(a) The sheriff shall keep and maintain a separate permanent record of all abandoned and stolen firearms, not subject to disposition by general law. The records shall state the description of the firearm, the date of recovery of the firearm, the serial or other identifying number, if any, of the firearm, and the place of recovery of the firearm. Firearm as used in this subpart shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 13A-8-1.
Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-26-231.02
state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) Unless otherwise provided by law, the sheriff may sell or destroy these firearms if the owner of the firearm does not claim the firearm within six months of the date the sheriff obtained it.(c) The sheriff may sell or trade in the firearms only to gun dealers who have held an active business license in this state for at least one year immediately prior to the date of sale. The sheriff shall establish a procedure to notify gun dealers of the firearms for sale or trade in. Any cash proceeds of the sale, after deducting and paying all expenses incurred in the recovery, maintenance, and sale of the firearms, shall be paid to the office of the Sheriff of Elmore County.(d) The sheriff may establish a procedure to destroy firearms and may expend necessary sheriff’s department funds for that purpose.
