Title 13A

(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) MAIL. A letter, postcard, package, bag, or other sealed article to which either of the following apply: a. Is delivered by the United States Postal Service, a common carrier, or a delivery service a…

A person commits the crime of theft of lost property if he actively obtains or exerts control over the property of another which he knows to have been lost or mislaid, or to have been delivered under a mistake as to the identity of the recipient or as to the nature or the amount …

(a) The theft of lost property which exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in value constitutes theft of lost property in the first degree. (b) Theft of lost property in the first degree is a Class B felony. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §3206; Act 2003-355, p. 962, §…

(a) The theft of lost property between one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) in value and two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in value constitutes theft of lost property in the second degree. (b) Theft of lost property in the second degree is a Class C felony. (Acts 1…

(a) The theft of lost property which exceeds five hundred dollars ($500) in value but does not exceed one thousand four hundred and ninety-nine dollars ($1,499) in value constitutes theft of lost property in the third degree. (b) Theft of lost property in the third degree is a Cl…

(a) The theft of lost property which does not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) in value constitutes theft of lost property in the fourth degree. (b) Theft of lost property in the fourth degree is a Class A misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §3208; Acts 1978, No. 770, p. …

(a) The definitions contained in Section 13A-8-1 are applicable to this article unless the context otherwise requires. (b) “In the course of committing a theft” embraces acts which occur in an attempt to commit or the commission of theft, or in immediate flight after the attempt …

(a) A person commits the crime of robbery in the first degree if he violates Section 13A-8-43 and he: (1) Is armed with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument; or (2) Causes serious physical injury to another. (b) Possession then and there of an article used or fashioned in a ma…

(a) A person commits the crime of robbery in the second degree if he violates Section 13A-8-43 and he is aided by another person actually present. (b) Robbery in the second degree is a Class B felony. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §3306.)

(a) A person commits the crime of robbery in the third degree if in the course of committing a theft he: (1) Uses force against the person of the owner or any person present with intent to overcome his physical resistance or physical power of resistance; or (2) Threatens the immi…

No person may submit in defense against a prosecution for robbery in any of its degrees that there was no theft because the taking was under a claim of right. Claim of right is not a defense under this article. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §3310.)

This article shall be known and cited as “The Pharmacy Robbery Act of 1982.” (Acts 1982, No. 82-434, §1.)

When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) PHARMACY. Any building, warehouse, physician’s office, hospital, pharmaceutical house or other structure used in whole o…

(a) Upon conviction of the criminal offense of “pharmacy robbery” as defined in Section 13A-8-51(2), the offender shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than 10 years nor more than 99 years and shall be ineligible for consideration for parole, probation or suspension of s…

The term “shopping cart,” when used in this article, shall mean those pushcarts of the type or types which are commonly provided by grocery stores, drugstores or other merchant stores or markets for the use of the public in transporting commodities in stores and markets and incid…

It shall be unlawful for any person to remove a shopping cart from the premises, posted as provided in Section 13A-8-63, of the owner of such shopping cart without the consent, given at the time of such removal, of the owner or of his agent, servant or employee. For the purpose o…

It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon a shopping cart upon any public street, sidewalk, way or parking lot, other than a parking lot on the premises of the owner. (Acts 1973, No. 1240, p. 2087, §3; Code 1975, §13-3-132.)

The owner of the store in which the shopping cart is used shall post in at least three prominent places in his store, and at each exit therefrom, a printed copy of this article, which copy shall be printed in type no smaller than 12 points. (Acts 1973, No. 1240, p. 2087, §5; Code…

Any person convicted of a violation under this article shall be deemed guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be punished as prescribed by law under Sections 13A-5-7 and 13A-5-12. (Acts 1973, No. 1240, p. 2087, §4; Code 1975, §13-3-134.)

As used in this article, the term “traffic sign” shall mean any traffic sign, traffic signal, warning sign, guideboard, milepost, road marker, emergency telephone sign, or any similar sign, signal, or device used by the state or any political subdivision of the state on the highw…

(a) No person may unlawfully possess any traffic sign erected by the state, a county, or a municipality. (b) Any person who voluntarily notifies a law enforcement agency of the presence on their property of a traffic sign shall not be guilty of violating the provisions of subsect…

(a) A person who is convicted of violating subsection (a) of Section 13A-8-71 shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50). (b) A person who is convicted of intentionally destroying, knocking down, removing, defacing, or altering a traffic sign pursuant to subsection (c) of S…

Any fines collected pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the general fund of the county and distributed as follows: one-half shall be designated for law enforcement purposes and one-half shall be designated to the county road and bridge fund. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., …

As used in this article, the term consigned motor fuels means all grades of gasoline including gasohol or any gasoline blend, number 1 diesel, number 2 diesel, kerosene, and all aviation fuels delivered to a merchant by another for the purpose of sale and the merchant deals in go…

(a) There shall be a written agreement between the person delivering or having the consigned motor fuels delivered for sale, hereinafter designated the consignor, and the merchant, hereinafter designated as the consignee, reflecting not only the consignment agreement between the …

It shall be unlawful for any person to take, use, sell, or dispose of consigned motor fuels or the proceeds from the sale of consigned motor fuels without the consent of the owner and in violation of the written agreement required in Section 13A-8-76. (Act 2015-439, §1.)

A person who violates this article shall be guilty of the crime of theft of property and subject to those penalties provided in Section 13A-8-3, 13A-8-4, or 13A-8-5, based on value of the property taken. (Act 2015-439, §1.)

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the term “owner,” as used in this article, shall mean the person who owns, or has the exclusive license in the United States to reproduce or the exclusive license in the United States to distribute to the public copies of the origina…

(a) It shall be a felony for any person to: (1) Knowingly transfer or cause to be transferred, directly or indirectly, by any means, any sounds recorded on a phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, videocassette or other article now known or later developed on which sounds are…

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, rent, cause to be sold or rented, or possess for the purpose of selling or renting any recorded device that has been produced, manufactured, distributed or acquired in violation of any provision of this article. (2) Penal…

Every recorded device sold, rented or transferred for commercial advantage or private financial gain, or possessed for the purpose of sale, rental or transfer by any manufacturer, distributor or wholesale or retail merchant shall contain on its packaging the true name and address…

It shall be the duty of any state, county or local law enforcement officer to confiscate all recorded material that does not conform to the provisions of this article and all equipment and components used or intended to be used in the manufacture of the infringing recordings and …

(a) Any owner of recorded material whose material has allegedly been illegally reproduced as provided herein shall have a cause of action in the circuit courts of this state for all damages resultant therefrom, including actual, compensatory and incidental damages, as well as pun…

(a) Each separate manufacture, distribution, sale or transfer at wholesale of any unauthorized recording in contravention of the provisions of this article shall upon conviction constitute a separate offense punishable as follows: (1) If the offense involves not less than 1,000 u…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) AUDIOVISUAL IMAGE. A series of related images which are intended to impart an impression of motion when shown in succession by means of a machine or device. (2) AUDIOVISUAL RECORDING FUNCTION. …

This article may be cited as The Alabama Digital Crime Act. (Act 2012-432, p. 1192, §1.)

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACCESS. To gain entry to, instruct, communicate with, store data in, retrieve or intercept data from, alter data or computer software in, or otherwise make use of any resource of a computer, compu…

(a) A person who acts without authority or who exceeds authorization of use commits the crime of computer tampering by knowingly: (1) Accessing and altering, damaging, or destroying any computer, computer system, or computer network. (2) Altering, damaging, deleting, or destroyin…

(a) A person commits the crime of encoded data fraud by: (1) Knowingly and with the intent to commit an unlawful act or to defraud, possessing a scanning device; or knowingly and with intent to commit an unlawful act or defraud, using or attempting to use a scanning device to acc…

(a) A person commits the crime of phishing if the person by means of an Internet web page, electronic mail message, or otherwise using the Internet, solicits, requests, or takes any action to induce another person to provide identifying information by representing that the person…

(a) A law enforcement officer, a prosecuting attorney, or the Attorney General may require the disclosure of stored wire or electronic communications, as well as transactional records and subscriber information pertaining thereto, to the extent and under the procedures and condit…

(a) An Alabama corporation or business entity that provides electronic communication services or remote computing services to the general public, when served with a warrant issued by another state to produce records that could reveal the identity of the customers using those serv…

(a) On conviction of a violation of this article or any other violation of the criminal laws of Alabama, the court shall order that any computer, computer system, computer network, instrument of communication, software or data that was owned or used by the defendant with the owne…

A person who is subject to prosecution under this article and any other law of this state may be prosecuted under either or both laws. (Act 2012-432, p. 1192, §9.)

Nothing in this article prohibits any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency of this state or a political subdivision of this state or a law enforcement agency of the United States or of an intelligence agency of the Un…

As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise, “cable television company” or “company” means any franchised or other duly licensed company which is operated or intended to be operated to perform the service of receiving and amplifying the signals broadcast by one…