(a) Within 30 days after a conviction or final order in a case involving a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence, as defined in Section 13A-11-72, all municipal, probate, district, and circuit courts, electronically or in a method determined by the Alabama Justice Information Commission, shall report to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency for entry into the state firearms prohibited person database.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 13A-11-72.1

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Probate: Proving a will
(b) All municipal courts shall also report to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency in a method determined by the commission for inclusion into the state firearms prohibited person database all other criminal convictions and orders that would cause an individual to be prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal or state law.
(c)

(1) Within 30 days of a conviction or issuance of a court order that would result in an individual being prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal or state law, each municipal, county, and state court shall forward to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, in a manner prescribed by the commission, that conviction or court order.
(2)

a. A court shall report to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, in a method determined by the commission, updates to any conviction or court order that was previously forwarded to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, including notice of any appeal, expungement, pardon, commutation, or restoration of civil rights.
b. Upon receipt of notice of any appeal, expungement, pardon, commutation, or restoration of civil rights that would nullify the reason why an individual is prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal or state law, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall accordingly adjust or remove that individual’s information in the state firearms prohibited persons database.
(d) Upon reporting a conviction or order to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency pursuant to this section, a court may collect fifty dollars ($50) in additional court costs, to be paid by the individual. Court costs collected under this subsection shall be distributed as follows:

(1) Ninety percent to the sheriff of the county in which the court is located, to be used for the administration of the concealed carry permit application process and other law enforcement purposes.
(2) Ten percent to the reporting court.
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