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 2 - Pistols.
Section 13A-11-72.1 - (Effective Upon the Implementation of Act 2021-246) Certain Convictions to Be Reported for Entry Into the State Firearms Prohibited Person Database; Court Costs.
Section 13A-11-72.1
(Effective upon the implementation of Act 2021-246) Certain convictions to be reported for entry into the state firearms prohibited person database; court costs.
(a) Within 30 days after a conviction or final order in a case involving a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence, as defined in Section 13A-11-72, all municipal, probate, district, and circuit courts, electronically or in a method determined by the Alabama Justice Information Commission, shall report to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency for entry into the state firearms prohibited person database.
(b) All municipal courts shall also report to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency in a method determined by the commission for inclusion into the state firearms prohibited person database all other criminal convictions and orders that would cause an individual to be prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal or state law.
(c)(1) Within 30 days of a conviction or issuance of a court order that would result in an individual being prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal or state law, each municipal, county, and state court shall forward to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, in a manner prescribed by the commission, that conviction or court order.
(2)a. A court shall report to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, in a method determined by the commission, updates to any conviction or court order that was previously forwarded to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, including notice of any appeal, expungement, pardon, commutation, or restoration of civil rights.
b. Upon receipt of notice of any appeal, expungement, pardon, commutation, or restoration of civil rights that would nullify the reason why an individual is prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal or state law, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall accordingly adjust or remove that individual's information in the state firearms prohibited persons database.
(d) Upon reporting a conviction or order to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency pursuant to this section, a court may collect fifty dollars ($50) in additional court costs, to be paid by the individual. Court costs collected under this subsection shall be distributed as follows:
(1) Ninety percent to the sheriff of the county in which the court is located, to be used for the administration of the concealed carry permit application process and other law enforcement purposes.
(2) Ten percent to the reporting court.
(Act 2021-246, §4.)
