Receiving a stolen firearm; penalty

Receiving a stolen firearm; penalty. (a) Receiving. A person is guilty of receiving a stolen firearm if he or she purposely receives, retains, or disposes of property of another knowing that it has been stolen, or having reasonable cause to believe under all of the circumstances that it has probably been stolen. It is an affirmative defense that the property is received, retained, or disposed with purpose to restore it to the owner. (b) “Receiving” means acquiring possession, control or title, or lending on the security of the property. (c) Upon conviction of a violation of this section, the person shall be fined not more than $10,000 and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 15 years and a mandatory-minimum term of not less than 5 years and shall not be released on parole prior to serving the mandatory-minimum sentence. Source: PL 19-42 § 7 (Apr. 11, 2016), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission numbered this section pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(a).