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AL Code § 13A-9-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 2 - Business Frauds.|Section 13A-9-43 - Bait Advertising.

Section 13A-9-43Bait advertising. (a) A person commits the crime of bait advertising if in any manner, including advertising or other means of communication to the public or to a substantial number of persons, he offers to sell property or services with the intent, plan or purpose not to sell or provide the advertised property or services: (1) At the price at which he offered them; or (2) In a quantity sufficient to meet the reasonably expected public demand, unless the advertisement discloses a limitation of quantity; or (3) At all. (b) Bait advertising is a Class A misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4115; Acts 1978, No. 770, p. 1110.)
AL Code § 13A-9-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 2 - Business Frauds.|Section 13A-9-44 - Limitation on Criminal Liability for False Advertising and Bait Advertising by Broadcasters, Publishers, Etc.

Section 13A-9-44Limitation on criminal liability for false advertising and bait advertising by broadcasters, publishers, etc. A television or radio broadcasting station, or a publisher or printer of a newspaper, magazine or other form of printed advertising, which broadcasts, publishes or prints a false advertisement or a bait advertisement of another person or a telephone company which furnishes service to a subscriber, without knowledge of the advertiser's or subscriber's intent, plan or purpose, does not commit a crime under Sections 13A-9-42 and 13A-9-43. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4120.)
AL Code § 13A-9-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 2 - Business Frauds.|Section 13A-9-45 - Falsifying Business Records.

Section 13A-9-45Falsifying business records. (a) A person commits the crime of falsifying business records if, with intent to defraud, he: (1) Makes or causes a false entry in the business records of an enterprise; or (2) Alters, erases, obliterates, deletes, removes or destroys a true entry in the business records of an enterprise when he knows the retention or preservation of a true entry is required by law independent of this section; or (3) Omits to make a true entry in the business records of an enterprise in violation of a duty to do so which he knows to be imposed upon him by law; or (4) Prevents the making of a true entry or causes the omission thereof in the business records of an enterprise when he knows a true entry is required by law independent of this section. (b) "Enterprise" means any entity of one or more persons, corporate or otherwise, engaged in business, commercial, professional, industrial, eleemosynary, political or social activity. (c) "Business record" means any writing or article kept or maintained by an enterprise for the purpose of evidencing or reflecting its condition or activity. (d) Falsifying business records is a Class B misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4125.)
AL Code § 13A-9-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 2 - Business Frauds.|Section 13A-9-46 - Defrauding Secured Creditors.

Section 13A-9-46Defrauding secured creditors. (a) A person commits the crime of defrauding secured creditors if he destroys, removes, conceals, encumbers, transfers or otherwise deals with property subject to a security interest with intent to hinder enforcement of that interest. (b) "Security interest" means an interest in personal property or fixtures as defined in Section 7-1-201(37). (c) Defrauding secured creditors is a Class A misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4130.)
AL Code § 13A-9-47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 2 - Business Frauds.|Section 13A-9-47 - Defrauding Judgment Creditors.

Section 13A-9-47Defrauding judgment creditors. (a) A person commits the crime of defrauding judgment creditors if he: (1) With fraudulent intent removes property subject to execution from a county to prevent it being levied upon by an execution; or (2) Secretes, assigns, conveys or otherwise disposes of property with intent to defraud a judgment creditor. (b) Defrauding judgment creditors is a Class B misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4135.)
AL Code § 13A-9-48 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 2 - Business Frauds.|Section 13A-9-48 - Fraud in Insolvency.

Section 13A-9-48Fraud in insolvency. (a) A person commits the crime of fraud in insolvency if, with the intent to defraud a creditor and with knowledge or reason to believe either that proceedings have been or are about to be instituted for the appointment of a receiver or that a composition agreement or other arrangement for the benefit of creditors has been or is about to be made, he: (1) Conveys, transfers, removes, conceals, destroys, encumbers or otherwise disposes of any part of or any interest in the debtor's estate; or (2) Presents to any creditor or to the receiver any writing or record relating to the debtor's estate, not otherwise within the coverage of Sections 13A-10-101, 13A-10-102 or 13A-10-109, knowing or having reason to believe that it contains a false material statement; or (3) Misrepresents or refuses to disclose to the receiver, under circumstances not amounting to a violation of Section 13A-10-4, the existence, amount or location of any part of or an interest in debtor's estate, or any other information that he is legally required to furnish to the administrator. (b) "Receiver" means an assignee or trustee for the benefit of creditors, a conservator, a liquidator or any other person legally entitled to administer property for the benefit of creditors. (c) Fraud in insolvency is a Class B misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4140; Acts 1979, No. 79-664, p. 1163, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-9-49 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 2 - Business Frauds.|Section 13A-9-49 - Issuing False Financial Statement.

Section 13A-9-49Issuing false financial statement. (a) A person commits the crime of issuing a false financial statement if, with intent to defraud, he: (1) Knowingly makes or utters a written instrument which purports to describe the financial condition or ability of himself or some other person and which is inaccurate in some material respect; or (2) Represents in writing that a written instrument purporting to describe a person's financial condition or ability to pay is accurate with respect to that person's current financial condition or ability to pay, knowing or having reason to believe the instrument to be materially inaccurate in that respect. (b) Issuing a false financial statement is a Class B misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4145; Acts 1979, No. 79-664, p. 1163, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-9-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 2 - Business Frauds.|Section 13A-9-50 - Receiving Deposits in Failing Financial Institution.

Section 13A-9-50Receiving deposits in failing financial institution. (a) A person commits the crime of receiving deposits in a failing financial institution, if, as an officer, manager or other person participating in the direction of a financial institution, he knowingly receives or permits the receipt of funds, a general deposit or other investment, knowing or having reason to believe that: (1) Due to financial difficulties the institution is about to suspend operations or go into receivership or reorganization, and (2) The person making the deposit or other payment is unaware of the precarious situation of the institution. (b) Receiving deposits in a failing financial institution is a Class A misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4150; Acts 1979, No. 79-664, p. 1163, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-9-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 2 - Business Frauds.|Section 13A-9-51 - Misapplication of Property.

Section 13A-9-51Misapplication of property. (a) A person commits the crime of misapplication of property if, with knowledge that he is misapplying and that the misapplication involves substantial risk of loss or detriment to the owner of the property or to a person for whose benefit the property was entrusted, he misapplies or disposes of property that has been entrusted to him as a fiduciary or that is property of the government or a financial institution. (b) "Fiduciary" includes a trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, receiver or any other person acting in a fiduciary capacity, or any person carrying on fiduciary functions on behalf of a corporation or other organization which is a fiduciary. (c) To "misapply" means to deal with the property contrary to law or governmental regulation of the custody or disposition of that property; "governmental regulation" includes administrative and judicial rules and orders as well as statutes and ordinances. (d) Misapplication of property is a Class A misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4155.)
AL Code § 13A-9-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 2 - Business Frauds.|Section 13A-9-52 - Sale and Delivery of Coal Mixed With Other Substances or Materials or With Different Quality of Coal.

Section 13A-9-52Sale and delivery of coal mixed with other substances or materials or with different quality of coal. (a) Any person who knowingly sells and delivers any coal which has been mixed or loaded in the delivery container together with any substance or material other than coal or together with coal of a different quality with intent to defraud the purchaser of such coal or with the intent to obtain a higher price for such coal by inducing the purchaser to believe that such coal is of a higher quality or different quality than is actually delivered shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $2,000.00 for each offense, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one year for each offense; provided, that the blending of coal with coal of a different quality in order to achieve contract specifications is not prohibited by this section. (b) For the purposes of this section, the sale and delivery of each delivery container shall constitute a separate offense. A delivery container is a truck, railroad car, barge or any other means or device by which coal is delivered to the purchaser. Sale and delivery is consummated when the container is accepted by the purchaser. (Code 1975, §13-4-101; Acts 1978, No. 855, p. 1280.)
AL Code § 13A-9-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 3 - Charitable Fraud.|Section 13A-9-72 - Theft of Property by Charitable Fraud.

Section 13A-9-72Theft of property by charitable fraud. A professional fund raiser or solicitor who commits both of the following acts shall be guilty of theft of property by charitable fraud: (1) Knowingly represents that he or she is soliciting funds for a charitable organization without the charitable organization's consent. (2) Receives any contributions which are not delivered to the charitable organization either: a. Within 30 days after receipt, or b. Within 10 days upon request therefor by the charitable organization, whichever is sooner. (Acts 1987, No. 87-605, p. 1052, §3; Acts 1996, No. 96-547, p. 786, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-9-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 3 - Charitable Fraud.|Section 13A-9-73 - Charitable Fraud in the First Degree.

Section 13A-9-73Charitable fraud in the first degree. (a) Theft of property by charitable fraud which exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in value constitutes theft of property by charitable fraud in the first degree. (b) Theft of property by charitable fraud in the first degree is a Class B felony. (Acts 1987, No. 87-605, p. 1052, §4; Act 2003-355, p. 962, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-9-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 3 - Charitable Fraud.|Section 13A-9-74 - Charitable Fraud in the Second Degree.

Section 13A-9-74Charitable fraud in the second degree. (a) Theft of property by charitable fraud which exceeds five hundred dollars ($500) in value but does not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in value constitutes theft of property by charitable fraud in the second degree. (b) Theft of property by charitable fraud in the second degree is a Class C felony. (Acts 1987, No. 87-605, p. 1052, §5; Act 2003-355, p. 962, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-9-75 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 3 - Charitable Fraud.|Section 13A-9-75 - Charitable Fraud in the Third Degree.

Section 13A-9-75Charitable fraud in the third degree. (a) Theft of property by charitable fraud which does not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) in value constitutes theft of property by charitable fraud in the third degree. (b) Theft of property by charitable fraud in the third degree is a Class A misdemeanor. (Acts 1987, No. 87-605, p. 1052, §6; Act 2003-355, p. 962, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-9-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 3A - Unlawful Charitable Solicitation.|Section 13A-9-80 - Definitions.

Section 13A-9-80Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this article shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is required by the context: (1) CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION. A person or nonprofit corporation who is or holds himself or herself out to be established for a benevolent, educational, philanthropic, humane, scientific, artistic, patriotic, social welfare or advocacy, public health, environmental, conservation, civic, or other eleemosynary purpose, or a person who employs a charitable appeal as the basis for any solicitation or appeal that suggests, directly or indirectly, that the solicitation is for a charitable purpose. Charitable organization includes a person, chapter, branch, area office, or a similar affiliate, or agent of any of these, soliciting contributions within the state for a charitable organization or cause that has its principal place of business within or without the state. (2) CHARITABLE PURPOSE. Any charitable, benevolent, philanthropic, humane, patriotic, scientific, artistic, public health, social welfare, advocacy, environmental, conservation, civic, or other eleemosynary purpose as defined and amended, from time to time, by the Internal Revenue Code. (3) CONTAINER. Box, carton, package, receptacle, canister, jar, dispenser, or machine that offers a product for sale or distribution, for solicitation purposes. (4) DISCLOSURE LABEL. A printed or typed notice affixed to a container, in a conspicuous place and accessible to the public, that is easily readable and legible that informs the public of the following: a. The approximate annual percentage paid, if any, to any individual or organization to maintain, service, or collect the contributions raised by the solicitation. b. The net percentage or sum annually paid for the most recent calendar year paid to the specific charitable purpose. c. If the maintenance, service, and collection from the container is done by volunteers or by paid individuals. (Acts 1995, No. 95-605, p. 1276, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-9-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 3A - Unlawful Charitable Solicitation.|Section 13A-9-81 - Charitable Organizations and Other Persons Required to Place Disclosure Labels on Containers Used for Soliciting Funds.

Section 13A-9-81Charitable organizations and other persons required to place disclosure labels on containers used for soliciting funds. Any container used by any person, nonprofit corporation, or charitable organization, or an agent of any of these, whether paid or not paid, in a public place to solicit contributions by offering a product for sale or distribution for solicitation purposes shall have a disclosure label as defined by Section 13A- 9-80. (Acts 1995, No. 95-605, p. 1276, §2.)
AL Code § 13A-9-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 3A - Unlawful Charitable Solicitation.|Section 13A-9-82 - Person or Organization Who Knowingly Violates Article Is Guilty of Crime.

Section 13A-9-82Person or organization who knowingly violates article is guilty of crime. Any person or organization who knowingly violates this article shall be guilty of unlawful charitable solicitation. Unlawful charitable solicitation is a Class C misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by law. It is an absolute defense to any criminal prosecution under this section if the charitable organization has given one hundred percent of the receipts generated by the container to the designated charitable organization for whom the person, nonprofit corporation, charitable organization, or an affiliate or branch of either, or solicitor, represented the funds being solicited. (Acts 1995, No. 95-605, p. 1276, §3.)
AL Code § 13A-9-83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 3A - Unlawful Charitable Solicitation.|Section 13A-9-83 - When Disclosure Label Not Required.

Section 13A-9-83When disclosure label not required. No charitable organization shall be liable under this article to place a disclosure label on any container that generates less than one hundred dollars ($100) gross per annum or a charitable organization that generates less than five hundred dollars ($500) per year from all sources for any charitable purpose or purposes combined. (Acts 1995, No. 95-605, p. 1276, §4.)
AL Code § 13A-9-84 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 3A - Unlawful Charitable Solicitation.|Section 13A-9-84 - Construction With Other Law.

Section 13A-9-84Construction with other law. This article shall be construed together with any law relating to charitable fraud or fraudulent practices, except in the event of a direct conflict with this article. (Acts 1995, No. 95-605, p. 1276, §6.)
AL Code § 13A-9-90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 4 - Illegal Possession of Food Stamps.|Section 13A-9-90 - Definitions.

Section 13A-9-90Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) FOOD STAMP COUPON. Any coupon, stamp or type of certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of the Food Stamp Act of 1977. (2) FOOD STAMP AUTHORIZATION CARD. A document issued by the state agency to an eligible household which shows the total value of coupons the household is authorized to receive during each month pursuant to the provisions of the Food Stamp Act of 1977. (Acts 1987, No. 87-710, p. 1255, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-9-91 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 4 - Illegal Possession of Food Stamps.|Section 13A-9-91 - Illegal Possession of Food Stamps in the First, Second, and Third Degree.

Section 13A-9-91Illegal possession of food stamps in the first, second, and third degree. (a) A person commits the crime of illegal possession of food stamps if: (1) He or she knowingly uses, transfers, acquires, alters, or possesses food stamp coupons or food stamp authorization cards in any manner not authorized by the Food Stamp Act of 1977, 7 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq., or the regulations issued pursuant to the act; or (2) He or she presents or causes to be presented food stamp coupons for payment or redemption knowing the same to have been received, transferred, or used in any manner not authorized by the Food Stamp Act of 1977, 7 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq., or the regulations pursuant to the act. (b) Illegal possession of food stamps which exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in value constitutes illegal possession of food stamps in the first degree and is a Class B felony. (c) Illegal possession of food stamps which exceed five hundred dollars ($500) in value but do not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in value constitutes illegal possession of food stamps in the second degree and is a Class C felony. (d) Illegal possession of food stamps which do not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) in value constitutes illegal possession of food stamps in the third degree and is a Class A misdemeanor. (Acts 1987, No. 87-710, p. 1255, §2; Act 2003-355, p. 962, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-9-92 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 9 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices.|Article 4 - Illegal Possession of Food Stamps.|Section 13A-9-92 - Revocation of Liquor License for Illegal Possession of Food Stamps.

Section 13A-9-92Revocation of liquor license for illegal possession of food stamps. Any person, licensed to engage in alcoholic beverage transactions in this state pursuant to the Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Code, Chapter 3A of Title 28, who commits the crime of illegal possession of food stamps, shall, upon conviction thereof, in addition to the criminal penalties provided in this article, have his liquor license revoked by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and no future license or permit shall be issued or granted to any such person for a period of one year from the date of the revocation of the license. (Acts 1987, No. 87-710, p. 1255, §3.)