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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 3 - Shopping Carts. › Section 13A-8-60 - Defined.

Section 13A-8-60
Defined.
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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 3 - Shopping Carts. › Section 13A-8-61 - Removal From Premises Without Consent of Owner; "Premises" Defined.

Section 13A-8-61
Removal from premises without consent of owner; "premises" defined.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove a shopping cart from the premises, posted as provided in Section 13A-8-63, of the owner of such shopping cart without the consent, given at the time of such removal, of the owner or of his agent, servant or employee. For the purpose of this section, the "premises" shall include all the parking area set aside by the owner, or on behalf of the owner, for the parking of cars for the convenience of the patrons of the owner.
(Acts 1973, No. 1240, p. 2087, §2; Code 1975, §13-3-131.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 3 - Shopping Carts. › Section 13A-8-62 - Abandonment on Public Streets, Sidewalks, Parking Lots, Etc.

Section 13A-8-62
Abandonment on public streets, sidewalks, parking lots, etc.
It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon a shopping cart upon any public street, sidewalk, way or parking lot, other than a parking lot on the premises of the owner.
(Acts 1973, No. 1240, p. 2087, §3; Code 1975, §13-3-132.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 3 - Shopping Carts. › Section 13A-8-63 - Posting of Article in Stores.

Section 13A-8-63
Posting of article in stores.
The owner of the store in which the shopping cart is used shall post in at least three prominent places in his store, and at each exit therefrom, a printed copy of this article, which copy shall be printed in type no smaller than 12 points.
(Acts 1973, No. 1240, p. 2087, §5; Code 1975, §13-3-133.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 3 - Shopping Carts. › Section 13A-8-64 - Penalty for Violation of Article.

Section 13A-8-64
Penalty for violation of article.
Any person convicted of a violation under this article shall be deemed guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be punished as prescribed by law under Sections 13A-5-7 and 13A-5-12.
(Acts 1973, No. 1240, p. 2087, §4; Code 1975, §13-3-134.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 3A - Traffic Signs. › Section 13A-8-70 - "Traffic Sign" Defined.

Section 13A-8-70
"Traffic sign" defined.
As used in this article, the term "traffic sign" shall mean any traffic sign, traffic signal, warning sign, guideboard, milepost, road marker, emergency telephone sign, or any similar sign, signal, or device used by the state or any political subdivision of the state on the highways, roads, bridges, or streets of this state for the warning, instruction, or information of the public.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-887, p. 157, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 3A - Traffic Signs. › Section 13A-8-71 - Possession of Traffic Sign; Notification; Destruction, Defacement, etc., of Traffic Sign or Traffic Control Device; Defacement of Public Building or Property.

Section 13A-8-71
Possession of traffic sign; notification; destruction, defacement, etc., of traffic sign or traffic control device; defacement of public building or property.
(a) No person may unlawfully possess any traffic sign erected by the state, a county, or a municipality.
(b) Any person who voluntarily notifies a law enforcement agency of the presence on their property of a traffic sign shall not be guilty of violating the provisions of subsection (a).
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally destroy, knock down, remove, deface, or alter any letters or figures on a traffic sign, or in any way damage any traffic control device, erected on a highway, public road, or right of way of this state, by the Department of Transportation, a county, or municipality.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally deface any public building or public property.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-887, p. 157, §2; Acts 1996, No. 96-425, p. 539, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 3A - Traffic Signs. › Section 13A-8-72 - Penalties.

Section 13A-8-72
Penalties.
(a) A person who is convicted of violating subsection (a) of Section 13A-8-71 shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50).
(b) A person who is convicted of intentionally destroying, knocking down, removing, defacing, or altering a traffic sign pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 13A-8-71 or defacing a public building or public property pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 13A-8-71, where the damage inflicted is more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), is guilty of a Class C felony.
(c) A person who is convicted of intentionally destroying, knocking down, removing, defacing, or altering a traffic sign pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 13A-8-71 or defacing a public building or public property pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 13A-8-71, where the damage inflicted is more than five hundred dollars ($500), but less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) A person who is convicted of intentionally destroying, knocking down, removing, defacing, or altering a traffic sign pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 13A-8-71 or defacing a public building or public property pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 13A-8-71, where the damage inflicted is less than five hundred dollars ($500) is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
(e) The parents of a minor under the age of 18 years with whom the minor is living and who have custody of the minor shall be liable for actual damages, plus court costs, for the destruction or defacement of any public road sign or the defacement of any public building or public property by the intentional acts of the minor.
(f) Any minor who is convicted of violating this article shall be ordered by the court to correct or clean up any destruction or defacement of which the minor has been convicted.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-887, p. 157, §3; Acts 1996, No. 96-425, p. 539, §1; Acts 1997, No. 97-216, p. 331, §1; Act 2003-355, p. 962, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 3A - Traffic Signs. › Section 13A-8-73 - Fines to Be Deposited in General Fund.

Section 13A-8-73
Fines to be deposited in general fund.
Any fines collected pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the general fund of the county and distributed as follows: one-half shall be designated for law enforcement purposes and one-half shall be designated to the county road and bridge fund.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-887, p. 157, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 3B - Theft of Consigned Motor Fuels. › Section 13A-8-75 - Consigned Motor Fuels Defined.

Section 13A-8-75
Consigned motor fuels defined.
As used in this article, the term consigned motor fuels means all grades of gasoline including gasohol or any gasoline blend, number 1 diesel, number 2 diesel, kerosene, and all aviation fuels delivered to a merchant by another for the purpose of sale and the merchant deals in goods of that kind. Consigned motor fuels are not owned by the party to whom the fuels are delivered for sale, but remain the property of the company delivering or having the motor fuels delivered. The merchant agrees to sell the consigned motor fuels belonging to another for a commission or other compensation.
(Act 2015-439, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 3B - Theft of Consigned Motor Fuels. › Section 13A-8-76 - Written Consignment Agreement.

Section 13A-8-76
Written consignment agreement.
(a) There shall be a written agreement between the person delivering or having the consigned motor fuels delivered for sale, hereinafter designated the consignor, and the merchant, hereinafter designated as the consignee, reflecting not only the consignment agreement between the parties, but that title to the consigned motor fuels and to the proceeds from the sale of the consigned motor fuels is always vested in the consignor and never the consignee.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a new or additional element necessary to prove the commission of theft of property in any degree.
(Act 2015-439, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 3B - Theft of Consigned Motor Fuels. › Section 13A-8-77 - Taking of Consigned Motor Fuels Without Consent of Owner.

Section 13A-8-77
Taking of consigned motor fuels without consent of owner.
It shall be unlawful for any person to take, use, sell, or dispose of consigned motor fuels or the proceeds from the sale of consigned motor fuels without the consent of the owner and in violation of the written agreement required in Section 13A-8-76.
(Act 2015-439, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 3B - Theft of Consigned Motor Fuels. › Section 13A-8-78 - Penalties.

Section 13A-8-78
Penalties.
A person who violates this article shall be guilty of the crime of theft of property and subject to those penalties provided in Section 13A-8-3, 13A-8-4, or 13A-8-5, based on value of the property taken.
(Act 2015-439, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 4 - Copying and Sale of Recorded Devices. › Section 13A-8-80 - "Owner" Defined.

Section 13A-8-80
"Owner" defined.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the term "owner," as used in this article, shall mean the person who owns, or has the exclusive license in the United States to reproduce or the exclusive license in the United States to distribute to the public copies of the original fixation of sounds embodied in the master phonograph record, master disc, master tape, master film or other device used for reproducing recorded sounds on phonograph records, discs, tapes, films, videocassettes or other articles now known or later developed on which sound is recorded and from which the transferred sounds are directly or indirectly derived, or the person who owns the rights to record or to authorize the recording of a live performance.
(Acts 1975, No. 1063, p. 2125, §1; Code 1975, §13-3-150; Acts 1989, No. 89-532, p. 1089, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 4 - Copying and Sale of Recorded Devices. › Section 13A-8-81 - Transfer, Manufacture, Distribution, etc., of Certain Sounds Without Consent Prohibited; Applicability; Penalties; Recording Rights; Evidence of Performer's Consent.

Section 13A-8-81
Transfer, manufacture, distribution, etc., of certain sounds without consent prohibited; applicability; penalties; recording rights; evidence of performer's consent.
(a) It shall be a felony for any person to:
(1) Knowingly transfer or cause to be transferred, directly or indirectly, by any means, any sounds recorded on a phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, videocassette or other article now known or later developed on which sounds are recorded, with the intent, for commercial advantage or private financial gain, to sell or rent, or cause to be sold or rented, or to be used for profit through public performance, such article on which sounds are so transferred, without consent of the owner;
(2) Knowingly transfer or cause to be transferred, directly or indirectly, by any means, onto any phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, videocassette or other article now known or later developed, any live performance, for commercial advantage or private financial gain, without the consent of the owner; or
(3) Manufacture, distribute, transport or wholesale any article with the knowledge that the sounds or performances are so transferred without consent of the owner.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person engaged in radio or television broadcasting who transfers, or causes to be transferred, any such sounds other than from the sound track of a motion picture intended for, or in connection with broadcast or telecast transmission or related uses, or for archival purposes.
(c) Penalties for violations hereof are prescribed in Section 13A-8-86(a).
(d) Subdivision (a)(1) of this section applies only to sound recordings that were initially fixed prior to February 15, 1972.
(e) In the absence of a written agreement or operation of law to the contrary, the performer or performers of the live performance shall be presumed to own the rights to record or authorize the recording of the live performance. In any proceeding where a performer's consent is in issue, a person who is authorized to maintain custody and control over business records reflecting consent shall be considered a proper witness, subject to all rules of evidence relating to competency and admissibility.
(Acts 1975, No. 1063, p. 2125, §2; Code 1975, §13-3-151; Acts 1989, No. 89-532, p. 1089, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 4 - Copying and Sale of Recorded Devices. › Section 13A-8-82 - Possession, Sale, Rental, etc., of Recorded Device in Violation of Article Prohibited; Penalties.

Section 13A-8-82
Possession, sale, rental, etc., of recorded device in violation of article prohibited; penalties.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, rent, cause to be sold or rented, or possess for the purpose of selling or renting any recorded device that has been produced, manufactured, distributed or acquired in violation of any provision of this article.
(2) Penalties for violations hereof are prescribed in Section 13A-8-86(b).
(Acts 1975, No. 1063, p. 2125, §3; Code 1975, §13-3-152; Acts 1989, No. 89-532, p. 1089, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 4 - Copying and Sale of Recorded Devices. › Section 13A-8-83 - Manufacturer's Name Required on Package.

Section 13A-8-83
Manufacturer's name required on package.
Every recorded device sold, rented or transferred for commercial advantage or private financial gain, or possessed for the purpose of sale, rental or transfer by any manufacturer, distributor or wholesale or retail merchant shall contain on its packaging the true name and address of the manufacturer; provided, that the term "manufacturer" shall not include the manufacturer of the cartridge or casing itself, but shall mean the manufacturer of the actual recorded material. The term "recorded device" means the tangible medium upon which sounds or images are recorded or otherwise stored, and includes any phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, videocassette, film, or other medium now known or later developed on which sounds or images are recorded or otherwise stored.
(Acts 1975, No. 1063, p. 2125, §4; Code 1975, §13-3-153; Acts 1989, No. 89-532, p. 1089, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 4 - Copying and Sale of Recorded Devices. › Section 13A-8-84 - Confiscation of Nonconforming Recordings, Equipment and Components.

Section 13A-8-84
Confiscation of nonconforming recordings, equipment and components.
It shall be the duty of any state, county or local law enforcement officer to confiscate all recorded material that does not conform to the provisions of this article and all equipment and components used or intended to be used in the manufacture of the infringing recordings and to deliver the nonconforming recorded devices, equipment and components to the State Attorney General or the appropriate local district attorney of the judicial district in which the confiscation was made. The provisions of this section shall apply to any nonconforming recording, regardless of lack of knowledge or intent on the part of the retail seller.
(Acts 1975, No. 1063, p. 2125, §5; Code 1975, §13-3-154; Acts 1989, No. 89-535, p. 1097, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 4 - Copying and Sale of Recorded Devices. › Section 13A-8-85 - Damages in Civil Action.

Section 13A-8-85
Damages in civil action.
(a) Any owner of recorded material whose material has allegedly been illegally reproduced as provided herein shall have a cause of action in the circuit courts of this state for all damages resultant therefrom, including actual, compensatory and incidental damages, as well as punitive damages of not more than three times the amount of the total cost of producing the illegally recorded material.
(b) Any lawful producer of recorded material, as set forth in this article, whose product is allegedly the subject of a violation of the provisions of this article shall have a cause of action in the circuit courts of this state for all damages resultant therefrom, including actual, compensatory and incidental damages, as well as punitive damages not exceeding three times the amount of the total cost of producing the recorded materials.
(Acts 1975, No. 1063, p. 2125, §7; Code 1975, §13-3-155.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 4 - Copying and Sale of Recorded Devices. › Section 13A-8-86 - Penalties for Manufacture, Sale, Rental, Possession for Sale or Rental, etc., in Contravention of Article; Forfeiture.

Section 13A-8-86
Penalties for manufacture, sale, rental, possession for sale or rental, etc., in contravention of article; forfeiture.
(a) Each separate manufacture, distribution, sale or transfer at wholesale of any unauthorized recording in contravention of the provisions of this article shall upon conviction constitute a separate offense punishable as follows:
(1) If the offense involves not less than 1,000 unlawful sound recordings or not less than 65 audio visual recordings, by imprisonment not less than three years, nor more than ten years, or by a fine of not more than $250,000.00 or both.
(2) For any other offense not described in subdivision (a)(1), by imprisonment not less than one year, nor more than three years, or by fine of not more than $25,000.00 for the first offense, or both, and by imprisonment not less than three years nor more than 10 years, or by fine of not more than $100,000.00, or both, for any subsequent offense.
(b) Each separate sale, rental or possession for sale or rental of any recording, not described in subsection (a), in contravention of the provisions of this article shall upon conviction constitute a separate offense punishable as follows:
(1) If the offense involves not less than 100 unlawful sound recordings or not less than seven unlawful audio visual recordings, or if the offense is a subsequent offense, by imprisonment not less than one year nor more than five years, or by a fine of not more than $250,000.00 or both.
(2) For any other offense not described in subdivision (b)(1), by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than $25,000.00 or both.
(c) If a person is convicted of any offense under this article, the court in its judgment of conviction shall order the forfeiture and destruction or other disposition of all infringing recordings and of all equipment and components used or intended to be used in the manufacture of the infringing recordings, as provided in Section 13A-8-84.
(Acts 1975, No. 1063, p. 2125, §6; Code 1975, §13-3-156; Acts 1989, No. 89-532, p. 1097, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 4A - Unlawful Operation of a Recording Device in Motion Picture Theater. › Section 13A-8-90 - Violations; Penalties.

Section 13A-8-90
Violations; penalties.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings:
(1) AUDIOVISUAL IMAGE. A series of related images which are intended to impart an impression of motion when shown in succession by means of a machine or device.
(2) AUDIOVISUAL RECORDING FUNCTION. The capability of a device to record or transmit a motion picture or any part thereof.
(3) MOTION PICTURE THEATER. A movie theater, screening room, or other venue that is being utilized primarily for the exhibition of a motion picture at the time of the offense.
(4) COMMERCIALLY DISTRIBUTE. To sell, lease, rent, or distribute for pecuniary gain.
(b) Any person who knowingly operates the audiovisual recording function of any device in a motion picture theater for the purpose of recording a motion picture with the intent to violate the property rights of the owner of the motion picture commits the crime of unlawful operation of a recording device. For purposes of this subsection, to record or transmit one or more audiovisual images from the on-screen exhibition of a motion picture, or to transmit the audio sounds accompanying the motion picture, is presumptive proof of intent to violate the property rights of the owner of the motion picture.
(c) Unlawful operation of a recording device in violation of subsection (b) is a Class A misdemeanor on the first offense. Any subsequent conviction of unlawful operation of a recording device in violation of subsection (b) is a Class C felony.
(d) Unlawful operation of a recording device in violation of subsection (b) with intent to commercially distribute the recording is a Class C felony.
(e) The owner or lessee of a motion picture theater, or the authorized agent or employee of the owner or lessee, who in good faith notifies a law enforcement agency of an alleged violation of this section shall not be liable, absent negligence or willfulness and wantonness, in any civil action arising out of measures taken by the owner, lessee, agent, or employee in the course of subsequently detaining a person that the owner, lessee, agent, or employee in good faith believed to have violated this section while awaiting the arrival of law enforcement authorities.
(f) This section does not prevent any lawfully authorized investigative, law enforcement, protective, or intelligence gathering employee or agent of local, state, or federal government from operating any audiovisual recording device in a motion picture theater as part of any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, law enforcement, or intelligence gathering activities.
(g) This section does not prevent prosecution for any acts violating this section under any other provision of law providing for a greater penalty.
(Act 2008-272, p. 397, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 5 - Alabama Computer Crime Act. › Section 13A-8-100 - Short Title.

Section 13A-8-100
Short title.
Repealed by Act 2012-432, §11, effective August 1, 2012.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-383, §1, p. 326.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 5 - Alabama Computer Crime Act. › Section 13A-8-101 - Definitions.

Section 13A-8-101
Definitions.
Repealed by Act 2012-432, §11, effective August 1, 2012.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-383, §2, p. 326.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 5 - Alabama Computer Crime Act. › Section 13A-8-102 - Offenses Against Intellectual Property.

Section 13A-8-102
Offenses against intellectual property.
Repealed by Act 2012-432, §11, effective August 1, 2012.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-383, p. 326, §3,; Act 2003-355, p. 962, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 5 - Alabama Computer Crime Act. › Section 13A-8-103 - Acts Constituting Offense Against Computer Equipment or Supplies; Punishment.

Section 13A-8-103
Acts constituting offense against computer equipment or supplies; punishment.
Repealed by Act 2012-432, §11, effective August 1, 2012.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-383, §4, p. 326.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 5A - The Alabama Digital Crime Act. › Section 13A-8-113 - Encoded Data Fraud.

Section 13A-8-113
Encoded data fraud.
(a) A person commits the crime of encoded data fraud by:
(1) Knowingly and with the intent to commit an unlawful act or to defraud, possessing a scanning device; or knowingly and with intent to commit an unlawful act or defraud, using or attempting to use a scanning device to access, read, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on an identification document by means of magnetic strip, integrated circuit, or radio frequency identification tag without the permission of the authorized user or issuer of the identification document.
(2) Knowingly and with the intent to commit an unlawful act or to defraud, possessing a reencoder; or knowingly and with intent to commit an unlawful act or defraud, using or attempting to use a reencoder to place encoded information on an identification document by means of magnetic strip, integrated circuit, or radio frequency identification tag without the permission of the authorized user or issuer of the identification document from which the information is being reencoded.
(3) Knowingly and with intent to commit an unlawful act or to defraud, possess any purported credit or debit card that was not legitimately issued by a financial institution, company, governmental agency, or other card issuer. If any credit or debit card contains conflicting identifying information, this conflict shall create a rebuttable presumption of intent to commit an unlawful act or to defraud and that the credit or debit card was not legitimately issued.
(b) Any person violating this section, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class C felony. For the purposes of charges under subdivision (3) of subsection (a), the possession of each credit or debit card shall be charged as a separate count.
(c) Any scanning device, reencoder, or credit or debit card owned by the defendant and possessed or used in violation of this section may be seized and be destroyed as contraband by the investigating law enforcement agency by which the scanning device, reencoder, or credit or debit card was seized.
(Act 2012-432, p. 1192, §4; Act 2016-359, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 5A - The Alabama Digital Crime Act. › Section 13A-8-114 - Phishing.

Section 13A-8-114
Phishing.
(a) A person commits the crime of phishing if the person by means of an Internet web page, electronic mail message, or otherwise using the Internet, solicits, requests, or takes any action to induce another person to provide identifying information by representing that the person, either directly or by implication, is a business, without the authority or approval of the business.
(b) Any person violating this section, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class C felony. Multiple violations resulting from a single action or act shall constitute one violation for the purposes of this section.
(c) The following persons may bring an action against a person who violates or is in violation of this section:
(1) A person who is engaged in the business of providing Internet access service to the public, owns a web page, or owns a trademark, and is adversely affected by a violation of this section.
(2) An individual who is adversely affected by a violation of this section.
(d) In any criminal proceeding brought pursuant to this section, the crime shall be considered to be committed in any county in which any part of the crime took place, regardless of whether the defendant was ever actually present in that county, or in the county of residence of the person who is the subject of the identification documents or identifying information.
(e) The Attorney General or the district attorney may file a civil action in circuit court to enforce this section and to enjoin further violations of this section. The Attorney General or the district attorney may recover actual damages or twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), whichever is greater, for each violation of subsection (a).
(f) In a civil action under subsection (e), the court may increase the damage award to an amount equal to not more than three times the award provided in subsection (d) if the court determines that the defendant has engaged in a pattern and practice of violating subsection (a).
(g) Proceeds from an action under subsection (e) shall first be used for payment of all proper expenses, including court costs, of the proceedings for the civil action with the remaining proceeds payable first towards the restitution of any victims, as determined by the court. Any remaining proceeds shall be awarded equally between the State General Fund and the office of the Attorney General, the office of the district attorney bringing the action, or both.
(h) An interactive computer service provider shall not be held liable or found in violation of this section for identifying, removing, or disabling access to an Internet web page or other online location that such provider reasonably believes by clear and convincing evidence that it is being used to engage in a violation of this section.
(Act 2012-432, p. 1192, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 5A - The Alabama Digital Crime Act. › Section 13A-8-115 - Disclosure of Stored Wire or Electronic Communications, Transaction Records, Etc.

Section 13A-8-115
Disclosure of stored wire or electronic communications, transaction records, etc.
(a) A law enforcement officer, a prosecuting attorney, or the Attorney General may require the disclosure of stored wire or electronic communications, as well as transactional records and subscriber information pertaining thereto, to the extent and under the procedures and conditions provided for by the laws of the United States.
(b) A provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service shall provide subscriber information as well as the contents of, and transactional records pertaining to, wire and electronic communications in its possession or reasonably accessible thereto when a requesting law enforcement officer, a prosecuting attorney, or the Attorney General complies with the provisions for access thereto set forth by the laws of the United States.
(c) Warrants or appropriate orders for production of stored wire or electronic communications and transactional records pertaining thereto shall have statewide application or application as provided by the laws of the United States when issued by a judge with jurisdiction over the criminal offense under investigation or to which such records relate.
(d) This section specifically authorizes any law enforcement official, prosecuting attorney, or the Attorney General to issue a subpoena to obtain any stored electronic records governed by 18 U.S.C. § 2703(b) et seq., and any successor statute. The subpoena shall be issued with a showing that the subpoenaed material relates to an investigation.
(e) Intentional violation of this section shall be punishable as contempt.
(Act 2012-432, p. 1192, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 5A - The Alabama Digital Crime Act. › Section 13A-8-116 - Warrants From Other States.

Section 13A-8-116
Warrants from other states.
(a) An Alabama corporation or business entity that provides electronic communication services or remote computing services to the general public, when served with a warrant issued by another state to produce records that could reveal the identity of the customers using those services, data stored by, or on behalf of, the customer, the customer's usage of those services, the recipient or destination of communications sent to or from those customers, or the content of those communications, shall produce those records as if that warrant had been issued by an Alabama court.
(b) Intentional violation of this section shall be punishable as contempt.
(Act 2012-432, p. 1192, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 5A - The Alabama Digital Crime Act. › Section 13A-8-117 - Forfeiture of Certain Computers, Software, Etc.

Section 13A-8-117
Forfeiture of certain computers, software, etc.
(a) On conviction of a violation of this article or any other violation of the criminal laws of Alabama, the court shall order that any computer, computer system, computer network, instrument of communication, software or data that was owned or used by the defendant with the owner's knowledge of the unlawful act or where the owner had reason to know of the unlawful act, and that was used in the commission of the offense be forfeited to the State of Alabama and sold, destroyed, or otherwise properly disposed. If the defendant is a minor, it also includes the above listed property of the parent or guardian of the defendant. The manner, method, and procedure for the forfeiture and condemnation or forfeiture of such thing 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. If the computer, computer system, computer network, instrument of communication, software, or data that was used by a defendant, in conjunction with a violation of this article, is owned or leased by the defendant's employer or a client or vendor of the defendant's employer and such owner or lessor did not authorize the activity violating the article, this section shall not apply.
(b) When property is forfeited under this article or any other violation of the criminal laws of Alabama, the court may award the property to any state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency or department who participated in the investigation or prosecution of the offense given rise to the seizure. The recipient law enforcement agency shall use such property for law enforcement purposes but, at its discretion, may transfer the tangible property to another governmental department or agency to support crime prevention. The agencies may sell that which is not required to be destroyed and which is not harmful to the public. The proceeds from a sale authorized by this article shall be used first for payment of all proper expenses of the proceedings for forfeiture and sale and the remaining proceeds from the sale shall be awarded and distributed by the court to the participating agencies to be used exclusively for law enforcement purposes.
(c) Pursuant to Section 15-18-67, and in addition to any other cost ordered pursuant to law, the district attorney may request and the court may order the defendant to pay the cost of prosecution or investigation, or both. Restitution shall include any and all costs associated with the violation of the criminal laws of this state.
(Act 2012-432, p. 1192, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 5A - The Alabama Digital Crime Act. › Section 13A-8-118 - Prosecution.

Section 13A-8-118
Prosecution.
A person who is subject to prosecution under this article and any other law of this state may be prosecuted under either or both laws.
(Act 2012-432, p. 1192, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 5A - The Alabama Digital Crime Act. › Section 13A-8-119 - Activities of Law Enforcement Agencies, Political Subdivisions, Etc.

Section 13A-8-119
Activities of law enforcement agencies, political subdivisions, etc.
Nothing in this article prohibits any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency of this state or a political subdivision of this state or a law enforcement agency of the United States or of an intelligence agency of the United States.
(Act 2012-432, p. 1192, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 6 - Theft of Cable Television Services. › Section 13A-8-120 - "Cable Television Company" Defined.

Section 13A-8-120
"Cable television company" defined.
As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise, "cable television company" or "company" means any franchised or other duly licensed company which is operated or intended to be operated to perform the service of receiving and amplifying the signals broadcast by one or more television stations and redistributing such signals by wire, cable or other device or means for accomplishing such redistribution, to members of the public who subscribe to such service, or distributing through such company's antennae, poles, wires, cables, conduits or other property used in providing service to its subscribers and customers any television signals whether broadcast or not.
(Acts 1986, No. 86-228, p. 335, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 6 - Theft of Cable Television Services. › Section 13A-8-121 - Acts Punishable as Misdemeanors.

Section 13A-8-121
Acts punishable as misdemeanors.
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to knowingly:
(1) Obtain or attempt to obtain cable television service from a company by trick, artifice, deception or other fraudulent means with the intent to deprive such company of any or all lawful compensation for rendering each type of service obtained;
(2) Assist or instruct any other person in obtaining or attempting to obtain any cable television service without payment of all lawful compensation to the company providing such service;
(3) Make or maintain a connection or connections, whether physical, electrical, mechanical, acoustical or by other means, with any cables, wires, components or other devices used for the distribution of cable television without authority from the cable television company;
(4) Make or maintain any modification or alteration to any device installed with the authorization of a cable television company for the purpose of intercepting or receiving any program or other service carried by such company which such person is not authorized by such company to receive;
(5) Manufacture, import into this state, distribute, sell, lease or offer, possess, or advertise for sale or lease any device, or any plan or kit for a device or for a printed circuit designed in whole or in part to decode, descramble or otherwise make intelligible any encoded, scramble or other nonstandard signal carried by a cable television company with the intent that such device, plan or kit be used for the theft of such company's services;
(6) Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the manufacture, importation, sale, lease or possession of any television device possessing the internal hardware necessary to receive cable television signals without the use of a converter device or box, or of any television advertised as "cable ready";
(7) Manufacture, import into this state, distribute, sell, offer for sale, rent or use any device, plan or kit for a device, designed in whole or in part to unlawfully perform or facilitate the unlawful performance of any of the acts set out in subdivisions (1)-(5) of this section;
(8) Provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to limit a subscriber's equipment selection to that of the cable company, so long as all equipment is properly installed and meets all local and FCC requirements.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
(Acts 1986, No. 86-228, p. 335, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 6 - Theft of Cable Television Services. › Section 13A-8-122 - Possession of Certain Devices Constitutes Prima Facie Evidence of Intent to Violate Article.

Section 13A-8-122
Possession of certain devices constitutes prima facie evidence of intent to violate article.
In a prosecution for a violation of this article, the existence on the property and in the actual possession of the defendant of (1) any connection, wire conductor or any device whatsoever, which is connected in such a manner as would permit the receipt of cable television service without such service being reported for payment to and specifically authorized by the cable television company or (2) the existence on the property and in the actual possession of the defendant, where the totality of the circumstances, including quantities or volumes, surrounding the defendant's arrest indicate possession for resale, of any device designed in whole or in part to facilitate the performance of any of the illegal acts set out in Section 13A-8-121, shall constitute prima facie evidence of the defendant's intent to violate the provisions of this article.
(Acts 1986, No. 86-228, p. 335, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 6 - Theft of Cable Television Services. › Section 13A-8-123 - Civil Liability for Violations of Section 13a-8-121.

Section 13A-8-123
Civil liability for violations of Section 13A-8-121.
(a) Any person who violates the provisions of subdivision (5) of Section 13A-8-121 shall, in addition to the criminal penalties provided in this article, be civilly liable to the aggrieved cable television company for an amount not to exceed the greater of the following amounts:
(1) One thousand dollars; or
(2) Double the amount of actual damages, if any, sustained by the cable television company.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of any subsection of Section 13A-8-121 for a second or subsequent time shall, in addition to the criminal penalties provided by this article, be civilly liable to the aggrieved cable television company for an amount not to exceed the greater of the following amounts:
(1) Two thousand dollars; or
(2) Double the amount of actual damages, if any, sustained by the cable television company.
(Acts 1986, No. 86-228, p. 335, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 6 - Theft of Cable Television Services. › Section 13A-8-124 - Injunctive Relief; Damages; Proof of Actual Damages Not Prerequisite.

Section 13A-8-124
Injunctive relief; damages; proof of actual damages not prerequisite.
(a) Any cable television company may, in accordance with the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, bring an action to enjoin and restrain any violation of the provisions of this article, and may in the same action seek damages as provided in Section 13A-8-123.
(b) It is not a necessary prerequisite to a civil action pursuant to this article that the cable television company prove it has suffered, or is threatened with, actual damages.
(Acts 1986, No. 86-228, p. 335, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 6 - Theft of Cable Television Services. › Section 13A-8-125 - Equipment Used to Violate Article Is Contraband; Seizure and Forfeiture.

Section 13A-8-125
Equipment used to violate article is contraband; seizure and forfeiture.
Any electronic or communications equipment or any other such devices used to violate the provisions of this article shall be considered contraband subject to seizure and forfeiture to the state.
(Acts 1986, No. 86-228, p. 335, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 6 - Theft of Cable Television Services. › Section 13A-8-126 - Satellite Reception Dishes.

Section 13A-8-126
Satellite reception dishes.
The provisions of this article shall have no application to satellite reception dishes nor related equipment or accessories used in connection with satellite reception dishes.
(Acts 1986, No. 86-228, p. 335, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 7 - Theft by Fraudulent Leasing or Rental of Property. › Section 13A-8-140 - Elements of Offense of Theft by Fraudulent Leasing or Rental.

Section 13A-8-140
Elements of offense of theft by fraudulent leasing or rental.
The crime of theft by fraudulent leasing or rental of property is committed if a person, herein called "lessee", signs a written lease or rental contract with a person licensed to rent or lease tangible personal property under the provisions of Article 4, Chapter 12, Title 40, herein called "lessor", and obtains or exerts control over tangible personal property by reason of such rental contract, with the intent, knowledge or expectation that he will not perform the terms, covenants and agreements of the lessee provided in such rental contract.
(Acts 1986, No. 86-392, p. 576, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 7 - Theft by Fraudulent Leasing or Rental of Property. › Section 13A-8-141 - Prima Facie Evidence of Fraudulent Leasing or Rental.

Section 13A-8-141
Prima facie evidence of fraudulent leasing or rental.
For the purposes of Section 13A-8-140 of this article, it is prima facie evidence that a lessee fraudulently leased or rented property, and intended, knew or expected that he would not perform the terms and obligations of the lessee under a rental contract if:
(1) The name or address of the lessee appearing on the written agreement shall, at the time it is signed, be false or fictitious, and if the lessee fails to return the leased property to the lessor within seven days after lessor makes written demand for its return, notwithstanding that the term under the rental contract has not expired; or
(2) The rental contract provides for the return of the leased property to a particular place, at a particular time, and the lessee shall fail to return the leased property to the place and within the time specified in the said rental contract, and the lessor thereafter makes written demand for the return of the leased property to the place specified in the rental contract within 48 hours from the time the written demand is delivered to the lessee, and the lessee fails to return said property to the lessor within the said 48 hour period; or
(3) A lessee obtains or exerts control over personal property by executing a rental contract which provides for the return of said property to a particular place, or at a particular time, and thereafter abandons said property, secretes, converts, sells or attempts to sell the same or any part thereof.
(Acts 1986, No. 86-392, p. 576, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 7 - Theft by Fraudulent Leasing or Rental of Property. › Section 13A-8-143 - Immunity From Liability for Giving of Notice.

Section 13A-8-143
Immunity from liability for giving of notice.
Any lessor under a written lease or rental agreement having given notice in substantially similar form to that provided in this article shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for the giving of such notice and for proceeding under the forms of such notice.
(Acts 1986, No. 86-392, p. 576, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 7 - Theft by Fraudulent Leasing or Rental of Property. › Section 13A-8-144 - Penalties.

Section 13A-8-144
Penalties.
The crime of theft by fraudulent leasing or rental of property shall be a Class A misdemeanor if the subject matter of the lease or rental agreement had a value of five hundred dollars ($500) or less; if the value of such property was in excess of five hundred dollars ($500), the crime shall be a Class C felony.
(Acts 1986, No. 86-392, p. 576, §5; Act 2003-355, p. 962, §1.)