Pepper spray laws in Alabama

We didn't find any Alabama law restricting the sale or shipping of pepper spray. Federal rules still apply.

What we searched

Ala. Code § 13A-6-27 criminal use of a defense spray (use-only; already in data/research/US-AL.json) https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=13A-6-27
Ala. Code tit. 13A ch. 11 art. 3 weapons (13A-11-50 to 13A-11-57, minors 13A-11-57) per existing research
Web search for 2024-2026 Alabama pepper/defense spray bills (none found)

Only a use-in-crime / against-officer felony (13A-6-27); no sale, age, size or label rule. alison.legislature.state.al.us is a JS app (GraphQL, introspection off), so the text was not re-fetched this round.

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Federal

Applies in every state.

BannedDo not mail via USPS a spray or device containing more than 2 percent CN/CS tear gas by mass (or bulk tear gas substance); devices with 2 percent or less tear gas are classed as aerosols and are mailable by surface (flammable) or air/surface (nonflammable) under Pub 52 Appendix A.

USPS Publication 52 § 346.24 (Nonmailable Division 6.1 Toxic Substances: Irritating Materials) · draft

Exact text

346.24 Nonmailable Division 6.1 Toxic Substances
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Irritating Materials: All irritating materials are nonmailable. Examples include the following:
Bromobenzyl cyanide (UN1694).
Chloroacetophenone (UN1697).
Diphenylamine chloroarsine (UN1698).
Diphenylchloroarsine (UN1699).
Tear gas (UN1700, NA1693, and UN1693), except for those containing oleoresin capsicum.