{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-10-193.1","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 13A-10-193.1","heading":"Destructive Device or Bacteriological or Biological Weapon - Unlawful Manufacture in the Second Degree.","body":"(a) A person, who is not otherwise authorized by state or federal law or a permit issued to him or her by the State Fire Marshal, commits the crime of unlawful manufacture of a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon in the second degree if he or she does any of the following:\n(1) Manufactures a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon.\n(2) Possesses precursor substances as determined in Section 13A-10-191, in any amount with the intent to unlawfully manufacture a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon.\n(3) Combines two or more components with the intent to assemble, construct, or otherwise cause to be formed, a destructive device, incendiary device, over-pressure device, detonator, poison gas, or bacteriological or biological weapon as described in Section 13A-10-190.\n(4) Manufactures an explosive with intent to produce a destructive device, incendiary device, over-pressure device, detonator, poison gas, or bacteriological or biological weapon as described in 13A-10-190.\n(b) The fact that a destructive device, over-pressure device, explosive, detonator, poison gas, or bacteriological or biological weapon does not function as designed or intended, is not a defense to the crime of unlawful manufacture of a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon in the second degree.\n(c) Unlawful manufacture of a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon in the second degree is a Class B felony.","path":["Title 13A Criminal Code.","Chapter 10 Offenses Against Public Administration.","Article 9 Biological and Bacteriological Weapons."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=13A-10-193.1","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"832456c6db6d0d424a12388dc09ceb94be22ba705272b26d8d58bbf80ea1bfe2","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-10-193","next":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-10-193.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}