(a) (1) Upon conviction of, or adjudication for, any offense that renders a person subject to Section 29800, 29805, 29815, 29820, or 29825, the person shall relinquish all firearms they own, possess, or have under their custody or control in the manner provided in this section within 48 hours of the conviction or adjudication if the person remains out of custody or within 14 days of the conviction or adjudication if the person is in custody. (2) The court shall, upon conviction or adjudication of a person for an offense described in subdivision (a), instruct the person that they are prohibited from owning, purchasing, receiving, possessing, or having under their custody or control, any firearms, ammunition, and ammunition feeding devices, including, but not limited to, magazines, and shall order the person to relinquish all firearms in the manner provided in this section. The court shall also provide the person with a Prohibited Persons Relinquishment Form developed by the Department of Justice. (3) Using the Prohibited Persons Relinquishment Form, the person shall name a designee and grant the designee power of attorney for the purpose of transferring or disposing of any firearms. The designee shall be either a local law enforcement agency or a consenting third party who is not prohibited from possessing firearms under state or federal law. The designee shall, within the time periods specified in subdivisions (d) and (e), surrender the firearms to the control of a local law enforcement agency, sell the firearms to a licensed firearms dealer, or transfer the firearms for storage to a firearms dealer pursuant to Section 29830. (b) The Prohibited Persons Relinquishment Form shall do all of the following: (1) Inform the person that they are prohibited from owning, purchasing, receiving, possessing, or having under their custody or control, any firearms, ammunition, and, if applicable, ammunition feeding devices, including, but not limited to, magazines, and that they shall relinquish all firearms through a designee within the time periods set forth in subdivision (d) or (e) by surrendering the firearms to the control of a local law enforcement agency, selling the firearms to a licensed firearms dealer, or transferring the firearms for storage to a firearms dealer pursuant to Section 29830. (2) Inform the person that any cohabitant of the person who owns firearms must store those firearms in accordance with Section 25135. (3) Require the person to declare any firearms that they owned, possessed, or had under their custody or control at the time of their conviction or adjudication, and require the person to describe the firearms and provide all reasonably available information about the location of the firearms to enable a designee or law enforcement officials to locate the firearms. (4) Require the person to name a designee, if the person declares that they owned, possessed, or had under their custody or control any firearms at the time of their conviction or adjudication, and grant the designee power of attorney for the purpose of transferring or disposing of all firearms. (5) Require the designee to indicate their consent to the designation and, except a designee that is a law enforcement agency, to declare under penalty of perjury that they are not prohibited from possessing any firearms under state or federal law. (6) Require the designee to state the date each firearm was relinquished and the name of the party to whom it was relinquished, and to attach receipts from the law enforcement officer or licensed firearms dealer who took possession of the relinquished firearms. (7) Inform the person and the designee of the obligation to submit the completed Prohibited Persons Relinquishment Form to the assigned probation officer within the time periods specified in subdivisions (d) and (e). (c) (1) When a person is convicted of, or adjudicated for, an offense described in subdivision (a), the court shall immediately assign the matter
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