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2023 Code of Alabama
Title 13A - Criminal Code.
Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.
Article 3 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 13A-11-57 - Selling, etc., Pistol or Bowie Knife to Minor.
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AL Code § 13A-11-57 (2023)
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Section 13A-11-57
Selling, etc., pistol or bowie knife to minor.
(a) Any person who sells, gives or lends to any minor any pistol , except under the circumstances provided in Section 13A-11-72, bowie knife, or other knife of like kind or description, shall, on conviction, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
(b) This section does not apply to a transfer by inheritance of title to, but not possession of, a pistol, bowie knife, or other knife of like kind or description to a minor.
(Code 1852, §204; Code 1867, §3751; Code 1876, §4230; Code 1886, §4096; Code 1896, §5355; Code 1907, §6896; Code 1923, §4046; Code 1940, T. 14, §170; Code 1975, §13-6-128; Act 2015-341, §1.)
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