Certified Handgun Testing Laboratories

Pursuant to California Penal Code sections 31900-32110, effective January 1, 2001, no handgun model may be sold, transferred, manufactured, etc., in California unless that model has been tested by a certified laboratory and subsequently approved by the Department of Justice.

* The following laboratories are currently certified by the Department of Justice to test handguns for safety/functionality related to this requirement:

• United States Test Laboratory
  7477 W. 33rd Street N.
  Wichita, KS 67205
  Phone: (316) 832-1600
  


• Packer engineering, Inc.
  1950 North Washington St.
  Naperville, IL 60563
  Phone: (630) 505-5722
  


• H.P. White Laboratory, Inc.
  3114 Scarboro Road
  Street, MD 21154
  Phone: (410) 838-6550