Title 13A — Title 13A

The following definitions are applicable to this article: (1) BUILDING. Any structure which may be entered and utilized by persons for business, public use, lodging or the storage of goods, and such term includes any vehicle, aircraft or watercraft used for the lodging of persons…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) OPERATE. To act as the individual in direct and immediate control of an unmanned aircraft system, regardless of the method of control. (2) TICKETED ENTERTAINMENT EVENT. Any music, sporting,…

(a) A person is guilty of criminal trespass in the first degree if he knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling or on the premises of any cultivator or processor, as those terms are defined in Section 20-2A-3, or on the premises of any cultivation or processing operati…

The definitions contained in Sections 13A-7-40 and 13A-8-1 are applicable in this article unless the context otherwise requires. History: (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2701.)

(a) A person commits the crime of criminal mischief in the first degree if, with intent to damage property, and having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such a right, he or she inflicts damages to property: (1) In an amount exceeding two tho…

(a) A person commits the crime of criminal mischief in the second degree if, with intent to damage property, and having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such a right, he or she inflicts damages to property in an amount which exceeds five hu…

(a) A person commits the crime of criminal mischief in the third degree if, with intent to damage property, and having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such a right, he or she inflicts damages to property in an amount not exceeding five hun…

Mutilation of Corpse. (a) Any person who willfully or maliciously injures, defaces, removes, or destroys any tomb, monument, gravestone, burial mound, earthen or shell monument containing human skeletal remains or associated burial artifacts, or other structure or thing placed or…

The following definitions apply to Sections 13A-7-25 and 13A-7-26: (1) TAMPER. To improperly interfere, meddle with or make an unwarranted alteration in the condition of property of another. (2) PROPERTY. As used in the context of Sections 13A-7-25 and 13A-7-26, such term means a…

(a) A person commits the crime of criminal tampering in the first degree if the person does any of the following: (1) Having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such a right, intentionally or recklessly causes substantial interruption or impai…

(a) A person commits the crime of criminal tampering in the second degree if, having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such a right, the person: (1) Intentionally or recklessly tampers with property of another for the purpose of causing subs…

(a) A person commits the crime of criminal use of a noxious substance if he knowingly deposits on the land or in the building or vehicle of another, without his consent, any stink bomb or device, irritant or offensive-smelling substance, with the intent to interfere with another’…

(a) A person commits the crime of criminal possession of noxious substances if he possesses, manufactures or transports any stink bomb or device, irritant, offensive- smelling or injurious substance, and intends that the injurious article or substance be used in the commission of…

(a) A person commits the crime of criminal littering if he or she engages in any of the following acts: (1) Knowingly deposits in any manner litter on any public or private property or in any public or private waters without permission to do so. For purposes of this subdivision, …

(a) A person is guilty of criminal trespass in the second degree if he knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building or upon real property which is fenced or enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders. (b) Criminal trespass in the second degree is a Class C misdeme…

(a) A person is guilty of criminal trespass in the third degree when he knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in or upon premises. (b) Criminal trespass in the third degree is a violation. History: (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2607.)

(a) A person commits the offense of criminal trespass by motor vehicle when the person, after having been requested not to do so by a uniformed law enforcement officer or by a properly identified owner or an authorized agent of the owner, parks or stands an occupied or unoccupied…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Charles “Chuck” Poland, Jr., Act. (b) A person commits the crime of trespass on a school bus in the first degree if he or she is found guilty of doing any of the following: (1) Intentionally demolishing, destroying, defacing…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. A system or asset, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of the system or asset would have a debilitating im…

The following definitions are applicable to this article: (1) BUILDING. As used in this article, such term means any structure which may be entered and utilized by persons for business, public use, lodging or the storage of goods, and includes any vehicle, railway car, aircraft o…

October 1, 2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-515, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) A person commits the crime of arson in the first degree if he intentionally damages a building by starting or maintaining a fire or causing an explosion, and when: (1) Another …

(a) A person commits the crime of arson in the second degree if he intentionally damages a building by starting or maintaining a fire or causing an explosion. (b) A person does not commit a crime under subsection (a) if: (1) No person other than himself has a possessory or propri…

(a) A person commits the crime of arson in the third degree if he recklessly damages a building by a fire or an explosion. (b) A person does not commit a crime under this section if no person other than himself has a possessory or proprietary interest in the damaged building. (c)…

Repealed by Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §23, effective August 1, 2009. History: (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2810.)

(a) A person commits the crime of burglary in the first degree if he or she knowingly and unlawfully enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling with intent to commit a crime therein, and, if, in effecting entry or while in dwelling or in immediate flight therefrom, the person or …

(a) A person commits the crime of burglary in the second degree if he or she knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building with intent to commit theft or a felony therein and, if in effecting entry or while in the building or in immediate flight therefrom, the person or an…

Estate After Dispossession Under Legal Process. Any person having no title or bona fide claim of title thereto or right of possession, who enters upon any land, and on demand of the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof, refuses to surrender such possession, or any p…

Any one of several persons occupying or cultivating lands under a common fence who turns stock of any kind into such inclosure, or knowingly suffers such stock to go at large therein without the consent of all the persons owning or cultivating such lands, shall, on conviction, be…

(a) A person commits the crime of burglary in the third degree if any of the following occur: (1) He or she knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling with the intent to commit a crime therein. (2) He or she knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in an occupied building…

(a) A person commits the crime of possession of burglar’s tools if he: (1) Possesses any explosive, tool, instrument or other article adapted, designed or commonly used for committing or facilitating the commission of an offense involving forcible entry into premises or theft by …

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following words have the following meaning: (1) BUILDING. Any structure that may be entered and utilized by persons for business, public use, lodging, or the storage of goods. The term includes any vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft used fo…

For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) FACILITY. Any of the following: a. Any facility, as defined in Section 14-2-1, including existing facilities and facilities in the process of being constructed. b. Any real property owned or le…

Corrections Facility Prohibited in Certain Circumstances; Exceptions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person may not: (1) Operate an unmanned aircraft system within a horizontal distance of 500 feet or a vertical distance of 200 feet from a facility; or (2) Operate an…

System. (a) A person may not introduce or attempt to introduce any contraband, as defined in Section 13A-10-30, into a facility via operation of an unmanned aircraft system. (b) A violation of this section is a Class C felony and a person violating this section shall be fined not…

(a) A person may not introduce or attempt to introduce any individual piece of an unmanned aircraft system into a facility. (b) A violation of this section is a Class C felony and a person violating this section shall be fined not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,5…

and Contraband Attached to or Dropped Therefrom in Violation of Article. (a) The Department of Corrections may confiscate an unmanned aircraft system and any property, weapons, and contraband attached to or dropped from an unmanned aircraft system used in violation of this articl…

(a) The Department of Corrections may take reasonable and necessary measures against an unmanned aircraft system operating in violation of this article, including, but not limited to, all of the following measures: (1) Jamming, to the extent consistent with federal law and regula…

The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections shall adopt regulations as necessary to implement this article. History: (Act 2024-222, §2.)