMG rifle is not registered by the April 30, 2006 registration deadline, can a person continue to possess the weapon?
No. Except as provided by law, any .50 BMG rifle not registered by the April 30, 2006 deadline must be relinquished to a law enforcement agency. Failure to relinquish an unregistered .50 BMG rifle could result in arrest and a criminal prosecution. In specified circumstances a person who has been arrested for possession of an unregistered .50 BMG rifle may be eligible, through April 30, 2007, to have the charge reduced to an infraction if he or she meets the specific conditions described in Penal Code section 12280(c). One of these conditions requires that the person register the .50 BMG rifle with the DOJ. • Is it possible to purchase, DROS and receive a serialized receiver prior to January 1, 2005, with that receiver to be completed into a .50 BMG rifle subsequent to January 1, 2005, but prior to registration as a .50 BMG rifle? A fully functional, serialized .50 BMG rifle receiver which does not already fall within the statutory definitions of a machine gun or an assault weapon may b
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