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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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