Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-11-64 (2026)
Alteration, Etc., of Manufacturer’s Number, Etc., of Firearm; Possession, Etc., of Firearm After Identification Altered.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
A person who either:
(1) Changes, alters, removes, or obliterates the name of the maker, model, manufacturer’s number or other mark or identification of any firearm, or
(2) Possesses, obtains, receives, sells, or uses a firearm after the maker, model, manufacturer’s number or other mark or identification has been changed, altered, removed, or obliterated, is guilty of a Class C felony.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-430, §3.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1983–2010 · leading case: State v. Bodereck, 549 So. 2d 542 (Ala. Crim. App. 1989).
State v. Bodereck, 549 So. 2d 542 (Ala. Crim. App. 1989). “In February 1987, the appellees, Anthony Theodore Bodereck and James Bickerstaff were indicted by the Mobile County grand jury for trafficking in cocaine, in violation of § 20-2-80(2), Code of Alabama (1975), and for altering a firearm, in violation of § 13A-11-64, Code of…”
Hoyett v. State, 441 So. 2d 1063 (Ala. Crim. App. 1983). “The appellant in this case was also charged with possession of a shotgun whose manufacturer’s number or other identification had been changed, altered, removed, or obliterated in violation of § 13A-11-64. At trial, the state nol-prossed the latter charge.”
Wesley Little v. State of Alabama., 72 So. 3d 139 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010). “Wesley Little was convicted of possession of a firearm after it has been altered in violation of § 13A-11-64, Ala.Code 1975. The trial court sentenced Little to a term of seven years’ imprisonment and ordered Little to pay a $500 fine and a $250 assessment to the Crime Victims…”
Ex Parte Clarke, 583 So. 2d 631 (Ala. 1991). “Code 1975, § 20-2-70, and on one count of possession of an altered firearm, in violation of Ala. Code 1975, § 13A-11-64. On September 21, 1990, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the judgment of the circuit court.”
Fields v. State, 840 So. 2d 184 (Ala. Crim. App. 2002). “On May 26, 2000, Fields was convicted of altering a firearm, a violation of § 13A-11-64, Ala.Code 1975. He was sentenced *186 to five years’ imprisonment; the sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation for three years.”
Ala. Code § 13A-11-64(1): 1 case
Wesley Little v. State of Alabama., 72 So. 3d 139 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010). “Wesley Little was convicted of possession of a firearm after it has been altered in violation of § 13A-11-64, Ala.Code 1975. The trial court sentenced Little to a term of seven years’ imprisonment and ordered Little to pay a $500 fine and a $250 assessment to the Crime Victims…”
Ala. Code § 13A-11-64(2): 1 case
Wesley Little v. State of Alabama., 72 So. 3d 139 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010). “Wesley Little was convicted of possession of a firearm after it has been altered in violation of § 13A-11-64, Ala.Code 1975. The trial court sentenced Little to a term of seven years’ imprisonment and ordered Little to pay a $500 fine and a $250 assessment to the Crime Victims…”
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