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AL Code § 13A-11-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency.|Section 13A-11-7 - Disorderly Conduct.

Section 13A-11-7Disorderly conduct. (a) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he or she does any of the following: (1) Engages in fighting or in violent tumultuous or threatening behavior. (2) Makes unreasonable noise. (3) In a public place uses abusive or obscene language or makes an obscene gesture. (4) Without lawful authority, disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons. (5) Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic, or a transportation facility. (6) Congregates with other person in a public place and refuses to comply with a lawful order of law enforcement to disperse. (b) Disorderly conduct is a Class C misdemeanor. (c) It shall be a rebuttable presumption that the mere carrying of a visible pistol, holstered or secured, in a public place, in and of itself, is not a violation of this section. (d) Nothing in Act 2013-283 shall be construed to prohibit law enforcement personnel who have reasonable suspicion from acting to prevent a breach of the peace or from taking action to preserve public safety. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5525; Act 2013-283, p. 938, §§2, 10.)
AL Code § 13A-11-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency.|Section 13A-11-8 - Harassment or Harassing Communications.

Section 13A-11-8Harassment or harassing communications. (a)(1) HARASSMENT. A person commits the crime of harassment if, with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm another person, he or she either: a. Strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise touches a person or subjects him or her to physical contact. b. Directs abusive or obscene language or makes an obscene gesture towards another person. (2) For purposes of this section, harassment shall include a threat, verbal or nonverbal, made with the intent to carry out the threat, that would cause a reasonable person who is the target of the threat to fear for his or her safety. (3) Harassment is a Class C misdemeanor. (b)(1) HARASSING COMMUNICATIONS. A person commits the crime of harassing communications if, with intent to harass or alarm another person, he or she does any of the following: a. Communicates with a person, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, telegraph, mail, or any other form of written or electronic communication, in a manner likely to harass or cause alarm. b. Makes a telephone call, whether or not a conversation ensues, with no purpose of legitimate communication. c. Telephones another person and addresses to or about such other person any lewd or obscene words or language. Nothing in this section shall apply to legitimate business telephone communications. (2) Harassing communications is a Class C misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5530; Acts 1978, No. 770, p. 1110, §1; Acts 1979, No. 79-471, p. 862, §1; Acts 1996, No. 96-767, p. 1353, §1; Acts 1997, No. 97-552, p. 989, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-11-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency.|Section 13A-11-9 - Loitering.

Section 13A-11-9Loitering. (a) A person commits the crime of loitering if he or she does any of the following: (1) Loiters, remains, or wanders about in a public place for the purpose of begging. (2) Loiters or remains in a public place for the purpose of gambling. (3) Loiters or remains in a public place for the purpose of engaging or soliciting another person to engage in prostitution or sodomy. (4) Being masked, loiters, remains, or congregates in a public place. (5) Loiters or remains in or about a school, college, or university building or grounds after having been told to leave by any authorized official of the school, college, or university, not having any reason or relationship involving custody of or responsibility for a pupil or any other specific, legitimate reason for being there, and not having written permission from a school, college or university administrator. (6) Loiters or remains in any transportation facility, unless specifically authorized to do so, for the purpose of soliciting or engaging in any business, trade, or commercial transactions involving the sale of merchandise or services. (7) Loiters or remains in any place with one or more persons for the purpose of unlawfully using or possessing a dangerous drug. (b) A person does not commit a crime under subdivision (a)(4) if he or she is going to or from or staying at a masquerade party, or is participating in a public parade or presentation of an educational, religious, or historical character or in an event as defined in Section 13A-11-140. (c) Sodomy in subdivision (a)(3) is defined as in Section 13A-6-60. (d) Dangerous drug in subdivision (a)(7) means any narcotic, drug, or controlled substance as defined in Chapter 2 of Title 20 and any schedule incorporated therein. (e) Loitering is a violation. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5540; Act 2019-465, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-11-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency.|Section 13A-11-10 - Public Intoxication.

Section 13A-11-10Public intoxication. (a) A person commits the crime of public intoxication if he appears in a public place under the influence of alcohol, narcotics or other drug to the degree that he endangers himself or another person or property, or by boisterous and offensive conduct annoys another person in his vicinity. (b) Public intoxication is a violation. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5545.)
AL Code § 13A-11-10.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency.|Section 13A-11-10.1 - Open House Parties; When Not Allowed to Continue; Exceptions; Penalties.

Section 13A-11-10.1Open house parties; when not allowed to continue; exceptions; penalties. (a) As used in this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) ADULT. A person who, pursuant to state law, may possess alcoholic beverages. (2) ADULT HAVING CONTROL OF A RESIDENCE. An adult who has sanctioned an open house party and who is in attendance. (3) ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. The meaning ascribed in Section 28-3-1. (4) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. The meaning ascribed in Section 20-2-2. (5) OPEN HOUSE PARTY. A social gathering at a residence. (6) REASONABLE ACTION. The act of ejecting a person from a residence or requesting law enforcement officials to eject a person from a residence. (7) RESIDENCE. A home, apartment, condominium, country club, motel, hotel, or any other unit designed for dwelling. (b) No adult having control of any residence, who has authorized an open house party at the residence and is in attendance at the party, shall allow the open house party to continue if all of the following occur: (1) Alcoholic beverages or controlled substances are illegally possessed or illegally consumed at the residence by a person under the age of 21. (2) The adult knows that an alcoholic beverage or controlled substance is in the illegal possession of or is being illegally consumed by a person under the age of 21 at the residence. (3) The adult fails to take reasonable action to prevent illegal possession or illegal consumption of the alcoholic beverage or controlled substance. (c) Any adult who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. (Acts 1994, No. 94-580, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 13A-11-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency.|Section 13A-11-11 - Falsely Reporting an Incident.

Section 13A-11-11Falsely reporting an incident. (a) A person commits the crime of falsely reporting an incident if with knowledge that the information reported, conveyed, or circulated is false, he or she initiates or circulates a false report or warning of an alleged occurrence or impending occurrence of a fire, bomb, explosion, crime, catastrophe, or emergency or the alleged release or impending release of a hazardous or dangerous substance, including, but not limited to, chemical, biological, or bacteriological substance or any nerve agent under circumstances in which it is likely to cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or transportation facility, or to cause public inconvenience or alarm. (b) Falsely reporting an incident is a Class A misdemeanor except that falsely reporting an incident of a bomb or explosion or the alleged release or impending release of a hazardous or dangerous substance is a Class C felony. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if the objective or target of the person listed in subsection (a) is to interfere with the attendance, operation, activities, or other business conducted at a public or private school, university, college, or other educational institution in this state, no part of a sentence imposed pursuant to subsection (a) or this subsection shall be probated, deferred, suspended, or withheld, and no person sentenced pursuant to subsection (a) or this subsection shall be eligible for early release, leave, work release, earned time, good time, or any other program administered by an agency of the executive or judicial branches of this state which would have the effect of reducing or mitigating the sentence until the defendant has completed the minimum sentence pursuant to subsection (a) or this subsection. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5550; Act 2000-113, p. 166, §1; Act 2009-718, §21.)
AL Code § 13A-11-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency.|Section 13A-11-12 - Desecration of Venerated Objects.

Section 13A-11-12Desecration of venerated objects. (a) A person commits the crime of desecration of venerated objects if he intentionally: (1) Desecrates any public monument or structure or place of worship or burial; or (2) Desecrates in a public place the United States or Alabama flag or any other object of veneration by the public or a substantial segment thereof. (b) Desecration of venerated objects is a Class A misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5555.)
AL Code § 13A-11-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency.|Section 13A-11-13 - Abuse of Corpse.

Section 13A-11-13Abuse of corpse. (a) A person commits the crime of abuse of a corpse if, except as otherwise authorized by law, he knowingly treats a human corpse in a way that would outrage ordinary family sensibilities. Abuse of a corpse may include knowingly and willfully signing a certificate as having embalmed, cremated, or prepared a human body for disposition when, in fact, the services were not performed as indicated. (b) Abuse of a corpse is a Class C felony. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5560; Act 2002-239, p. 498, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-11-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency.|Section 13A-11-14 - Cruelty to Animals.

Section 13A-11-14Cruelty to animals. (a) A person commits the crime of cruelty to animals if, except as otherwise authorized by law, he or she recklessly or with criminal negligence: (1) Subjects any animal to cruel mistreatment; or (2) Subjects any animal in his or her custody to cruel neglect; or (3) Kills or injures without good cause any animal belonging to another. (b) Cruelty to animals is a Class A misdemeanor and on the first conviction of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or both fine and imprisonment; on a second conviction of a violation of this section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or both fine and imprisonment; and on a third or subsequent conviction of a violation of this section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or both fine and imprisonment. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5565; Act 2010-550, p. 977, §2; Act 2013-369, p. 1326, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-11-14.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency.|Section 13A-11-14.1 - Aggravated Cruelty to Animals.

Section 13A-11-14.1Aggravated cruelty to animals.  (a) A person commits the crime of aggravated cruelty to animals if the person intentionally or knowingly violates Section 13A-11-14, and the act of cruelty or neglect involved the infliction of torture to the animal. (b) The word torture as used in this section shall mean the act of doing physical injury to an animal by the infliction of inhumane treatment or gross physical abuse meant to cause the animal intensive or prolonged pain or serious physical injury, or by causing the death of the animal. (c) For purposes of this section and Section 13A-11-14, the terms torture and cruelty do not include the following: (1) Actions taken if there is a reasonable fear of imminent attack, or conduct which is otherwise permitted under the agricultural or animal husbandry laws, customs, or practices of this state or the United States, including, but not limited to, catfish, cattle, goats, horses, pigs, hogs, poultry, sheep, pen-raised game, rodeo stock, and other farm animals. (2) Conduct which is permitted under the fishing, hunting, and trapping laws, customs, or practices of this state or the United States. (3) Conduct that is permitted under the laws, customs, or practices of this state or the United States related to the training, conditioning, and use of animals for rodeos, equine activities, livestock shows, field trials, and similar activities, or the use of dogs for hunting, service work, or similar activities. (4) Conduct that is licensed or lawful under the Alabama Veterinary Practice Act or conduct by any licensed veterinarian that complies with accepted standards of practice of the profession within the State of Alabama, including, but not limited to, euthanasia. (5) Conduct that is lawful under the laws of this state or the United States relating to activities undertaken by research and education facilities and institutions. (6) Conduct that is prohibited under Section 13A-12-4. (d) Aggravated cruelty to animals is a Class C felony. (Act 2013-369, p. 1326, §2.)
AL Code § 13A-11-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency.|Section 13A-11-15 - Killing a Dog Used by a Peace Officer; Penalty; Exception.

Section 13A-11-15Killing a dog used by a peace officer; penalty; exception. Repealed by Act 2013-421, §6, effective August 1, 2013. (Acts 1989, No. 89-939, p. 1847, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-11-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency.|Section 13A-11-16 - Greyhounds Used for Racing to Be Put to Death by Lethal Injection.

Section 13A-11-16Greyhounds used for racing to be put to death by lethal injection. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that animals that participate in greyhound racing on which pari-mutual wagering is conducted and animals that are bred and trained for greyhound racing be treated humanely, both on and off the racetrack, throughout the lives of the animals. (b) A greyhound bred, trained, or used for greyhound racing may not be put to death by any means other than lethal injection. A greyhound may not be removed from this state for the purpose of being destroyed. (c)(1) Any person who violates this section on the first offense shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (2) A person who violates this section on a second or subsequent offense shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (Act 2003-340, p. 849, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 13A-11-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency.|Section 13A-11-17 - Disrupting a Funeral or Memorial Service.

Section 13A-11-17Disrupting a funeral or memorial service. (a) A person commits the crime of disrupting a funeral or memorial service if, during the 60 minutes immediately preceding a funeral or memorial service that has a scheduled starting time, during the funeral or memorial service, or immediately following the funeral or memorial service, the person does any of the following with the intention of disrupting the funeral or memorial service: (1) Engages in a protest, including, but not limited to, protest with or without using an electric sound amplification device, that involves singing, chanting, whistling, yelling, or honking a motor vehicle horn within 1,000 feet of the entrance to a facility being used for a funeral or memorial service.  (2) Blocks access to a facility being used for the service. (3) Impedes vehicles that he or she knows are part of the procession. (b) For purposes of this section, the term "facility" includes a funeral home, church, or cemetery in which the funeral or memorial service takes place. (c) A violation of subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor for the first conviction and a Class C felony for each subsequent conviction. (Act 2006-585, p. 1547, §1; Act 2012-303, p. 644, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-11-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 2 - Offenses Against Privacy.|Section 13A-11-30 - Definitions.

Section 13A-11-30Definitions. The following definitions apply to this article: (1) EAVESDROP. To overhear, record, amplify or transmit any part of the private communication of others without the consent of at least one of the persons engaged in the communication, except as otherwise provided by law. (2) PRIVATE PLACE. A place where one may reasonably expect to be safe from casual or hostile intrusion or surveillance, but such term does not include a place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access. (3) SURVEILLANCE. Secret observation of the activities of another person for the purpose of spying upon and invading the privacy of the person observed. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5601.)
AL Code § 13A-11-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 2 - Offenses Against Privacy.|Section 13A-11-31 - Criminal Eavesdropping.

Section 13A-11-31Criminal eavesdropping. (a) A person commits the crime of criminal eavesdropping if he intentionally uses any device to eavesdrop, whether or not he is present at the time. (b) Criminal eavesdropping is a Class A misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5605.)
AL Code § 13A-11-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 2 - Offenses Against Privacy.|Section 13A-11-32 - Criminal Surveillance.

Section 13A-11-32Criminal surveillance. (a) A person commits the crime of criminal surveillance if he intentionally engages in surveillance while trespassing in a private place. (b) Criminal surveillance is a Class B misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5610.)
AL Code § 13A-11-32.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 2 - Offenses Against Privacy.|Section 13A-11-32.1 - Aggravated Criminal Surveillance.

Section 13A-11-32.1Aggravated criminal surveillance.  (a) A person commits the crime of aggravated criminal surveillance if he or she intentionally engages in surveillance of an individual in any place where the individual being observed has a reasonable expectation of privacy, without the prior express or implied consent of the individual being observed, for the purpose of sexual gratification. (b) Aggravated criminal surveillance is a Class C felony. (c) The statute of limitations begins at the time of discovery of the surveillance. (Act 2012-230, p. 423, §1; Act 2019-465, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-11-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 2 - Offenses Against Privacy.|Section 13A-11-33 - Installing Eavesdropping Device.

Section 13A-11-33Installing eavesdropping device. (a) A person commits the crime of installing an eavesdropping device if he intentionally installs or places a device in a private place with knowledge it is to be used for eavesdropping and without permission of the owner and any lessee or tenant or guest for hire of the private place. (b) Installing an eavesdropping device in a private place is prima facie evidence of knowledge that the device is to be used for eavesdropping. (c) Installing an eavesdropping device is a Class C felony. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5615.)
AL Code § 13A-11-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 2 - Offenses Against Privacy.|Section 13A-11-34 - Criminal Possession of Eavesdropping Device.

Section 13A-11-34Criminal possession of eavesdropping device. (a) A person commits the crime of criminal possession of an eavesdropping device if he possesses, manufactures, sends or transports any device designed or commonly used for eavesdropping, and: (1) Intends to use that device to eavesdrop; or (2) Knows that another person intends to use that device to eavesdrop. (b) Criminal possession of an eavesdropping device is a Class A misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5620.)
AL Code § 13A-11-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 2 - Offenses Against Privacy.|Section 13A-11-35 - Divulging Illegally-Obtained Information.

Section 13A-11-35Divulging illegally-obtained information. (a) A person commits the crime of divulging illegally-obtained information if he knowingly or recklessly uses or divulges information obtained through criminal eavesdropping or criminal surveillance. (b) Divulging illegally-obtained information is a Class B misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5625.)
AL Code § 13A-11-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 2 - Offenses Against Privacy.|Section 13A-11-36 - Defenses to Prosecutions Under Article.

Section 13A-11-36Defenses to prosecutions under article. (a) A person does not commit a crime under this article if: (1) He was a peace officer engaged in the lawful performance of his duties; or (2) He was an officer, employee or agent of a communication common carrier who, while acting in the normal course of his employment, and while engaged in any activity which was a necessary incident to the rendition of his service or to the protection of the rights or property of the carrier of such communication, intercepted, disclosed or used a communication transmitted through the facilities of that carrier; or (3) He relies in good faith on a lawful court order or legislative authorization. (b) The burden of injecting the issue under subsection (a) is on the defendant, but this does not shift the burden of proof. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5630.)