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(1) A person commits the offense of possession of a sawed-off firearm if he or she knowingly possesses a rifle or shotgun that when originally manufactured had a barrel length of:

(a) Sixteen inches or more and an overall length of 26 inches or more in the case of a rifle; or

(b) Eighteen inches or more and an overall length of 26 inches of more in the case of a shotgun; and

(c) The firearm has been modified in a manner so that the barrel length, overall length, or both are less than specified in subsection (1)(a) or (b) of this section.

(2) The barrel length is the distance from the muzzle to the rearmost point of the chamber.

(3) This section does not apply to firearms possessed:

(a) For educational or scientific purposes in which the firearms are incapable of being fired;

(b) By a person who has a valid Federal tax stamp for the firearm, issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; or

(c) By a bona fide collector of firearms if the firearm is a muzzle-loading, sawed-off firearm manufactured before 1900.

(4) Possession of a sawed-off firearm is a Class D offense.