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Criminal sale of a ghost gun in the first degree

ยง 265.61 Criminal sale of a ghost gun in the first degree.

1. A person is guilty of criminal sale of a ghost gun in the first
degree when, knowing or having reason to know they are ghost guns, he or
she sells, exchanges, gives or disposes of ten or more ghost guns to
another person or persons.

2. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, a person shall not
be guilty of criminal sale of a ghost gun in the first degree if he or
she: (a) voluntarily surrenders such ghost guns to any law enforcement
official designated pursuant to subparagraph (f) of paragraph one of
subdivision (a) of section 265.20 of this article; or (b) within a
period of six months after the effective date of this section sells,
exchanges, gives, or disposes of such ghost guns to a gunsmith licensed
pursuant to section 400.00 of this chapter.

Criminal sale of a ghost gun in the first degree is a class D felony.

PEN 265.61 2022-05-13

Criminal Jury Instruction Links:


CRIMINAL SALE OF GHOST GUN 1

Sections:

265. Firearms and other dangerous weapons
265.00 - Definitions.
265.01 - Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.
265.01-A Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds.
265.01-B Criminal possession of a firearm.
265.01-C Criminal possession of a rapid-fire modification device
265.01-D Criminal Possession of a Weapon In a Restricted Location
265.01-E Criminal Possession of A Firearm, Rifle or Shotgun In a Sensitive Location.
265.02 - Criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.
265.03 - Criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.
265.04 - Criminal possession of a weapon in the first degree.
265.05 - Unlawful possession of weapons by persons under sixteen.
265.06 - Unlawful possession of a weapon upon school grounds.
265.07 - Gunsmith Fails to Serialize Firearm, Frame or Receiver
265.08 - Criminal use of a firearm in the second degree.
265.09 - Criminal use of a firearm in the first degree.
265.10 - Manufacture, transport, disposition and defacement of weapons and dangerous instruments and appliances.
265.11 - Criminal sale of a firearm in the third degree.
265.12 - Criminal sale of a firearm in the second degree.
265.13 - Criminal sale of a firearm in the first degree.
265.14 - Criminal sale of a firearm with the aid of a minor.
265.15 - Presumptions of possession, unlawful intent and defacement.
265.16 - Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor.
265.17 - Criminal purchase of a weapon.
265.19 Aggravated criminal possession of a weapon.
265.20 - Exemptions.
265.25 - Certain wounds to be reported.
265.26 - Burn injury and wounds to be reported.
265.30 - Certain convictions to be reported.
265.35 - Prohibited use of weapons.
265.36 Unlawful possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device. Repeal Date: 09/04/2022
265.37 Unlawful possession of certain ammunition feeding devices.
265.38 - Unlawful sale of a non-microstamping-enabled firearm
265.40 - Purchase of rifles and/or shotguns in contiguous states.
265.45 Safe storage of rifles, shotguns, and firearms.
265.50 - Criminal manufacture, sale, or transport of an undetectable
265.50*2 - Failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms in the second degree
265.55 - Criminal possession of an undetectable firearm, rifle or shotgun
265.60 - Criminal sale of a ghost gun in the second degree.
265.61 - Criminal sale of a ghost gun in the first degree.
265.63 - Criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the second degree.
265.64 - Criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the first degree.
265.65 - Criminal purchase of a semiautomatic rifle
265.66 - Criminal sale of a semiautomatic rifle.

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