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| 1.__As part of every sentence imposed, except as provided in | subsection 2, a court shall order that a firearm must be forfeited | to the State if: |
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| A.__That firearm constitutes the basis for conviction under: |
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| (1)__Title 15, section 393; |
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| (2)__Section 1105-A, subsection 1, paragraph C-1; |
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| (3)__Section 1105-B, subsection 1, paragraph C; |
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| (4)__Section 1105-C, subsection 1, paragraph C-1; or |
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| (5)__Section 1105-D, subsection 1, paragraph B-1; or |
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| B.__The State pleads and proves that the firearm is used by | the defendant or an accomplice during the commission of any | murder or Class A, Class B or Class C crime or any Class D | crime defined in chapter 9, 11 or 13. |
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| | 2.__A court may not order the forfeiture of a firearm | otherwise qualifying for forfeiture under subsection 1 if another | person can satisfy the court prior to the imposition of the | defendant's sentence and by a preponderance of the evidence that: |
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| A.__Other than in the context of either subsection 1, | paragraph A, subparagraph (1) or subsection 1, paragraph B | relative to murder or any other unlawful homicide crime in | which the firearm used is a handgun, the other person, at | the time of the commission of the crime, had a right to | possess the firearm to the exclusion of the defendant; |
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| B.__In the context of subsection 1, paragraph A, | subparagraph (1), the other person, at the time of the | commission of the crime, had a right to possess the firearm | to the exclusion of the defendant and the other person | either did not know or should not have known that the | defendant was a prohibited person under Title 15, section | 393 or, even if the other person did know or should have | known, nonetheless did not intentionally, knowingly or | recklessly allow the defendant to possess or have under the | defendant's control the firearm; or |
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| C.__In the context of paragraph B relating to murder or any other | unlawful homicide crime in which the firearm used is a handgun, | the other person, at the time of the commission of the crime, was | the rightful owner from whom the handgun had |
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