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Alabama 13A-11-50 thru 13A-11-85 13A-3-1 thru 13A-3-31 13A-11-50 & 13A-11-55 13A-6-27(Chem) Unk
Alaska 18.65.700 thru 18.65.778 11.81.300 thru 11.81.450 11.61.210 11.81.900(a) & 11.61.210(a) Unk
AK Admin Code 13-30-10 thru 10-30-900 ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~
Am. Samoa 46-4201 thru 46-4234 46.3301 thru 46.3311 46.4201 thru 46.4203 46.4201 Unk
Arizona 13-3101 thru 13-3117 13-401 thru 13-417 13-3102 13-3117 13-3116
Arkansas 5-73-301 thru 5-73-402 5-2-601 thru 5-2-621 5-73-121. 5-73-124. 5-79-101.
California PC 12000 thru 12133 PC 196-199 PC 12020 & 653k & 626.10 & 12001.1 & 12028 PC 12401 thru 12426 PC 12360 thru 12370
Colorado 18-12-201 thru 18-1-701 thru 18-1-710 18-12-101 thru 18-12-111 18-12-106.5 & 107 (Elec) Unk
Connecticut 529-29-27 thru 529-29-38 951-53a-16 thru 53a-23 943-53-206 53-206 946-53-341b
943-53-202 thru 943-52-206d ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~
Delaware 11-5-VII-1441 thru 1459 11-4-461 thru 475 11-2-222 11-5-VII-1443 11-5-VII-1449
DC 22-4501 thru 22-4517 Unk 22-4514 7-2502.12 thru 7-2502.14 Unk
7-2501.01 thru 7-2551.03 ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~
Florida XLVI-790.001 thru .336 XLVI-776.12 thru .085 XLVI-790-06 & 18 & 115 & 225 XLVI-790.01 775.0846
Georgia 16-11-100 thru 16-11-134 16-3-20 thru 16-3-28 16-11-126 & 16-11-127.1, 16-11-106 & 16-11-106 16-11-106.0 & 127.1
Guam 10-60100 thru 10-60128 9-7.77 thru 9-7.98 Unk Unk 10-60100
Hawaii §134-2 thru §134-9 §703-300 thru §703-310 134-12.5 & 134-51 thru 134-53 134-1 & 16 Unk
Idaho 18-3301 thru 18-3317 19-201 thru 19-205 18-3301. & 18-3302 18-3324 Unk
Illinois 720 ILCS 5/24-1 720 ILCS 5/7-1 - 5/7-14 720 ILCS 5/24-1 & 720 ILCS 5/33A-1 720 ILCS 5/24-1 720 ILCS 5/33F
Indiana IC 35-47-1-1 thru 47-11-6 35-41-3-2 & 3-3 35-47-5-2. 35-41-1-6.6/41-1-8/47-8 35-47-5-13
Iowa Title 16-724.1 thru 724.30 Title 16-704.1 thru 704.12 16-702.7. & 16-724.1. & 16-724.4. 719.7 Unk
IA Admin Code 661-4.1 thru 661-4.58 ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~
Kansas 75-7c03 thru 75-7c26 21-3201 thru 21-3217 21-4201 Unk Unk
Kentucky 237.020 thru 237.990 503.010 thru 503.120 500.08 Unk 533.065
Louisiana 40-1379.3 -1379.3.1 & 1382 RS 14:18 thru 14:22 RS 14:95 Unk 14:95.3
Maine 25-252 thru 25-254 17A-5-102 thru 17A-5-110 25-252-2001 & 17A-43-1055 17A-41-1002 17-41-1004
Maryland 4-101 THRU 4-407 § 5-133. 4-101 & 4-105 4-101 4-106 & 4-107
Massachusetts 140-129B thru 140-131P Chpt 278 -8A & 231-85U 269-10 thru 269-12 & 71-37H 140.121 & 140-131J 269-10D
Michigan Act 372 of 1927 Act 328 of 1931 Act 328 of 1931 750-224a (Chem.) 750.227g
28-421 thru 28-435 750-200h thru 750-200k 750-226 thru 750-226a 750--224d (Elect) ~~~~~
Minnesota 624.71 thru 624.74 & 609.66 609.06 thru 609.066 609.66 624.731 Unk
Mississippi 45-9-31 thru 45-9-151 & 97-3-15 97-37-1 / 37-5 / 37-7 & 97-37-17 / 37-19 Unk Unk
97-37-1 thru 97-37-37 ~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~
Missouri 571.01 thru .150 & 578.305 563.026. thru 563.070 571.010 thru 571.020 Unk Unk
Montana 45-8-301 thru 45-8-361 45-3-101 thru 45-3-115 45-8-316, 45-8-317, 45-8-331. Unk Unk
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Nebraska 28-1201 - 1212 & 69-2427-2445 28-1406 - 28-1416 28-1201(4) Unk Unk
Nevada 202.253 thru 202.369 200.120 thru 200.200 202.320 & 202.350 & 202.355 202.37 Thru .44 & 202.357 Unk
New Hampshire 12-159 thru 12-159-D 62-627.1 thru 62-627.9 62-625.11 & 12-159:24 Unk 62-650-B1 & B2
New Jersey 2C-58-1 thru 2C-58-18 & 2C:39-5 2C-3-1 thru 2C-3-10 2C-39-1 & 2C-39-3 & 2C-39-6 & 2C-39-9.1 2C-39-6 & 2C-39-9 2C-39-13
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ 2C-39-3 (Elec) ~~~~~
New Mexico 29-19-1 thru 14 & 30-7-1 thru 16 14-5170 thru 14-5191 30-1-12. & 30-7-2. & 30-7-8 ~~~~~ ~~~~~
NM Admin Code 10-8-2.1 thru 10-8-2-31
New York Penal Code 400.00 thru 400.10 Penal Code 35.00 thru 35.30 265.00 &.265.01 - 265.04. - 265.10 - 265.15 PC 265.01& 265.25 (14) (15) PC 270.20
North Carolina 14-415-10 thru 14-415-24 14-51.1 14-269(d) & 14-269.2(d) 14-269 Unk
14-269 thru 14277.2 ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ 14-401.6. ~~~~~
North Dakota 62.1-01-01 thru 62.1-05-12 12.1-05.01 thru 12.1-05-12 62.1-01-01 & 62.1-04-02 62.1-01-01. & 62.1-04-02 62.1-01-01
N. Marianas 6-2-2201 thru 6-2-2230 Unk Unk Unk Unk
Ohio 2923.11 thru 2923.25 2305.4 2923.11 & 2923.12. & - 2923.20 Unk 2941.1411.
Oklahoma 21-1271.1 thru 21-1290.26 21-1289.25 21-1272 Unk §21-1289.26
Oregon 166.170 thru 166.638 161.190 thru 161.270 161.015 & 166.24 163.212 & 163.213 166.641 thru 166.643
Pennsylvania 18-6101 thru 18-6142 18-501 thru 18-510 C.S.A. 18.908. & 24 P.S. 13-1317.2 18.907 19-.907c
Puerto Rico Title 25-SubTitle I Chp. 51A-II-456 Unk Unk Unk Unk
thru 25-I-51A-II-460J ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~
Rhode Island 11-47-1 thru 11-47-62 § 11-8-8 11-47-42 11-47-57 & 11-47-42 Unk
South Carolina 23-31-10 thru 23-31-600 See SLED Website 16-23-405 & 16-23-430 16-23-470 16-3-1080.
16-23-210 thru 16-23-520 ~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~
South Dakota 23-7-1 thru 23-7-46 22-16-30 thru 22-16-33 22-1-2 & 22-14-19 & 22-14-13.1 Unk
22-14-1 thru 22-14-30 & 13-32-7 ~~~~~ 22-14-29 ~~~~~ ~~~~~
Tennessee 39-17-1301 thru 39-17-1361 39-11-611 39-17-1397 & 39-17-1301 thru 39-17-1310 39-13-803 39-17-1323
Texas PC 46.01 thru 46.15 & PC 30.06 Penal Code 9.21 thru 9.44 Penal Code 46.01 thru 46.06 46.01 (14) & 38-14 (2) Unk
TX Admin Code TAC 37-6.1 thru 37-6.5 ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~
TX Gov Code TGC 411.205 ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~
Utah 76-10-500 thru 76-10-530 76-2-401 thru 76-2-407 76-10-501. & 76-10-504 46.041 76-3-203.7
UT Admin Code R722-300-1 thru R722-300-17 ~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~
Vermont 13-85-4001 thru 4016 & 10-113-4705 13-53- § 2305 13-85-4003 & 13-85-4013 Unk Unk
Virgin Islands 14-113-2251 thru 14-113-2257 14-13-293 14-113-2251 14-113-2251 Unk
23-5-451 thru 23-5-489a 14-45-927 ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~
Virginia 18.2-279 thru 18.2-312 Unk 18.2-308 & 18.2-308.1 & 18.2-311 18.2-308.1, 308.2. and 312 § 18.2-287.2 & -288
Washington 9.41.010 thru 9.41.810 & 9A.56.300 9A.16.010 thru 9A.16.110 9.41.250 & 9.41.270 RCW 9.91.160 Unk
42.17.318 & 77.15.460 & 77.108.150 ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~
West Virginia 61-7-1 thru 61-7-15 & 20-2-6a Unk 61-7-2 Unk 61-7-15.
Wisconsin 941.20 thru 941.299 939.48 & 939.49 941.24 941.26 & 941.295. 941.291
Wyoming 6-8-101 thru 6-8-401 § 6-1-102. 6-1-104 & 6-8-104 Unk Unk