A person who knowingly or intentionally:

1. (1) delivers a confiscated firearm to a person convicted of a felony:

   1. (A) involving use of a firearm; and
   2. (B) which is the basis of the confiscation;
2. (2) delivers a confiscated firearm to another with knowledge that there is a rightful owner to whom the firearm must be returned; or

3. (3) fails to deliver a confiscated firearm to the sheriff's department, a city or town police force, the state police department laboratory or a forensic laboratory under this chapter, the state under IC 14-22-39-6 , or for disposition after a determination that the rightful owner of the firearm cannot be ascertained or is no longer entitled to possess the confiscated firearm;

   commits a Level 6 felony.

As added by P.L.311-1983, SEC.32. Amended by P.L.209-1986, SEC.4; P.L.57-1992, SEC.9; P.L.1-1995, SEC.77; P.L.158-2013, SEC.588.