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SECTION 265.17
Criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE P, ARTICLE 265
§ 265.17 Criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon.

A person is guilty of criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon when:

1. Knowing that he or she is prohibited by law from possessing a
firearm, rifle or shotgun because of a prior conviction or because of
some other disability which would render him or her ineligible to
lawfully possess a firearm, rifle or shotgun in this state, or knowing
that he or she is the subject of an outstanding warrant of arrest issued
upon the alleged commission of a felony or serious offense, such person
purchases or otherwise acquires a firearm, rifle or shotgun from another
person; or

2. Knowing that it would be unlawful for another person to possess a
firearm, rifle or shotgun, or knowing that another person is the subject
of an outstanding warrant of arrest issued upon the alleged commission
of a felony or serious offense, he or she purchases or otherwise
acquires a firearm, rifle or shotgun for, on behalf of, or for the use
of such other person; or

3. Knowing that another person is prohibited by law from possessing a
firearm, rifle or shotgun because of a prior conviction or because of
some other disability which would render him or her ineligible to
lawfully possess a firearm, rifle or shotgun in this state, or knowing
that another person is the subject of an outstanding warrant of arrest
issued upon the alleged commission of a felony or serious offense, a
person disposes of a firearm, rifle or shotgun to such other person.

Criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon is a class D felony.