Title 26 — Title 26

Contents of Report. Any law enforcement agency in this state in which a complaint of a missing person has been filed shall prepare and send a report to ACMEC immediately on any missing person or unidentified deceased person. That report shall include, but is not limited to, the f…

Upon completion of the report, a copy of the teletype message with pertinent information shall be forwarded to: (1) All law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction of the location in which the missing person lives or was last seen. (2) All law enforcement agencies considered to …

Person. Upon receiving a report of a person believed to be missing, the law enforcement agency shall conduct a preliminary investigation to determine whether the person is missing. If the person is determined to be missing, the agency shall immediately enter identifying and descr…

Immediately after a missing person is located, or an unidentified deceased person is subsequently identified, the law enforcement agency which locates or returns the missing person, or which identifies a previously unidentified deceased person, shall notify the law enforcement ag…

Children. The State Board of Education shall perform the following functions: (1) Collect each month a list of missing Alabama school children, with a photograph, if available, as provided by ACMEC. A missing Alabama school child shall be defined for the purposes of this section …

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Missing and Endangered Persons Alert Act. History: (Act 2009-145, p. 280, §1; Act 2020-40, §1.)

The Missing and Endangered Persons Alert Act is enacted for the following purposes: (1) To provide a rapid response if either of the following occur: a. The department verifies that an individual living with a mental disability, physical disability, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia,…

When used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) BROADCASTER. Any entity that is engaged in the business of broadcasting video or audio programs, whether through the public airwaves, by cable, by direct or indirect satellite transmissions, or by any…

(a) A missing and endangered persons alert shall be activated by the department when an individual is reported missing, lost, or abducted, and an investigation reveals the following: (1) The individual is living with a mental disability, physical disability, Alzheimer’s disease, …

Once a determination has been made to activate the missing and endangered person media alert, the department shall do the following: (1) Issue a local media alert via email indicating that an individual living with a mental disability, physical disability, Alzheimer’s disease, de…

The department may adopt any rules necessary to implement this chapter. History: (Act 2009-145, p. 280, §6.)

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Hiawayi Robinson Emergency Missing Child Alert System Act. History: (Act 2015-28, §1.)

(a) There is established a statewide Emergency Missing Child Alert System to be developed and implemented by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, or his or her designee, who shall serve as the state coordinator of the alert system. (b) The agency shall imple…

When a missing child report is given to a local law enforcement agency and every person accountable for the care of a child under 18 years of age, including, but not limited to, parents, grandparents, other relatives, teachers, or other caregivers, has been contacted and confirms…

(a) Once a determination has been made to activate an emergency missing child alert, the local law enforcement agency shall do the following: (1) Immediately request the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to issue an emergency missing child alert, providing all pertinent inform…

(a) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall do all of the following: (1) Adopt rules necessary to ensure the proper implementation of the emergency missing child alert system, including procedures for the activation and deactivation of the alert system. (2) Prescribe forms…

An entity or individual participating in the dissemination of an alert generated through the alert system under this chapter is not liable for any civil damages arising from the dissemination of the alert absent unreasonable, wanton, willful, or intentional conduct. History: (Act…

Would Supervise Minors; Limitations. Repealed by Act 2000-775, p. 1775, §12, effective November 1, 2000. History: (Acts 1985, No. 85-681, p. 1074, §1.)

Crimes; Required Information; Disposition of Form Statement; Verification Process. Repealed by Act 2000-775, p. 1775, §12, effective November 1, 2000. History: (Acts 1985, No. 85-681, p. 1074, §2.)

Repealed by Act 2000-775, p. 1775, §12, effective November 1, 2000. History: (Acts 1985, No. 85-681, p. 1074, §3.)

Repealed by Act 2000-775, p. 1775, §12, effective November 1, 2000. History: (Acts 1985, No. 85-681, p. 1074, §4.)

Repealed by Act 2000-775, p. 1775, §12, effective November 1, 2000. History: (Acts 1985, No. 85-681, p. 1074, §5.)

Repealed by Act 2000-775, p. 1775, §12, effective November 1, 2000. History: (Acts 1985, No. 85-681, p. 1074, §6.)

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this parental consent provision to further the important and compelling state interests of: (1) protecting minors against their own immaturity, (2) fostering the family structure and preserving it as a viable social unit, and (3…

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (1) MINOR. Any person under the age of 18 years; (2) EMANCIPATED MINOR. Any minor who is or has been married or has by court order otherwise been legally freed from the care, custody, and control of her parents;…

Unemancipated Minor; Written Statement Where Abortion to Be Performed on Emancipated Minor; Waiver of Consent Requirement; Coercion; Forms. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (d) of this section and Sections 26-21-4 and 26-21-5 hereof, no physician shall perf…

Guardian Prohibited; Participation in Proceedings; Right to Counsel; Assistance in Preparing Petition; Confidentiality; Contents of Petition; Precedence of Proceeding; Rules of Procedure; Waiver of Consent; Guardian Ad Litem for Interests of Unborn Child; Findings and Conclusions…

This chapter shall not apply when, in the best clinical judgment of the attending physician on the facts of the case before him, a medical emergency exists that so compromises the health, safety, or well-being of the mother as to require an immediate abortion. A physician who doe…

(a)(1) Any person who intentionally performs or causes to be performed an abortion in violation of the provisions of this chapter or intentionally fails to conform to any requirement of this chapter, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (2) Any conviction of any person for a…

In addition to whatever remedies are available under the common or statutory law of this state, failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter shall provide a basis for a civil action for compensatory and/or punitive damages. Any criminal conviction under this chapter sh…

Information; Nondisclosure of Information Regarding Abortion Pursuant to Court Order; Physician Has No Duty to Secure Waiver. (a) No physician who complies with the parental consent requirements of this chapter shall be liable in any manner to the minor upon whom the abortion was…

Statistical Records; Penalty for Disclosure; Reports to Bureau of Vital Statistics. (a) Records and information involving court proceedings conducted pursuant to Section 26-21-4 shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed other than to the minor, her attorney, and necessary …

(a) The public policy of the State of Alabama is to protect life, born, and unborn. This is particularly true concerning unborn life that is capable of living outside the womb. The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds there are abortions being done in Alabama after the time …

The following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use of any means to terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman with knowledge that the termination by those means will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the death of the unborn child. (2) FER…

(a) Prohibition. Except as provided in subsection (b), no person shall intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly perform or induce an abortion when the unborn child is viable. (b) Exceptions. (1) It shall not be a violation of subsection (a) if an abortion is performed by a physici…

Except in the case of a medical emergency, prior to performing an abortion upon a woman subsequent to her first 19 weeks of pregnancy, the physician shall determine whether, in his or her good faith medical judgment, the child is viable. When the physician has determined that a c…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to recognize a right to abortion or to make legal an abortion that is otherwise unlawful. History: (Acts 1997, No. 97-442, p. 746, §5.)

This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997. History: (Acts 1997, No. 97-485, p. 843, §1.)

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) FATHER. The biological father of the human fetus. (2) MOTHER. The female who is pregnant with a live human fetus which may be subject to a partial-birth abortion under this chapter. (3) PARTIAL-BI…

Any physician who knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion within this state and thereby kills a human fetus shall be guilty of a Class C felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed by law. History: (Acts 1997, No. 97-485, p. 843, §3.)

Section 26-23-3 shall not apply to a partial-birth abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother. History: (Acts 1997, No. 97-485, p. 843, §4.)

The father, if married to the mother at the time she receives a partial-birth abortion procedure, and if the mother has not attained the age of 18 years at the time of the abortion, the maternal grandparents of the fetus, may in a civil action obtain appropriate relief, unless th…

A woman upon whom a partial-birth abortion is performed may not be prosecuted under this chapter for a conspiracy to violate this chapter or for any other offense which is unlawful under this chapter. History: (Acts 1997, No. 97-485, p. 843, §6.)

This chapter shall be known and cited as the Woman’s Right to Know Act. History: (Act 2002-419, p. 1074, §1.)

In addition to whatever remedies are available under the common or statutory law of this state, failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter shall: (1) Provide a basis for a civil action for compensatory and punitive damages. Any conviction under this chapter shall be …

In every civil or criminal proceeding or action brought under this chapter, the court shall rule whether the anonymity of any woman upon whom an abortion has been performed or attempted, shall be preserved from public disclosure if she does not give her consent to such disclosure…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion. It is not the intention of this chapter to make lawful an abortion that is currently unlawful nor to deny a woman an abortion that is lawful. Following abortion counseling, the withdrawal o…

If any one or more provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is found to be invalid or unconstitutional, the same is hereby declared to be severable and the balance of this chapter sh…

(a) The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds that: (1) It is essential to the psychological and physical well-being of a woman considering an abortion that she receive complete and accurate information on her alternatives. (2) Most abortions are performed in clinics devoted …

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant. Such use or pre…