Title 13A

Any person who commits or attempts to commit a crime of violence when armed with a pistol, in addition to the punishment provided for the crime, may additionally be punished as provided by this division. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 51; Code 1940, T. 14, §173; Acts 1951, No.…

(a)(1) A person may not own a firearm or have a firearm in his or her possession or under his or her control if any of the following apply: a. The person has been convicted in this state or elsewhere of any kind of felony offense within the previous five years. b. The person has …

(a) Within 30 days after a conviction or final order in a case involving a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence, as defined in Section 13A-11-72, all municipal, probate, district, and circuit courts, electronically or in a method determined by the Alabama Justice Information C…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly have a firearm in his or her possession or under his or her control when the person has been charged with committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence as defined in Section 13A-11-70, misdemeanor offense of domestic v…

The provisions of Section 13A-11-72(c) shall not apply to marshals, sheriffs, prison and jail wardens and their regularly employed deputies, police officers and other law enforcement officers of any state or political subdivision thereof, or to the members of the Army, Navy, Mari…

The issuance of a permit to carry a pistol pursuant to Section 13A-11-75, or the recognition of a nonresident license pursuant to Section 13A-11-85, does not impose a general prohibition on the carrying of a pistol without a permit. (Act 2022-133, §2.)

(a)(1) An Alabama resident who is 19 years of age or more may apply to the sheriff of his or her county of residence for issuance or renewal of a concealed carry permit, valid for one year or five years. (2) An Alabama resident who is 18 years of age or more and is a service memb…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no person shall deliver a pistol to any person who he or she has reasonable cause to believe is a minor, except under the circumstances provided in Section 13A-11-72, a drug addict, or an habitual drunkard, has been convicted in this stat…

No retail dealer shall sell or otherwise transfer, or expose for sale or transfer, or have in his possession with intent to sell, or otherwise transfer, any pistol without being licensed as hereinafter provided. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 51; Code 1940, T. 14, §180; Acts 1…

(a) The duly constituted licensing authorities of any city, town or political subdivision of this state may grant licenses in forms prescribed by the secretary of state, effective for not more than one year from date of issue, permitting the licensee to sell pistols at retail wit…

No person shall make any loan secured by a mortgage, deposit or pledge of a pistol contrary to this division, nor shall any person lend or give a pistol to another or otherwise deliver a pistol contrary to the provisions of this division. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 51; Cod…

No person shall, in purchasing or otherwise securing delivery of a pistol or in applying for a license to carry the same, give false information or offer false evidence of his identity. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 51; Code 1940, T. 14, §183; Acts 1951, No. 784, p. 1378; Cod…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “machine gun” means any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. The term shall include the frame…

This division shall not apply to the purchase, possession or sale of pistols as curiosities or ornaments or to the transportation of such pistols unloaded and in a bag, box or securely wrapped package, but not concealed on the person. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 51; Code 19…

(a) Every violation of subsection (a) of Section 13A-11-72 or Section 13A-11-81 shall be a Class C felony. Every violation of subsection (b) of Section 13A-11-72 or Sections 13A-11-73, 13A-11-74, 13A-11-76, and 13A-11-77 through 13A-11-80 shall be a Class A misdemeanor. The punis…

(a) A person licensed to carry a handgun in any state shall be authorized to carry a handgun in this state. This section shall apply to a license holder from another state only while the license holder is not a resident of this state. A license holder from another state shall car…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a public or private employer may restrict or prohibit its employees, including those with a permit issued or recognized under Section 13A-11-75, from carrying firearms while on the employer’s property or while engaged in the duties of th…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (g) of Section 13A-11-90, an employer and the owner and/or lawful possessor of the property on which the employer is situated shall be absolutely immune from any claim, cause of action or lawsuit that may be brought by any person seeking any f…

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of state law to the contrary, the governing body of each two-year or four-year institution of higher education may adopt policies governing the possession of firearms or other weapons on grounds owned or controlled by the institution. The governi…

Any person who knowingly possesses a pistol or firearm concealed on or about his or her person or in a vehicle occupied by the person, and who is asked by a law enforcement officer operating in the line or scope of his or her official duties whether he or she is armed with a conc…

(a) A person who is the driver or occupant of any motor vehicle that is stopped as a result of a traffic stop or as a result of a stop for another law enforcement purpose and who is transporting or has a loaded handgun in the motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle shall not kn…

(a) If at any time during an investigation a law enforcement officer acting in the lawful discharge of the officer’s official duties has a reasonable suspicion that an individual is engaged or is about to be engaged in criminal conduct, or the officer determines that a reasonable…

Act 2022-133 shall not be construed to diminish or otherwise limit the power of a law enforcement officer under existing law to detain, investigate, or arrest a person for a violation of law. (Act 2022-133, §10.)

(a) A person commits the crime of commercial bribery if he: (1) Confers, or agrees or offers to confer, any benefit upon any employee or agent without the consent of the latter’s employer or principal, with intent to improperly influence his conduct in relation to his employer’s …

(a) A person commits the crime of receiving a commercial bribe if: (1) As an employee or agent, and without the consent of his employer or principal, he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that the benefit will …

Two or more persons who, without a just cause or legal excuse for so doing, enter into any combination, conspiracy, agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of hindering, delaying or preventing any other persons, firms, corporation or association of persons from ca…

Any person, firm, corporation or association of persons who maintains what is commonly called a blacklist or notifies any other person, firm, corporation or association that any person has been blacklisted by such person, firm, corporation or association or who uses any other sim…

Any person who makes or causes to be made any knowingly false or fraudulent material statement or material representation for the purpose of obtaining compensation, as defined in Section 25-5-1(1), as amended, for himself or herself or any other person is guilty of a Class C felo…

The following definitions apply to Sections 13A-11-140 through 13A-11-143: (1) SPORTS CONTEST. Any professional or amateur sport, athletic game or contest, or race or contest involving machines, persons or animals, viewed by the public, and for which admission is charged. (2) SPO…

(a) A person commits the crime of sports bribery if he: (1) Confers, or offers or agrees to confer any benefit upon a sports participant with intent to influence him not to give his best efforts in a sports contest; or (2) Confers, or offers or agrees to confer any benefit upon a…

(a) A person commits the crime of receiving a sports bribe if: (1) Being a sports participant, he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that he will thereby be influenced not to give his best efforts in a sports c…

(a) A person commits the crime of tampering with a sports contest if, with intent to influence the outcome of a sports contest, he: (1) Tampers with any sports participant or sports official, or with any animal, equipment or other thing involved in the conduct or operation of a s…

(a) For purposes of this section, a “sports official” is a person at a sports event who enforces the rules of the event, such as an umpire or referee, or a person who supervises the participants, such as a coach. A “sports event” includes any interscholastic or intramural athleti…

The Legislature has found and determined that there has been an increasing number of illegal acts committed against animal research and production facilities involving injury to humans or animals, criminal trespass, and damage to property. These acts not only abridge the property…

This article may be known and cited as the “Farm Animal, Crop, and Research Facilities Protection Act.” (Act 2002-505, p. 1307, §1.)

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ANIMAL. Every living creature, domestic or wild, with the exception of man and animals used for illegal gaming purposes. (2) ANIMAL OR CROP FACILITY. Any facility engaging in scientific research, …

It shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (1) Intentionally release, steal, destroy, demolish, obliterate, or otherwise cause loss of any animal or crop from an animal or crop facility without the consent of the owner. (2) Damage, vandalize, or steal any pro…

Any person who violates Section 13A-11-153 shall be guilty of a Class C felony if the loss is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more. Any person who violates Section 13A-11-153 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the loss is less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250). (…

Any person convicted of a violation of this article shall also be required by the court to make restitution of two times the value of the animal or crop damaged, destroyed, or lost to the owner or operator of the animal or crop facility for any reasonable costs of replacing mater…

Notwithstanding any remedy available at law, any owner or operator of an animal or crop facility may apply to the circuit court of the county where the animal or crop facility is located for a temporary restraining order and an injunction to restrain any person, organization, or …

For purposes of enforcing this article, the commissioner may do all of the following: (1) Investigate any offense under this article. (2) Seek the assistance of any law enforcement agency of the United States, the state, or any local government in the conduct of any investigation…

This article shall not be construed to repeal any other criminal law except as expressly provided in this article. Whenever conduct prescribed by any provision of this article is also prescribed by any other provision of law, the provision which carries the more serious penalty s…

Any person who publishes a libel of another which may tend to provoke a breach of the peace shall be punished, on conviction, by fine and imprisonment in the county jail, or hard labor for the county; the fine not to exceed in any case $500.00 and the imprisonment or hard labor n…

The publication of a fair and impartial report of the return of any indictment, the issuance of any warrant, the arrest of any person for any cause or the filing of any affidavit, pleading or other document in any criminal or civil proceeding in any court, or of a fair and impart…

An indictment for a libel need not set forth any extrinsic facts for the purpose of showing the application to the party libeled of the defamatory matter on which the indictment is founded; it is sufficient to state generally that the same was published concerning him, and the fa…

Any person who, with knowledge that a statement is false or with reckless disregard of whether the statement is false or not, publishes or otherwise disseminates any accusation against a private citizen, not currently holding or running for public office, which falsely and malici…