Title 20 — Title 20

(a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Agent Billy Clardy III Act. (b) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) AGENCY. Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (2) AGGRIEVED INDIVIDUAL. An individual who was a party to …

Communication, or Evidence Derived Therefrom. (a) Any law enforcement officer who obtains, by any means authorized by this chapter, knowledge of the contents of a wire or electronic communication, or evidence derived from the communication, may disclose the contents, or evidence …

(a) On or before January 31 of each year, any judge who has issued an order, or an extension of an order, pursuant to Section 20-2B-5 that expired during the preceding year, or who has denied approval of an intercept order during the preceding year, shall report to the Administra…

(a) An individual whose wire or electronic communication is intercepted, disclosed, or used in violation of this chapter shall have a civil cause of action against any person that intercepts, discloses, or uses, or procures another person to intercept, disclose, or use, the commu…

Any individual who knowingly and intentionally possesses, installs, operates, or monitors an electronic, mechanical, or other device in violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class C felony. History: (Act 2022-236, §2.)

(a) This chapter does not apply to an individual who is a subscriber to a service operated by a communication common carrier or communications service provider and who intercepts a communication on a telephone or similarly used device to which he or she subscribes. (b) This chapt…

The secretary may issue an administrative subpoena to a communication common carrier or a communications service provider to compel production of business records if the records requested satisfy both of the following: (1) Are local or long-distance toll records or subscriber inf…

THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2025-447, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2025. History: (Act 2022-236, §2; Act 2025-447, §3.)

Nonconsensual Interception of Wire or Electronic Communications. (a) No individual or other agency, other than the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, may own or possess an electronic, mechanical, or other device. (b) Only investigative officers may install, operate, or monitor…

Communication in Certain Circumstances. (a) Subject to the approval of the secretary, an intercept authorized pursuant to this chapter may be conducted with the aid of interpretive services in the following circumstances: (1) In anticipation of intercepting a wire or electronic c…

Orders authorizing, approving, or extending the interception of wire or electronic communications may be granted, subject to this chapter, when the intercept may provide or has provided evidence an individual is committing, has committed, or is about to commit a felony drug offen…

(a)(1) An investigative officer may submit a written request to the secretary requesting the secretary apply for an intercept order. If the secretary approves the request, the secretary may submit a written request to the Attorney General requesting the Attorney General apply for…

Code Commissioner in the 2022 Regular Session, Effective February 1, 2023. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement. [Repealed February 1, 2026 Unless Extended by Act of Legislature] (a) Upon receiving an application from the Attorney General for an intercept order, a judge of …

(a) The contents of a wire or electronic communication intercepted by means authorized by this chapter shall be recorded on tape, wire, or other comparable device, to the extent practicable. The recording of the contents of a wire or electronic communication under this section sh…

(a) The judge of competent jurisdiction shall seal each application made, and order granted, under this chapter. Custody of the applications and orders shall be wherever the judge orders. An application or order may be disclosed only upon a showing of good cause before a judge of…

Disclosure of Records. (a) Within a reasonable time, but not later than 90 days after the date an application for an order is denied or after the date an order, or the last extension, if any, expires, the judge who granted or denied the application shall serve an inventory on the…

Communication, or Evidence Derived Therefrom, as Evidence in Trial, Hearings, Etc. (a) The contents of an intercepted wire or electronic communication, or evidence derived from the communication, may not be entered in evidence or otherwise disclosed in a trial, hearing, or other …