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In 2023, Maine made it a crime to knowingly or intentionally sell or transfer a firearm to a person who is prohibited from owning, possessing or having under that person’s control a firearm pursuant to state law.1

Maine’s law regarding firearms sales records prohibits giving a false or fictitious name to a firearms dealer.2

Maine has no other laws addressing firearms trafficking.

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  1. Me. Stat., 15 § 394.[]
  2. Me. Stat., 15 § 455.[]