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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 13A-12-6 - Hog and Canine Fighting.

Section 13A-12-6
Hog and canine fighting.
(a) As used in this section, the term "hog" shall mean a pig, swine, or boar.
(b) The crime of hog and canine fighting occurs when a person organizes or conducts any commercial or private event, commonly referred to as a "catch," wherein there is a display of combat or fighting between one or more domestic or feral canines and feral or domestic hogs and in which it is intended or reasonably foreseeable that the canines or hogs would be injured, maimed, mutilated, or killed.
(c) The crime of hog and canine fighting occurs when a person intentionally does any of the following for the purpose of organizing, conducting, or financially or materially supporting any event as provided in subsection (b):
(1) Finance, commercially advertise, sell admission tickets, or employ persons.
(2) Own, manage, or operate any facility or property.
(3) Supply, breed, train, or keep canines or hogs.
(4) Knowingly purchase tickets of admission.
(d) This section shall not apply to the lawful hunting of hogs with canines or the use of canines for the management, farming, or herding of hogs which are livestock or the private training of canines for the purposes enumerated in this subsection provided that such training is conducted in the field and is not in violation of this section.
(e) A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor upon conviction for a first offense. A second or subsequent violation is a Class C felony. After a first violation, a judge shall inform the defendant of the enhanced penalty upon a second or subsequent violation.
(Act 2006-353, p. 936, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 13A-12-21 - Simple Gambling.

Section 13A-12-21
Simple gambling.
(a) A person commits the crime of simple gambling if he knowingly advances or profits from unlawful gambling activity as a player.
(b) It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that a person charged with being a player was engaged in a social game in a private place. The burden of injecting the issue is on the defendant, but this does not shift the burden of proof.
(c) Simple gambling is a Class C misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6105.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 13A-12-22 - Promoting Gambling.

Section 13A-12-22
Promoting gambling.
(a) A person commits the crime of promoting gambling if he knowingly advances or profits from unlawful gambling activity otherwise than as a player.
(b) Promoting gambling is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6106; Acts 1979, No. 79-471, p. 862, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 13A-12-23 - Conspiracy to Promote Gambling.

Section 13A-12-23
Conspiracy to promote gambling.
(a) A person commits the crime of conspiracy to promote gambling if he conspires to advance or profit from gambling activity otherwise than as a player.
(b) "Conspire" means to engage in activity constituting a criminal conspiracy as defined in Section 13A-4-3.
(c) Conspiracy to promote gambling is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6110; Acts 1979, No. 79-471, p. 862, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 13A-12-24 - Possession of Gambling Records in the First Degree.

Section 13A-12-24
Possession of gambling records in the first degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of possession of gambling records in the first degree if with knowledge of the contents thereof, he possesses any writing, paper, instrument or article:
(1) Of a kind commonly used in the operation or promotion of a bookmaking scheme or enterprise, and constituting, reflecting or representing more than five bets, or more than $500.00; or
(2) Of a kind commonly used in the operation, promotion or playing of a lottery or mutuel scheme or enterprise, and constituting, reflecting or representing more than five plays or chances therein.
(b) Possession of gambling records in the first degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6115; Acts 1979, No. 79-471, p. 862, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 13A-12-25 - Possession of Gambling Records in the Second Degree.

Section 13A-12-25
Possession of gambling records in the second degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of possession of gambling records in the second degree if with knowledge of the contents thereof, he possesses any writing, paper, instrument or article:
(1) Of a kind commonly and peculiarly used in the operation or promotion of a bookmaking scheme or enterprise; or
(2) Of a kind commonly and peculiarly used in the operation, promotion or playing of a lottery or mutuel scheme or enterprise.
(b) Possession of gambling records in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6116.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 13A-12-26 - Defense to Prosecution for Possession of Gambling Records.

Section 13A-12-26
Defense to prosecution for possession of gambling records.
A person does not commit the crime of possession of gambling records in either degree if the writing, paper, instrument or article possessed by the defendant is neither used nor intended to be used in the operation or promotion of a bookmaking scheme or enterprise, or in the operation, promotion or playing of a lottery or mutuel scheme or enterprise. The burden of injecting the issue is on the defendant, but this does not shift the burden of proof.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6120.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 13A-12-27 - Possession of Gambling Device.

Section 13A-12-27
Possession of gambling device.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-189 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2022. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING.
(a) A person commits the crime of possession of a gambling device if with knowledge of the character thereof he manufactures, sells, transports, places or possesses, or conducts or negotiates any transaction affecting or designed to affect ownership, custody or use of:
(1) A slot machine; or
(2) Any other gambling device, with the intention that it be used in the advancement of unlawful gambling activity.
(b) Possession of a gambling device is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6125.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 13A-12-28 - Prima Facie Proof of Gambling Offenses.

Section 13A-12-28
Prima facie proof of gambling offenses.
(a) Proof of possession of any gambling device, as defined by subdivision (5) of Section 13A-12-20 or any gambling record specified in Sections 13A-12-24 and 13A-12-25 is prima facie evidence of possession thereof with knowledge of its character or contents.
(b) In any prosecution under this article in which it is necessary to prove the occurrence of a sporting event, (1) a published report of its occurrence in any daily newspaper, magazine or other periodically printed publication of general circulation, or (2) evidence that a description of some aspect of the event was written, printed or otherwise noted at the place in which a violation of this chapter is alleged to have been committed, shall be admissible in evidence and shall constitute prima facie proof of the occurrence of the event.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6130.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 13A-12-29 - Lottery Occurring Outside State No Defense to Prosecution Under Section 13a-12-22.

Section 13A-12-29
Lottery occurring outside state no defense to prosecution under Section 13A-12-22.
It is no defense under Section 13A-12-22 relating to a lottery that the lottery itself is drawn or conducted outside Alabama and is not in violation of the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is drawn or conducted.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6135.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 13A-12-30 - Forfeiture of Gambling Devices and Gambling Proceeds.

Section 13A-12-30
Forfeiture of gambling devices and gambling proceeds.
(a) Any gambling device or gambling record possessed or used in violation of this article is forfeited to the state, and shall by court order be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the court directs.
(b) Any vehicle possessed or used in violation of this article may be forfeited to the state and disposed of by court order as authorized by law.
(c) Money used as bets or stakes in gambling activity in violation of this article is forfeited to the state and by court order shall be transmitted to the General Fund of the state.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6140.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 13A-12-31 - Legalized Pari-Mutuel Betting Not Affected.

Section 13A-12-31
Legalized pari-mutuel betting not affected.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to pari- mutuel betting at race meetings authorized by statute. All presently effective state statutes and laws and locally adopted ordinances and laws pursuant thereto legalizing, authorizing or allowing greyhound races and betting or wagering thereon are hereby expressly and specifically preserved, saved and excepted from any repealer provisions contained anywhere in the Criminal Code.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6145.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 2 - Suppression of Gambling Places. › Section 13A-12-50 - Unlawful to Maintain Electric Bells, Etc.

Section 13A-12-50
Unlawful to maintain electric bells, etc.
No person or persons shall maintain or use any electric bells, wires or signals or any elevators or dumbwaiters or other implements or appliances connected with any gaming place or rooms used for gaming, which may be used for the purpose of communicating with the occupants of such gaming house or rooms used for gaming or with those who may be within, and any person who erects, maintains or uses any such bells, wires, signals or elevators or dumbwaiters or other implements or appliances or devices of like kind for said purpose shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years.
(Acts 1909, No. 193, p. 183; Code 1923, §4282; Code 1940, T. 14, §294; Code 1975, §13-7-91.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 2 - Suppression of Gambling Places. › Section 13A-12-51 - District Attorney to File Complaint on Certain Information.

Section 13A-12-51
District attorney to file complaint on certain information.
When it shall be made known to any district attorney who prosecutes criminal cases in the county by the chief of police, sheriff or other officer or by any reputable citizen that any hotel, tavern, inn or other building has been provided with bells, wires, signals or dumbwaiters or any of them, or other implements or appliances for communicating with the occupants of a gaming place or rooms used for gambling, or that barred or locked doors have been provided which prevent the access of any officer to said rooms where said gaming is carried on, the district attorney shall file a complaint in a court against the owner of such building or room, as well as against the keeper or proprietor of such hotel, tavern, inn or other building to obtain a mandatory injunction to compel the removal of all the things, implements or devices hereinabove mentioned and to perpetually enjoin them from permitting said hotel, tavern, inn or building to be used for the purpose of gaming, and application shall be made upon the filing of such complaint to the judge for a preliminary injunction if the district attorney will make the affidavit to said complaint which he may do on information or belief or if any other officer or citizen offers to make such affidavit so as to obtain an order for a preliminary injunction. Any party or parties operating or conducting said gaming room or place, or found therein, may be joined as parties defendant to the complaint.
(Acts 1909, No. 193, p. 183; Code 1923, §4283; Code 1940, T. 14, §295; Code 1975, §13-7-92.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 2 - Suppression of Gambling Places. › Section 13A-12-52 - Exhibiting Gambling Devices in Barred House or Where Speaking Tubes or Electric Signals Are Used.

Section 13A-12-52
Exhibiting gambling devices in barred house or where speaking tubes or electric signals are used.
No person or persons shall exhibit or expose to view in any barred or barricaded house or room, in any place built or constructed in such manner as to make it difficult of access or ingress to police officers or other officers, or protected, furnished or equipped with speaking tubes, dumbwaiters, electric wires or bells, or other apparatus for giving alarm from the outside or from the inside of such house, or room when two or more persons are present, any cards, dice, roulette wheel or any gambling implements whatever. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years; and all persons who visit or resort to any such barred or barricaded house or room or other place that is built or protected or equipped in the manner described in this section and where any cards, dice, roulette wheel or any gaming implements whatever are kept or exhibited or exposed to view when said persons visit or resort to such place for the purpose of gaming, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $300.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months.
(Acts 1909, No. 193, p. 183; Code 1923, §4284; Code 1940, T. 14, §296; Code 1975, §13-7-93.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 2 - Suppression of Gambling Places. › Section 13A-12-53 - Owner Permitting Any Person to Equip Any Room, Etc.

Section 13A-12-53
Owner permitting any person to equip any room, etc.
Any person who, being the owner, proprietor, or keeper, or superintendent of any tavern, inn, restaurant, billiard room, poolroom or other public house, permits or suffers any person or persons on or about the premises to provide a barred or barricaded room or rooms to which persons resort for gaming or who knowingly or wilfully permits or knowingly or wilfully suffers any person or persons to equip any room or rooms on or about the premises with electric bells, wires or signals, or elevators, dumbwaiters or other implements or appliances connected with such rooms used or to be used for the purpose of communicating with an occupant or occupants of such gambling room or rooms, shall likewise be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years.
(Acts 1909, No. 193, p. 183; Code 1923, §297; Code 1940, T. 14, §297; Code 1975, §13-7-94.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 2 - Suppression of Gambling Places. › Section 13A-12-54 - When Affidavit Made, Court to Examine Affiant Under Oath.

Section 13A-12-54
When affidavit made, court to examine affiant under oath.
When an affidavit is made before a court of competent jurisdiction that the complainant has probable cause to believe and does believe that any house or any part of a house, particularly designating the same, is being kept or maintained contrary to the provisions of this division, or that a gaming table is being exhibited or kept at said place, or that said house or part of a house or any room therein is provided with electric bells or other instruments or appliances hereinabove set forth for communicating with the occupants of such place or room, or that some other offense under this division is being committed at said house or room, then the court to whom the application is made shall examine the complainant or affiant under oath and other witnesses, if he so desires, touching the matter charged in the affidavit, and, if the said court has probable cause for believing that the act or offense alleged in the affidavit is being committed, he shall issue his warrant directed to any lawful officer of the State of Alabama commanding him to enter the house or room and to arrest all parties found therein and to bring them before such court to be dealt with according to law.
(Acts 1909, No. 193, p. 183; Code 1923, §4286; Code 1940, T. 14, §298; Code 1975, §13-7-95.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 2 - Suppression of Gambling Places. › Section 13A-12-55 - Duty of Officer to Break Into and Enter House.

Section 13A-12-55
Duty of officer to break into and enter house.
The officer, in executing said warrant, shall break into and enter such house, room or part of a house, upon the refusal of the proprietor or any occupant thereof to open the same, and seize all gambling instruments and bring such instruments, together with all gambling devices and the parties that are found there, before the court which issued the warrant.
(Acts 1909, No. 193, p. 183; Code 1923, §4287; Code 1940, T. 14, §299; Code 1975, §13-7-96.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 2 - Suppression of Gambling Places. › Section 13A-12-56 - Arrest of Occupants of House.

Section 13A-12-56
Arrest of occupants of house.
If it appears from the affidavit of the complainant or of any other witness that he produces what persons are the proprietors of or the occupants of the house, part of a house or room hereinabove described, the warrant shall order the arrest of such persons by name, but if such proprietors or occupants are unknown, it may be so stated in the affidavits and warrants, and, upon bringing the said persons who are arrested under said warrant before the court, a supplemental affidavit may be made against them by the complainant or any officer executing the warrant charging them with the offense or felony of which they appear to be guilty under the provisions of this division.
(Acts 1909, No. 193, p. 183; Code 1923, §4288; Code 1940, T. 14, §300; Code 1975, §13-7-97.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 2 - Suppression of Gambling Places. › Section 13A-12-57 - Trial; Defendant Bound Over.

Section 13A-12-57
Trial; defendant bound over.
The court shall thereupon proceed to hear the evidence in the case, and, if probable cause is shown for believing said parties or any of them to be guilty, he shall bind them over under proper bond to await the action of the grand jury in accordance with the laws of the state as prescribed in preliminary examinations before courts authorized by law to conduct preliminary examinations, and all rules of procedure applicable to such preliminary examinations shall be likewise applicable to proceedings under this division.
(Acts 1909, No. 193, p. 183; Code 1923, §4289; Code 1940, T. 14, §301; Code 1975, §13-7-98.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 2 - Suppression of Gambling Places. › Section 13A-12-58 - Presence of Bells, etc., Prima Facie Evidence.

Section 13A-12-58
Presence of bells, etc., prima facie evidence.
The presence of electric bells, wires or signals or dumbwaiters or of other implements or appliances that may be used for the purpose of communicating with persons who are occupying a barred or barricaded room on or about the premises of a hotel, restaurant, billiard room, poolroom or any room above the grade floor in the business district of any town or city is prima facie evidence that gaming was being there carried on by such parties in any prosecution against them, if they have the general reputation of being gamblers, and in all such cases, proof of such general reputation is admissible in evidence.
(Acts 1909, No. 193, p. 183; Code 1923, §4290; Code 1940, T. 14, §302; Code 1975, §13-7-99.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 3 - Transportation of Lottery Paraphernalia. › Section 13A-12-70 - Transportation by Certain Persons; Seizure of Vehicles Used.

Section 13A-12-70
Transportation by certain persons; seizure of vehicles used.
Any transportation or conveyance within this state of any slip, ticket, card, paper, writing, article, thing or other device or paraphernalia which is customarily or usually used in the operation of a form or type of lottery commonly known as a numbers (or number) game or policy game (herein called "lottery paraphernalia") or any possession thereof in any vehicle of transportation by any person who is or has been within three years next preceding actually engaged in or connected with the setting up, conducting or operation of any such game, or who is or has been within three years next preceding an employee of a person or persons who are or have been engaged in setting up, conducting or operating of any such game is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor; and all conveyances or vehicles of transportation which have been within three years next preceding or are used by such persons for the conveying or transporting of such prohibited lottery paraphernalia into this state or from one point in the state to another point within the state, or in which conveyance any such lottery paraphernalia may be contained or found while such conveyance is in the custody or control of such person shall be contraband and shall be forfeited to the State of Alabama and shall be seized by any sheriff or other person acting under authority of the law in the enforcement of the laws of this state who become cognizant of the facts or who finds such prohibited lottery paraphernalia being transported, stored or contained as aforesaid in such conveyance or vehicle. And such officer or person shall report the seizure and the facts connected therewith to a district attorney in the county where seizure is made, or, in default thereof, to the Attorney General of the state, giving full description of the vehicle or conveyance seized and detained, the person in whose possession it was found, the person making a claim to the same, or any interest therein, if the name can be ascertained or is known, and the date of seizure.
(Acts 1951, No. 798, p. 1395; Code 1975, §13-7-111.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 3 - Transportation of Lottery Paraphernalia. › Section 13A-12-71 - Movement of Vehicle Need Not Be Shown.

Section 13A-12-71
Movement of vehicle need not be shown.
In order to condemn and confiscate any of the above mentioned conveyances or vehicles, it shall not be necessary for the state or prosecuting authority to show any actual movement of said conveyance or vehicles while loaded with, or in which there is contained or stored, any of said prohibited lottery paraphernalia, but the presence thereof in any conveyance or vehicle which is in the use of, control or custody of any such person as described in Section 13A-12-70 shall be sufficient cause of forfeiture of such conveyance or vehicle.
(Acts 1951, No. 798, p. 1395; Code 1975, §13-7-112.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 3 - Transportation of Lottery Paraphernalia. › Section 13A-12-72 - Procedure for Condemnation and Forfeiture of Vehicle.

Section 13A-12-72
Procedure for condemnation and forfeiture of vehicle.
Except as otherwise herein provided, the manner, method and procedure for the forfeiture and condemnation of any such vehicle shall be the same as that provided by law for the confiscation or condemnation or forfeiture of automobiles, conveyances or vehicles in which alcoholic beverages are illegally transported. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, Sections 28-4-286 and 28-4-287 shall apply.
(Acts 1951, No. 798, p. 1395, §3; Code 1975, §13-7-113.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 3 - Transportation of Lottery Paraphernalia. › Section 13A-12-73 - Sale of Forfeited Vehicle; Rights of Bailor, Conditional Vendor or Mortgagee.

Section 13A-12-73
Sale of forfeited vehicle; rights of bailor, conditional vendor or mortgagee.
The court in condemnation proceedings shall sell the right of all interested persons in and to said conveyance or vehicle who aided or assisted any such person as described in Section 13A-12-70 in the illegal transportation or who had knowledge or notice thereof, or who had knowledge of the presence thereof in said vehicle or conveyance, or who could by reasonable diligence have obtained knowledge or notice thereof. Any bona fide bailor or conditional vendor or chattel mortgagee who shall, prior to bailing, selling or accepting a mortgage upon such conveyance or vehicle, make inquiry of the sheriff and chief of police of the county and city of the residence of such bailee, vendee or mortgagor and of the sheriff and chief of police of the county and city of the place of business of the bailor, vendor or mortgagee, or of any recognized or licensed agency which makes a systematic check of court records of convictions for violations of the law and furnishes credit reports, and in answer to such inquiry shall be informed in writing that the prospective bailee, conditional vendee or mortgagor has no reputation as a person who has been engaged in operating or connected with lotteries, gambling or gaming and that such person has not according to their records been convicted of a violation of any of the laws of this state, any other state or of any municipal ordinance relating to gaming, gambling or lotteries, shall be presumed to be entitled to such conveyance or vehicle or to be protected to the extent of his interest therein.
(Acts 1951, No. 798, p. 1395, §4; Code 1975, §13-7-114.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 3 - Transportation of Lottery Paraphernalia. › Section 13A-12-74 - Disposition of Proceeds of Sale of Forfeited Vehicle.

Section 13A-12-74
Disposition of proceeds of sale of forfeited vehicle.
The proceeds of the sale of any such vehicle or conveyance forfeited to the state shall, after paying all expenses in the cause, including the costs of seizure and of keeping a property pending the proceedings, be applied as follows: One half shall be paid into the general fund of the county in which the property is seized, and the other one half shall be paid into the Law Enforcement Fund to be used and applied on the enforcement of state laws under the supervision and control of the Governor; but provided, that when such property shall be seized by an officer of a municipality, one half thereof shall be paid into the general fund of the municipality, one quarter thereof shall be paid into the general fund of the county and the other one quarter shall be paid into the law enforcement fund to be used and applied on the enforcement of state laws under the supervision and control of the Governor.
(Acts 1951, No. 798, p. 1395, §5; Code 1975, §13-7-115.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 3 - Transportation of Lottery Paraphernalia. › Section 13A-12-75 - Transportation of Articles Not Commonly Used in Numbers or Policy Game Not Unlawful.

Section 13A-12-75
Transportation of articles not commonly used in numbers or policy game not unlawful.
The provisions of this division shall not be construed to make unlawful the transportation of articles or paraphernalia not commonly used in the conduct of any form or type of lottery commonly known as a numbers (or number) game or policy game, and no vehicle used in transporting such articles or paraphernalia not commonly used in the conduct of such game shall be subject to condemnation or forfeiture by reason of such use or transportation.
(Acts 1951, No. 798, p. 1395, §7; Code 1975, §13-7-116.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 4 - Federal Wagering Occupational Tax Stamp. › Section 13A-12-90 - Possession, etc., of Stamp Prima Facie Evidence of Violation of Gambling Laws.

Section 13A-12-90
Possession, etc., of stamp prima facie evidence of violation of gambling laws.
The holding, owning, having in possession of, or paying the tax of a wagering occupational tax stamp issued by the internal revenue authorities of the United States shall be held in all the courts of this state as prima facie evidence against the person holding such stamp in any prosecution of such person for violation of the gambling laws of this state.
(Acts 1953, No. 741, p. 1005, §1; Code 1975, §13-7-130.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 4 - Federal Wagering Occupational Tax Stamp. › Section 13A-12-91 - Production of Stamp Warrants Indictment or Information.

Section 13A-12-91
Production of stamp warrants indictment or information.
In cases where the proper prosecuting officers shall produce said stamp or certified copy, the grand jury may indict the holder of such stamp or the proper prosecuting officer may file information against the holder of such stamp without further proof, charging such holder with the violation of the Alabama gambling laws.
(Acts 1953, No. 741, p. 1005, §2; Code 1975, §13-7-131.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 2 - Gambling Offenses. › Division 4 - Federal Wagering Occupational Tax Stamp. › Section 13A-12-92 - Proof of Ownership, Etc.

Section 13A-12-92
Proof of ownership, etc.
Upon the trial of such person, proof of the owning, holding or possession of such stamp may be made by two witnesses who have seen such stamp in the place of business of the holder or on his person, or by the production of the original stamp with proof by one or more witnesses that it is the property of the defendant, or by production by the state of a copy of such stamp certified by the director of the issuing federal internal revenue district as being a copy of the stamp originally issued to the defendant. Proof made as herein provided shall be sufficient evidence, without explanation, to convict of violation of the gambling laws.
(Acts 1953, No. 741, p. 1005, §3; Code 1975, §13-7-132.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 3 - Prostitution Offenses. › Division 1 - Promoting Prostitution. › Section 13A-12-110 - Definitions.

Section 13A-12-110
Definitions.
The following definitions are applicable in Sections 13A-12-111 through 13A-12-113:
(1) ADVANCE PROSTITUTION. A person "advances prostitution" if, acting other than as a prostitute or a patron of a prostitute, he knowingly causes or aids a person to commit or engage in prostitution, procures or solicits patrons for prostitution, provides persons or premises for prostitution purposes, operates or assists in the operation of a house of prostitution or a prostitution enterprise.
(2) PROFIT FROM PROSTITUTION. A person "profits from prostitution" if, acting other than as a prostitute receiving compensation for personally-rendered prostitution services, he accepts or receives money or other property pursuant to a prior agreement with any person whereby he participates or is to participate in the proceeds of prostitution activity.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6220.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 3 - Prostitution Offenses. › Division 1 - Promoting Prostitution. › Section 13A-12-111 - Promoting Prostitution in the First Degree.

Section 13A-12-111
Promoting prostitution in the first degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of promoting prostitution in the first degree if he knowingly:
(1) Advances prostitution by compelling a person by force or intimidation to engage in prostitution, or profits from such coercive conduct by another; or
(2) Advances or profits from prostitution of a person less than 16 years of age.
(b) Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a Class B felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6221.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 3 - Prostitution Offenses. › Division 1 - Promoting Prostitution. › Section 13A-12-112 - Promoting Prostitution in the Second Degree.

Section 13A-12-112
Promoting prostitution in the second degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of promoting prostitution in the second degree if he knowingly:
(1) Advances or profits from prostitution by managing, supervising, controlling or owning, either alone or in association with others, a house of prostitution or a prostitution business or enterprise involving prostitution activity by two or more prostitutes other than the defendant; or
(2) Advances or profits from prostitution of a person less than 18 years of age.
(b) Promoting prostitution in the second degree is a Class C felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6222.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 3 - Prostitution Offenses. › Division 1 - Promoting Prostitution. › Section 13A-12-113 - Promoting Prostitution in the Third Degree.

Section 13A-12-113
Promoting prostitution in the third degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of promoting prostitution in the third degree if he knowingly advances or profits from prostitution.
(b) Promoting prostitution in the third degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6223.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 3 - Prostitution Offenses. › Division 2 - Prostitution. › Section 13A-12-120 - Prostitution Defined.

Section 13A-12-120
Prostitution defined.
For the purpose of this division, the term prostitution shall mean the commission by a person of any natural or unnatural sexual act, sodomy, or sexual contact for monetary consideration or other thing of value.
(Act 2001-700, p. 1493, §1; Act 2019-465, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 3 - Prostitution Offenses. › Division 2 - Prostitution. › Section 13A-12-121 - Prohibited Activities.

Section 13A-12-121
Prohibited activities.
(a) No person shall commit an act of prostitution as defined in Section 13A-12-120.
(b) No person shall solicit, compel, or coerce any person to have sexual intercourse or participate in any natural or unnatural sexual act, sodomy, or sexual contact for monetary consideration or other thing of marketable value.
(c) No person shall agree to engage in sexual intercourse, sodomy, or sexual contact with another or participate in the act for monetary consideration or other thing of marketable value and give or accept monetary consideration or other thing of value in furtherance of the agreement.
(d) No person shall knowingly do any of the following:
(1) Cause or aid a person to commit or engage in prostitution.
(2) Procure or solicit patrons for prostitution.
(3) Provide persons or premises for prostitution purposes.
(4) Receive or accept money or other thing of value pursuant to a prior agreement with any person whereby he or she participates or is to participate in the proceeds of any prostitution activity.
(5) Operate or assist in the operation of a house of prostitution or a prostitution enterprise.
(Act 2001-700, p. 1493, §2; Act 2019-465, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 3 - Prostitution Offenses. › Division 2 - Prostitution. › Section 13A-12-121.1 - Offenses Involving Minors.

Section 13A-12-121.1
THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(a) No person shall commit an act of prostitution, as defined in Section 13A-12-120, with a minor.
(b) No person shall solicit, compel, or coerce any minor to have sexual intercourse or participate in any natural or unnatural sexual act, deviate sexual intercourse, or sexual contact for monetary consideration or other thing of marketable value.
(c) No person shall agree to engage in sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, or sexual contact with a minor or participate in the act for monetary consideration or other thing of marketable value and give or accept monetary consideration or other thing of value in furtherance of the agreement.
(d) No person shall knowingly do any of the following:
(1) Cause or aid a minor to commit or engage in prostitution.
(2) Procure or solicit a minor for prostitution.
(3) Provide premises for the prostitution of a minor.
(4) Receive or accept money or other thing of value pursuant to a prior agreement with a minor where the minor participates or is to participate in the proceeds of any prostitution activity.
(5) Operate or assist in the operation of a house of prostitution or a prostitution enterprise where minors participate in prostitution.
(6) Sell or offer to sell travel services that include or facilitate travel for the purpose of engaging in sexual intercourse, sexual acts, deviate sexual intercourse, or any other sexual contact with a minor.
(Act 2018-506, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 3 - Prostitution Offenses. › Division 2 - Prostitution. › Section 13A-12-122 - Violations.

Section 13A-12-122
Violations.
(a) Each violation of Section 13A-12-121 is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) A violation of Section 13A-12-121.1 is a Class B felony.
(Act 2001-700, p. 1493, §3; Act 2018-506, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 3 - Prostitution Offenses. › Division 2 - Prostitution. › Section 13A-12-123 - Sexually Exploited Child.

Section 13A-12-123
Sexually exploited child.
A sexually exploited child, as defined in Section 12-15-701, who is alleged to have committed a violation of Section 13A-12-120 or 13A-12-121, or any municipal ordinance prohibiting such acts, shall be treated pursuant to Section 13A-6-181.
(Act 2016-282, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 3 - Prostitution Offenses. › Division 2 - Prostitution. › Section 13A-12-124 - Certain Defenses Excluded.

Section 13A-12-124
THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(a) As used in this section, the term minor victim means a person who committed, or was solicited to commit, an act of prostitution while the person was a minor.
(b) Evidence of any of the following facts or conditions does not constitute a defense in a prosecution under Section 13A-12-121.1, nor shall the evidence preclude a finding of a violation:
(1) A minor victim's sexual history or history of commercial sexual activity.
(2) A minor victim's connection by blood or marriage to a defendant in the case or to anyone involved in the minor victim's prostitution.
(3) Consent of or permission by a minor victim or anyone else on the minor victim's behalf to any commercial sex act or sexually explicit performance.
(4) Age of consent to engage in sexual activity.
(5) Mistake as to the minor victim's age, even if the mistake is reasonable.
(Act 2018-506, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 3 - Prostitution Offenses. › Division 2 - Prostitution. › Section 13A-12-125 - Additional Fine.

Section 13A-12-125
THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
In addition to all other fines and penalties prescribed by law, a person convicted of violating Section 13A-6-152, Section 13A-6-153, Section 13A-12-111, Section 13A-12-112, Section 13A-12-121, or Section 13A-12-121.1 shall pay a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) which shall be used to compensate victims of prostitution and human trafficking. The fine shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Fund under Section 15-23-16. Amounts deposited into the Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Fund shall be budgeted and allotted in accordance with Sections 41-4-80 through 41-4-96 and Sections 41-19-1 through 41-19-12.
(Act 2018-506, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 4 - Obscenity and Related Offenses. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 13A-12-130 - Public Lewdness.

Section 13A-12-130
Public lewdness.
(a) A person commits the crime of public lewdness if:
(1) He exposes his anus or genitals in a public place and is reckless about whether another may be present who will be offended or alarmed by his act; or
(2) He does any lewd act in a public place which he knows is likely to be observed by others who would be affronted or alarmed.
(b) Public lewdness is a Class C misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6325.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 4 - Obscenity and Related Offenses. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 13A-12-131 - Public Display of Obscene Sticker, Sign, Etc.

Section 13A-12-131
Public display of obscene sticker, sign, etc.
It shall be unlawful for any person to display in public any bumper sticker, sign or writing which depicts obscene language descriptive of sexual or excretory activities. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be punished as prescribed by law.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-808.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 4 - Obscenity and Related Offenses. › Division 4 - Obscene Materials Containing Visual Reproduction of Children. › Section 13A-12-191 - Dissemination or Public Display of Obscene Matter Containing Visual Depiction of Persons Under 17 Years of Age Involved in Obscene Acts.

Section 13A-12-191
Dissemination or public display of obscene matter containing visual depiction of persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts.
Any person who shall knowingly disseminate or display publicly any obscene matter containing a visual depiction of a person under the age of 17 years engaged in any act of sado-masochistic abuse, sexual intercourse, sexual excitement, masturbation, breast nudity, genital nudity, or other sexual conduct shall be guilty of a Class B felony.
(Acts 1978, No. 592, p. 705, §2; Code 1975, §13-7-231; Acts 1984, No. 84-285, p. 492, §2; Act 2006-112, p. 166, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals. › Article 4 - Obscenity and Related Offenses. › Division 4 - Obscene Materials Containing Visual Reproduction of Children. › Section 13A-12-192 - Possession and Possession With Intent to Disseminate Obscene Matter Containing Visual Depiction of Persons Under 17 Years of Age Involved in Obscene Acts.

Section 13A-12-192
Possession and possession with intent to disseminate obscene matter containing visual depiction of persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts.
(a) Any person who knowingly possesses with intent to disseminate any obscene matter that contains a visual depiction of a person under the age of 17 years engaged in any act of sado-masochistic abuse, sexual intercourse, sexual excitement, masturbation, breast nudity, genital nudity, or other sexual conduct shall be guilty of a Class B felony. Any transfer of the visual depiction from any electronic device to any other device, program, application, or any other place with storage capability which can be made available or is accessible by other users, is prima facie evidence of possession with intent to disseminate.
(b) Any person who knowingly possesses any obscene matter that contains a visual depiction of a person under the age of 17 years engaged in any act of sado-masochistic abuse, sexual intercourse, sexual excitement, masturbation, breast nudity, genital nudity, or other sexual conduct shall be guilty of a Class C felony.
(Acts 1978, No. 592, p. 705, §3; Code 1975, §13-7-232; Acts 1984, No. 84-285, p. 492, §3; Act 2006-112, p. 166, §1; Act 2019-465, §1.)