1. For purposes of this section:
- a. “Ammunition” means any cartridge, shell, or projectile designed for use in a firearm.
- b. “Licensed firearms dealer” means a person who is licensed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §923 to engage in the business of dealing in firearms.
- c. “Materially false information” means information that portrays an illegal transaction as legal or a legal transaction as illegal.
- d. “Private seller” means a person who sells or offers for sale any firearm or ammunition.
- 2. A person who knowingly solicits, persuades, encourages, or entices a licensed firearms dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition to transfer a firearm or ammunition under circumstances that the person knows would violate the laws of this state or of the United States commits a class “D” felony.
- 3. A person who knowingly provides materially false information to a licensed firearms dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition with the intent to deceive the firearms dealer or seller about the legality of a transfer of a firearm or ammunition commits a class “D” felony.
- 4. A person who willfully procures another to engage in conduct prohibited by this section shall be held accountable as a principal.
- 5. This section does not apply to a law enforcement officer acting in the officer’s official capacity or to a person acting under the direction of such law enforcement officer.
2017 Acts, ch 69, §45