How Old Do You Have To Be To Get A Tattoo In California With Parental Consent?

4 Comments 12 February 2010

How old do you have to be to get a tattoo in California with Parental Consent? How does the process work? What places do it in southern california?

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du nomad says:

February 12, 2010 at 11:09 AM

No one under 18 can legally get a tattoo in California, even with parental consent.
JC says:

February 12, 2010 at 12:52 PM

“653. Every person who tattoos or offers to tattoo a person under
the age of 18 years is guilty of a misdemeanor.
As used in this section, to “tattoo” means to insert pigment under
the surface of the skin of a human being, by pricking with a needle
or otherwise, so as to produce an indelible mark or figure visible
through the skin.
This section is not intended to apply to any act of a licensed
practitioner of the healing arts performed in the course of his practice.”
So by the way this reads, even with parental consent, it is not legal to give a minor a tattoo.
justins soon to be wife says:

February 25, 2011 at 10:49 AM

im 13 and i got a tattoo so what do u care its not your body its mine
14andlovnitt says:

April 24, 2011 at 5:21 PM

the law is the law. But i think that if a kid is under the age of 18 i think that they should not try to sue the tattoo place for having ink possning and ect.if a child under 18 wants to get a tattoo i think that they should be able to. but they also should realize the things that can happen.

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