§ 13A-11-76 — Delivery to Minors, Habitual Drunkards, Etc

Alabama § 13A-11-76

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 13A: Criminal Code
• Ch. 11: Offenses Against Public Order and Safety
• Art. 3: Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons
• Div. 2: Pistols

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no person shall deliver a pistol to any person who he or she has reasonable cause to believe is a minor, except under the circumstances provided in Section 13A-11-72, a drug addict, or an habitual drunkard, has been convicted in this state or elsewhere of committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence, misdemeanor offense of domestic violence, a violent offense as listed in Section 12-25-32(15), or anyone who is subject to a valid protection order for domestic abuse, or anyone of unsound mind.
(b) A person may deliver a pistol to a person otherwise prohibited from receiving a pistol under subsection (a), if the person has had his or her firearm rights restored by operation of law or legal process.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the terms “convicted,” “misdemeanor offense of domestic violence,” “valid protection order,” and “unsound mind” shall have the same meanings as provided in Section 13A-11-72.

Legislative History

(Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 51; Code 1940, T. 14, §178; Acts 1951, No. 784, p. 1378; Code 1975, §13-6-156; Act 2015-341, §1.)