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AB 1810CALIFORNIASession 20252026State Billfiled

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California AB 1810 expands Department of Justice authority to remove firearms dealers from centralized list and mandates annual inspections for high-risk locations

Original title: Firearms: dealer centralized list.

Record date · August 13, 2026

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What This Bill Would Do

AB 1810 authorizes the Department of Justice to remove firearms dealers from the state's for failing to remedy inspection violations and mandates annual inspections for the 10 dealer locations with the highest rates of crime-linked firearm recoveries. The bill also replaces fixed fee caps with a reasonable annual fee structure, capped at a 15% increase over the previous year.

Why it matters

This bill changes the regulatory oversight and financial obligations for licensed firearms dealers in California by increasing inspection frequency for specific high-risk locations and modifying how the state calculates and adjusts regulatory fees.

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

licensed firearms dealers

Dealers face new criteria for removal from the state's centralized list, potential fines, and increased inspection frequency for those with high rates of crime-linked firearm recoveries.

Directly affected

Department of Justice

The Department is granted new enforcement authority to remove dealers and is mandated to conduct specific annual inspections based on crime-recovery data.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can a dealer be banned from the centralized list?

Yes, under AB 1810, a dealer can be removed and made ineligible for re-listing for 2 years if they fail to remedy violations discovered during a Department of Justice inspection.

How often will high-risk firearms dealers be inspected?

The bill mandates annual inspections for the 10 dealer locations that have the highest percentage of firearms recovered by law enforcement that were found to be illegally possessed or used in crimes.

Will my annual dealer fees increase?

The bill changes the fee structure to a 'reasonable' annual fee, but prohibits any fee adjustment from increasing by more than 15% over the previous year.

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