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AL Code § 13A-8-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 1A - Secondary Metal Recycling.|Section 13A-8-30 - Definitions.

Section 13A-8-30Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) FERROUS METALS. Any metals containing significant quantities of iron or steel, excluding motor vehicles purchased in accordance with Section 32-8-87. (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. A duly constituted and certified peace officer of the State of Alabama or of any county or municipality within the state. (3) METAL PROPERTY. Metals as defined in this section as either ferrous or nonferrous metals. (4) NONFERROUS METALS. Metals not containing significant quantities of iron or steel, including, without limitation, copper, brass, aluminum other than aluminum cans, bronze, lead, zinc, nickel, stainless steel, and alloys thereof, including stainless steel beer kegs. (5) PERSON. An individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, trust, association, or any other legal entity. (6) PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD. A driver's license or identification card issued by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency or a similar card issued by another state, a military identification card, a passport, or an appropriate work authorization issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security. (7) PHOTOGRAPH. A still photographic image, including an image captured in digital format, which is of such quality that the persons and objects depicted are identifiable. (8) PURCHASE TRANSACTION. A transaction in which a secondary metals recycler gives consideration in exchange for regulated metal property. (9) SECONDARY METALS RECYCLER. Any person, whether licensed or not licensed, who is engaged, from a fixed location or otherwise, in the business of paying compensation for ferrous or nonferrous metals, whether or not engaged in the business of performing the manufacturing process by which ferrous metals or nonferrous metals are converted into raw material products consisting of prepared grades and having an existing or potential economic value. The term does not include a pawnbroker licensed pursuant to Chapter 19A of Title 5, or a licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler as defined in Section 40-12-410, unless the entities engage in the business of paying compensation for ferrous or nonferrous metals. (10) VERIFIABLE DOCUMENTATION. Written evidence of ownership which may be verified, including, but not limited to, receipts, bills of sale, titles, certificates of title, purchase agreements, shipping manifests, work orders, etc. (Act 2007-451, p. 930, §1; Act 2010-508, p. 836, §1; Act 2012-426, p. 1149, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-8-31.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 1A - Secondary Metal Recycling.|Section 13A-8-31.1 - Payment and Purchase Limitations.

Section 13A-8-31.1Payment and purchase limitations. (a) A secondary metals recycler may not enter into any cash transactions in excess of fifty dollars ($50) for copper, copper/aluminum air conditioning coils, or catalytic convertors, or any items described in subdivision (a)(2) or (a)(10) of Section 13A-8-37, or in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) for all other metals in payment for the purchase of metal property. Payment by check may be made payable only to the person whose information was recorded pursuant to Section 13A-8-31.  (b) It shall be unlawful for a secondary metals recycler to purchase metal property from a person younger than 18 years of age. (c) Metal property may not be purchased between the hours of 9:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. (d) Any person who intentionally violates the requirements of this section shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for a first offense, a Class A misdemeanor for a second offense, and a Class C felony for a third or subsequent offense within a 10-year period. (Act 2012-426, p. 1149, §2.)
AL Code § 13A-8-31.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 1A - Secondary Metal Recycling.|Section 13A-8-31.2 - Registration and Reporting Requirements.

Section 13A-8-31.2Registration and reporting requirements. (a) All secondary metals recyclers subject to this article shall register with the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC) by August 31, 2012, and shall pay an annual registration fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) to ACJIC. In the event the electronic reporting system is not fully implemented by August 1, 2012, the record maintenance and reporting requirements of the current law shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the ACJIC electronic reporting system is fully implemented. The registration shall include the name of the business, address of the business, telephone number, and the name of the owner or owners of the business. (b)(1) Prior to January 1, 2013, secondary metals recyclers shall continue to abide by any reporting requirements currently in effect and followed by the recyclers.  (2) Effective January 1, 2013, secondary metals recyclers shall enter the information required by subdivisions (1), (3), (4), (5), (7), and (9) of subsection (a) of Section 13A-8-31 into a database maintained by the ACJIC and shall transmit such information electronically to the database no later than 9:00 P.M. on the day of a purchase transaction. The ACJIC Commission in consultation with the members of the Alabama Recycling Association shall promulgate rules, regulations, and policies for the receipt and dissemination of the information in the database through ACJIC information systems. All information reported by secondary metals recyclers pursuant to this section shall be considered to be confidential and privileged and exempt from disclosure under Section 41-13-1. The ACJIC Commission shall ensure that adequate safeguards are incorporated and maintained so that the data may be accessed and used only by properly authorized law enforcement agencies for the purpose of investigating thefts of metal property. Any person releasing or using this data in an unauthorized manner shall be subject to the provisions of Section 13A-10-82. (c) Any person who intentionally violates the requirements of this section shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for a first offense, a Class A misdemeanor for a second offense, and a Class C felony for a third or subsequent offense within a 10-year period. (Act 2012-426, p. 1149, §2.)
AL Code § 13A-8-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 1A - Secondary Metal Recycling.|Section 13A-8-32 - Inspections.

Section 13A-8-32Inspections. During the usual and customary business hours of a secondary metals recycler, a law enforcement officer, after properly identifying himself or herself as a law enforcement officer, shall have the right to inspect: (1) All purchased metal property in the possession of the secondary metals recycler. (2) All records required to be maintained under Section 13A-8-31. (Act 2007-451, p. 930, §3; Act 2012-426, p. 1149, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-8-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 1A - Secondary Metal Recycling.|Section 13A-8-33 - Law Enforcement Officers Authorized to Place Hold on Certain Sales of Metals.

Section 13A-8-33Law enforcement officers authorized to place hold on certain sales of metals. (a)(1) Whenever a law enforcement officer has reasonable suspicion to believe that any item of metal property in the possession of a secondary metals recycler has been stolen, the law enforcement officer, may issue a hold notice to the secondary metals recycler. The hold notice shall be in writing, shall be delivered to the secondary metals recycler, shall specifically identify those items of metal property that are believed to have been stolen and that are subject to the notice, and shall inform the secondary metals recycler of the information contained in this section.  (2) Upon receipt of the notice, the secondary metals recycler may not process or remove the items of metal property identified in the notice, or any portion thereof, from the place of business of the secondary metals recycler for 15 calendar days after receipt of the notice by the secondary metals recycler, unless sooner released by a law enforcement officer. (b)(1) No later than the expiration of the 15-day period, a law enforcement officer after receiving additional substantive evidence may issue a second hold notice to the secondary metals recycler, which shall be an extended hold notice. The extended hold notice shall be in writing, shall be delivered to the secondary metals recycler, shall specifically identify those items of metal property that are believed to have been stolen and that are subject to the extended hold notice, and shall inform the secondary metals recycler of the information contained in this section.  (2) Upon receipt of the extended hold notice, the secondary metals recycler may not process or remove the items of metal property identified in the notice, or any portion thereof, from the place of business of the secondary metals recycler for 30 calendar days after receipt of the extended hold notice by the secondary metals recycler, unless sooner released by a law enforcement officer. (c) At the expiration of the hold period or, if extended in accordance with this section, at the expiration of the extended hold period, the hold is automatically released and the secondary metals recycler may dispose of the metal property unless other disposition has been ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. (d) Any person who intentionally violates the requirements of subsection (a) or (b) shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for a first offense, a Class A misdemeanor for a second offense, and a Class C felony for a third or subsequent offense within a 10-year period. (Act 2007-451, p. 930, §4; Act 2012-426, p. 1149, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-8-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 1A - Secondary Metal Recycling.|Section 13A-8-34 - Contesting Identification or Ownership of Metal Property.

Section 13A-8-34Contesting identification or ownership of metal property. (a) If the secondary metals recycler contests the identification or ownership of the metal property, the party other than the secondary metals recycler claiming ownership of any metal property in the possession of the secondary metals recycler may, provided that a timely report of the theft of the metal property was made to the proper authorities, bring an action in the circuit court of the county in which the secondary metals recycler is located. The petition for the action shall include a description of the means of identification of the metal property utilized by the petitioner to determine ownership of the metal property in the possession of the secondary metals recycler. If the person who sold the metal property to the secondary metals recycler is convicted of theft of property or criminal mischief related to the removal of the metal property, the court shall order the defendant to make full restitution to the victim including, without limitation, attorney fees, court costs, and property damage which resulted from the theft of property, and other expenses. (b) When a lawful owner recovers stolen metal property from a secondary metals recycler who has complied with this article, and the person who sold the metal property to the secondary metals recycler is convicted of a violation of this article, or theft by receiving stolen property, the court shall order the defendant to make full restitution, including, without limitation, attorneys' fees, court costs, and other expenses to the secondary metals recycler. (Act 2007-451, p. 930, §5; Act 2012-426, p. 1149, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-8-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 1A - Secondary Metal Recycling.|Section 13A-8-35 - Exceptions.

Section 13A-8-35Exceptions. This article shall not apply to purchases of metal property from any of the following: (1) A law enforcement officer acting in an official capacity unless the law enforcement officer is investigating a compliance issue pursuant to this article or is presenting metal property for sale. (2) A trustee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, or receiver who has presented proof of such status to the secondary metals recycler. (3) Any public official acting under a court order who has presented proof of such status to the secondary metals recycler. (4) A sale or the execution, or by virtue, of any process issued by a court if proof thereof has been presented to the secondary metals recycler. (5) A manufacturing, industrial, or other commercial vendor that generates or sells regulated metal property in the ordinary course of its business. (6) A municipal, county, state, federal, or other governmental entity. (7) A utility company. (8) A funeral home or the owner or operator of a cemetery. (Act 2007-451, p. 930, §6; Act 2012-426, p. 1149, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-8-35.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 1A - Secondary Metal Recycling.|Section 13A-8-35.1 - Liability for Injuries.

Section 13A-8-35.1Liability for injuries. (a) A public or private owner of metal property is not civilly liable to a person who is injured during the theft or attempted theft of metal property in any amount by the person or a third party.  (b) A public or private owner of metal property is not civilly liable for a person's injuries caused by a dangerous condition created as a result of the theft or attempted theft of the owner's metal property in any amount when the owner of the metal property did not know and could not have reasonably known of the dangerous condition.  (c) This section does not create or impose a duty of care upon an owner of metal property that would not otherwise exist under common law. (Act 2012-426, p. 1149, §2.)
AL Code § 13A-8-37.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 1A - Secondary Metal Recycling.|Section 13A-8-37.1 - Ownership Documentation Required for Purchase of Certain Property.

Section 13A-8-37.1Ownership documentation required for purchase of certain property. (a) It is unlawful for a secondary metals recycler to purchase the following property unless a copy of verifiable documentation in addition to the signed statement required by subdivision (a)(6) of Section 13A-8-31 is provided to the secondary metals recycler that the seller is the owner of the property: (1) Catalytic convertors that are not part of an entire motor vehicle. (2) Metal property of a telephone company, an electric company, a cable company, a water company, another utility, or a railroad marked or otherwise identified as such. (3) Copper wire that has been burned to remove the insulation, unless verifiable documentation is provided that the source of the copper wire was in a building destroyed by fire. (4) A copper, aluminum, or aluminum-copper condensing or evaporating coil, including its tubing or rods, from a heating or air conditioning unit, excluding scrap from window air conditioning units and automobile condenser coils, unless any one of the following criteria are satisfied: a. The condenser coils are being sold by a licensed contractor, HVAC contractor, plumber, or electrician and a current and valid license with number is provided at the time of sale and copied or scanned by the secondary metals recycler at the time of sale. b. The condenser coils are being sold by a person with verifiable documentation, such as a receipt or work order, indicating that the condenser coils are the result of a replacement of an air conditioner unit or condenser coils performed by a licensed contractor. (5) Utility access covers, manhole covers, or storm drain covers, unless the seller is a company that deals in the manufacture or sale of the aforementioned products. (6) Grave markers, vases, memorials, statues, plaques, or other bronze objects used at a cemetery or other location where deceased persons are interred or memorialized or any other metal historic markers or monuments or the attached support or post to either, unless the seller is a company that deals in the manufacture or sale of the aforementioned products. (7) Any metal property that has been brightly painted or marked to deter theft of the property.  (8) Ventilation fans or similar fans designed to supply fresh air to workers in confined spaces such as underground mines or other similar circumstances.  (b) Any person in violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class B felony. (Act 2012-426, p. 1149, §2.)
AL Code § 13A-8-37.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 1A - Secondary Metal Recycling.|Section 13A-8-37.2 - Lawful Possession of Metal Property.

Section 13A-8-37.2Lawful possession of metal property. Compliance by a secondary metals recycler with Sections 13A-8-31, 13A-8-31.1, 13A-8-31.2, and 13A-8-37.1, with regard to a purchase of metal property shall be recognized by law enforcement agencies and the Alabama state courts as evidence that the possession of the metal property is lawful. (Act 2012-426, p. 1149, §2.)
AL Code § 13A-8-38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 1A - Secondary Metal Recycling.|Section 13A-8-38 - Construction.

Section 13A-8-38Construction. This article shall not be construed to repeal other criminal laws. Whenever conduct prescribed by any provision of this article is also prescribed by any other provision of law, the provision which carries the more serious penalty shall be applied. (Act 2007-451, p. 930, §9.)
AL Code § 13A-8-39 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 1A - Secondary Metal Recycling.|Section 13A-8-39 - Application.

Section 13A-8-39Application. This article shall apply to all businesses regulated under this article without regard to the location within the State of Alabama and shall take precedence over any and all local ordinances governing purchase transactions of metal property by a secondary metals recycler. (Act 2007-451, p. 930, §10; Act 2010-508, p. 836, §1; Act 2012-426, p. 1149, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-8-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 2 - Robbery.|Section 13A-8-40 - Definitions.

Section 13A-8-40Definitions. (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 or commission. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §3301.)
AL Code § 13A-8-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 2 - Robbery.|Section 13A-8-41 - Robbery in the First Degree.

Section 13A-8-41Robbery in the first degree. (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 manner to lead any person who is present reasonably to believe it to be a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, or any verbal or other representation by the defendant that he is then and there so armed, is prima facie evidence under subsection (a) of this section that he was so armed. (c) Robbery in the first degree is a Class A felony. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §3305.)
AL Code § 13A-8-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 2 - Robbery.|Section 13A-8-42 - Robbery in the Second Degree.

Section 13A-8-42Robbery in the second degree. (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.)
AL Code § 13A-8-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 2 - Robbery.|Section 13A-8-43 - Robbery in the Third Degree.

Section 13A-8-43Robbery in the third degree. (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 imminent use of force against the person of the owner or any person present with intent to compel acquiescence to the taking of or escaping with the property. (b) Robbery in the third degree is a Class C felony. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §3307.)
AL Code § 13A-8-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 2 - Robbery.|Section 13A-8-44 - Claim of Right Not Defense in Robbery Prosecution.

Section 13A-8-44Claim of right not defense in robbery prosecution. 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.)
AL Code § 13A-8-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 2A - Pharmacy Robbery.|Section 13A-8-50 - Short Title.

Section 13A-8-50Short title. This article shall be known and cited as "The Pharmacy Robbery Act of 1982." (Acts 1982, No. 82-434, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-8-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 2A - Pharmacy Robbery.|Section 13A-8-51 - Definitions.

Section 13A-8-51Definitions. 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 or in part for the sale, storage and/or dispensing of any controlled substance as defined in Section 20-2-2 as amended. (2) PHARMACY ROBBERY. A person commits the offense of "pharmacy robbery" under this article if in the course of committing a theft of any controlled substance as defined in Section 20-2-2 such person violates Section 13A-8-41. (Acts 1982, No. 82-434, §2.)
AL Code § 13A-8-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 2A - Pharmacy Robbery.|Section 13A-8-52 - Penalty for Violation of Article.

Section 13A-8-52Penalty for violation of article. (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 sentence. (b) On a second or subsequent conviction under this article, the offender shall be imprisoned for the remainder of his natural life and shall be ineligible for consideration for parole, probation or suspension of sentence. (Acts 1982, No. 82-434, §3.)
AL Code § 13A-8-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft.|Article 3 - Shopping Carts.|Section 13A-8-60 - Defined.

Section 13A-8-60Defined. 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 incidentally from the store to a place outside the store. (Acts 1973, No. 1240, p. 2087, §1; Code 1975, §13-3-130.)