Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 13A-11-76 (2026)

Delivery to Minors, Habitual Drunkards, Etc.

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no person shall deliver a pistol to any person who he or she has reasonable cause to believe is a minor, except under the circumstances provided in Section 13A-11-72, a drug addict, or an habitual drunkard, has been convicted in this state or elsewhere of committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence, misdemeanor offense of domestic violence, a violent offense as listed in Section 12-25-32(15), or anyone who is subject to a valid protection order for domestic abuse, or anyone of unsound mind.

(b) A person may deliver a pistol to a person otherwise prohibited from receiving a pistol under subsection (a), if the person has had his or her firearm rights restored by operation of law or legal process.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the terms “convicted,” “misdemeanor offense of domestic violence,” “valid protection order,” and “unsound mind” shall have the same meanings as provided in Section 13A-11-72.

(Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 51; Code 1940, T. 14, §178; Acts 1951, No. 784, p. 1378; Code 1975, §13-6-156; Act 2015-341, §1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1993–2018 · leading case: Pruitt v. State, 272 So. 3d 732 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018).
Pruitt v. State, 272 So. 3d 732 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “, for immoral purposes); § 13A-6-70(c)(1) (providing that a person is deemed incapable of consent to certain sexual offenses if that person is less than 16 years old); § 13A-11-76 (prohibiting the delivery of a pistol to a minor); § 13A-12-111(a)(2) (promoting prostitution in…”
E.M. v. State, 675 So. 2d 90 (Ala. Crim. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “Section 13A-11-76, Ala.Code 1975, makes delivery of a pistol to an individual under the age of 18 illegal.”
State v. Woodard, 631 So. 2d 1065 (Ala. Crim. App. 1993). “, for immoral purposes); § 13A-6-70(c)(1) (providing that a person is deemed incapable of consent to certain sexual offenses if that person is less than 16 years old); § 13A-11-76 (prohibiting the delivery of a pistol to a minor); § 13A- *1073 12-111(a)(2) (promoting…”
EM v. State, 675 So. 2d 90 (Ala. Crim. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “The only statute that addresses a minor's possession of a pistol is § 13A-11-76, which states that it is illegal to deliver a pistol to a person under the age of 18.”
Pruitt v. State, 272 So. 3d 732 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “, for immoral purposes); § 13A-6-70(c)(1) (providing that a person is deemed incapable of consent to certain sexual offenses if that person is less than 16 years old); § 13A-11-76 (prohibiting the delivery of a pistol to a minor); § 13A-12-111(a)(2) (promoting prostitution in…”
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