reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 31 - Grain Dealers. › Section 2-31-17 - Penalty.

Section 2-31-17
Penalty.
Any person who engages in business as a grain dealer without securing a license or who does not have a valid license or is in violation of this article or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or who shall impede, obstruct, hinder or otherwise prevent or attempt to prevent the commissioner or his duly authorized agent in performance of his duty in connection with this article or its rules and regulations or any grain dealer who refuses to permit inspection of his premises, books, accounts or records as provided in this article, besides having his license suspended, revoked or refused to be renewed, may also upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. In case of a continuing violation or violations, each day and each violation constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-391, p. 611, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 31 - Grain Dealers. › Section 2-31-18 - Duty of District Attorney.

Section 2-31-18
Duty of district attorney.
It shall be the duty of each district attorney to whom any violation is reported to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-391, p. 611, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 31 - Grain Dealers. › Section 2-31-19 - Injunction.

Section 2-31-19
Injunction.
The commissioner may apply for and the circuit court shall grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this article or any rules and regulations promulgated under this article notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. Any such injunction is to be issued without bond.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-391, p. 611, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 32 - Promotion of Ratite Industry. › Section 2-32-1 - Definitions.

Section 2-32-1
Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) BOARD. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
(2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.
(3) FEED DISTRIBUTOR. Any person residing in Alabama, or any Alabama corporation, or Alabama legal business entity that sells directly to a ratite producer feed of any sort that is intended for ratite consumption regardless of where the feed is manufactured.
(4) RATITE. One of a variety of flightless birds including an ostrich, emu, rhea, cassowary, or kiwi.
(5) RATITE PRODUCER. Any person residing in Alabama, or any Alabama corporation, or Alabama legal business entity that owns or has a financial investment in ratites located in Alabama.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 32 - Promotion of Ratite Industry. › Section 2-32-2 - Purpose.

Section 2-32-2
Purpose.
It is hereby declared to be in the interest of the public welfare that ratite producers are encouraged to act jointly and in cooperation with ratite industry related businesses and with the commissioner and the board in promoting and stimulating through research, education, advertising, and other methods, the increased and efficient production, distribution, use, and sale of ratites and ratite products. It is further the intent and purpose of this chapter to provide a method and procedure for financing a promotional program for the ratite industry pursuant to powers conferred upon the Legislature by Amendment ____ to the Alabama Constitution of 1901.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 32 - Promotion of Ratite Industry. › Section 2-32-3 - Association, Meeting or Activity Not Illegal.

Section 2-32-3
Association, meeting or activity not illegal.
No association, meeting, or activity undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and intended to benefit the Alabama ratite industry shall be deemed or considered illegal or in restraint of trade.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 32 - Promotion of Ratite Industry. › Section 2-32-4 - Assessment.

Section 2-32-4
Assessment.
It is hereby further declared to be in the public interest and highly advantageous to the economy of the state that ratite producers be permitted by referendum, as provided in this chapter, to levy upon themselves an assessment and to provide for the collection of the assessment for the financing of a program for research, education, advertising, and other methods designed to increase or promote the efficient and economical production, distribution, and marketing, as well as the increased use, consumption, and sale of ratites and ratite products.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 32 - Promotion of Ratite Industry. › Section 2-32-5 - Nonprofit Association.

Section 2-32-5
Nonprofit association.
(a) Any Alabama nonprofit association of ratite producers organized for the promotion and betterment of the ratite industry may apply to the board for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among ratite producers of the state, on the question of levying an assessment and collecting, expending, and utilizing the assessment for the purpose or purposes authorized under this chapter and as stated in the referendum. Any nonprofit association approved or certified by the board may execute or carry out a promotional program pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Upon any nonprofit association of ratite producers filing an application with the board, the board shall within 30 days thereafter meet and consider the application. If the board is satisfied that the applicant is fairly representative of the ratite producers of the state, and the board finds and determines that the application is in conformity with the provisions and purposes of this chapter, the board shall certify the association as a duly delegated and authorized association and shall certify that the association may conduct among the ratite producers of the state a referendum for the purpose set forth in its application.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 32 - Promotion of Ratite Industry. › Section 2-32-6 - Referendum - Generally; Public Announcement; Expenses; Voting.

Section 2-32-6
Referendum - Generally; public announcement; expenses; voting.
(a) Upon certification by the board, an association may hold and conduct on the part of the Alabama ratite producers a referendum on the question of whether to levy upon themselves an assessment. The referendum shall be conducted on a statewide or area basis as determined by the certified association.
(b) The certified association shall, not less than 30 days before the date of any referendum, publicly announce the date, hours, polling places, and rules for voting in the referendum, the geographic areas covered by the referendum, the amount and basis of the assessment proposed to be collected, the means by which the assessment shall be collected, and the general purposes for which the amount collected shall be expended and applied. The notice shall be published by the certified association in its trade publication and written notice shall be given to each county agent in the geographic area covered by the referendum.
(c) Arrangements for, and the management of, any referendum conducted shall be under the direction of the association certified by the board to conduct the referendum, and the association shall furnish all necessary ballots and arrange for the necessary poll holders. All expenses and costs necessary to conduct a referendum shall be borne by the association.
(d) Any referendum conducted shall be held on a statewide or area basis, as determined by the certified association, pursuant to rules and regulations adopted for the holding of a referendum. All ratite producers in the geographic area covered by the referendum, who shall be subject to any assessments levied, shall be entitled to vote in the referendum. In the referendum, individuals eligible to participate shall vote on the question of whether there shall be levied an assessment for a period of five years in an amount set forth in the call for the referendum. The amount of the assessment levied shall be determined by the certified association.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 32 - Promotion of Ratite Industry. › Section 2-32-7 - Referendum - Voting; Effects of Vote.

Section 2-32-7
Referendum - Voting; effects of vote.
(a) If in any referendum, a majority of the ratite producers of the geographic area in which the referendum is conducted and eligible to participate and voting in the referendum, vote in favor of the levying and collection of the assessment proposed in the referendum, then the assessment shall be levied and collected in the manner provided in this chapter. Following the referendum and within 10 days thereafter, the certified association shall canvass, tabulate, and publicly declare and announce the results of the referendum.
(b) In the event any referendum shall fail to receive the required number of affirmative votes, then the certified association conducting the referendum may call another referendum in the next succeeding year on the question of an assessment and promotional program for a five-year period; provided, that no referendum may be held within a period of 12 months from the date on which the last referendum was held.
(c) In the event a referendum is passed and assessments are levied for the period set forth in the call for the referendum, then the association conducting the referendum may call and conduct during or after the last year of the assessment period another referendum in which the ratite producers may vote on the question of whether the assessment shall be continued or renewed for another designated period of time. Any subsequent referendums authorized in this section shall be subject to all of the requirements of an original referendum conducted under the provisions of this chapter.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 32 - Promotion of Ratite Industry. › Section 2-32-8 - Referendum - Levying an Assessment.

Section 2-32-8
Referendum - Levying an assessment.
In the event a referendum levying an assessment is passed, the commissioner shall within 30 days notify in writing feed distributors that on or after the date designated in the notice, which shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days after the mailing of the notice by the commissioner, the amount of the assessment shall be deducted from all feed sales. On or before the tenth day of each calendar month, all assessments so deducted by feed distributors shall be remitted to the commissioner, less three percent of the total assessment deducted, which may be retained by the feed distributor to compensate him or her for the expense of collecting and remitting the assessments. The books and records of all feed distributors shall at all times during regular business hours be open for inspection by the commissioner or his or her duly authorized representatives or agents for the purpose of ascertaining the accuracy of the amounts remitted as required by this section. The commissioner may deduct three percent of all sums remitted to him or her under this section, to defray the expenses incident to collection and administration of this chapter. All amounts deducted by the commissioner shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 32 - Promotion of Ratite Industry. › Section 2-32-9 - Assessment Moneys Collected - Generally.

Section 2-32-9
Assessment moneys collected - Generally.
The commissioner shall remit to the treasurer of the certified association, on a quarterly basis between the first and fifteenth day of January, April, July, and October of each year, all assessment moneys collected by the commissioner, less an amount not to exceed three percent of the total amount collected, which amount shall be deposited in the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury. The assessment moneys remitted to the treasurer of the certified association shall be used and expended by the association for a promotional program in the manner provided by this chapter and the rules and regulations of the association.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 32 - Promotion of Ratite Industry. › Section 2-32-10 - Assessment Moneys Collected - No Refunds.

Section 2-32-10
Assessment moneys collected - No refunds.
There shall be no refunds made to either feed distributors or ratite producers of assessments collected by the commissioner.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 32 - Promotion of Ratite Industry. › Section 2-32-11 - Duty of Treasurer Before Money Remitted by Commissioner.

Section 2-32-11
Duty of treasurer before money remitted by commissioner.
Before any money is remitted by the commissioner to the treasurer of the certified association, the treasurer shall furnish to the commissioner a bond approved by the commissioner in an amount not less than the estimated annual total amount of the assessments handled by the treasurer. The surety on the bond shall be a corporate surety company duly qualified and licensed to do business in the state, and the bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful handling, proper accounting, and properly authorized expenditure of all funds received and disbursed by the principal named in the bond.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 32 - Promotion of Ratite Industry. › Section 2-32-12 - Use of Funds From Assessments.

Section 2-32-12
Use of funds from assessments.
The funds derived from any assessments levied upon the sale of ratite feed shall be used and expended by the certified association for the purpose of promoting and stimulating advertising, education, research, production, and sales of ratites and the consumption and use of ratite products. Any funds expended by the certified association not authorized for a promotional program previously approved shall be deemed an unauthorized and illegal expenditure of the funds. Any funds approved for expenditure by a certified association for an approved promotional program for the ratite industry are hereby appropriated for disbursement and expenditure by the certified association to carry out any approved promotional program or programs. It shall not be necessary for the Legislature to make any specific or general appropriation for any disbursements or expenditures nor shall any disbursements or expenditures be subject to the budget and allotment requirements of Article 4, Chapter 4, Title 41, and disbursements and expenditures may not be restricted or subject to any other requirements for general or special appropriations.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 32 - Promotion of Ratite Industry. › Section 2-32-13 - Certified Association.

Section 2-32-13
Certified association.
A certified association may enter into agreements with like associations, commissions, or other agencies of other states for the purpose of conducting a similar ratite industry promotional program jointly with the associations, commissions, or other agencies in other states, and the certified association may contribute a proportionate share of the cost and expenses necessary for the program.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 32 - Promotion of Ratite Industry. › Section 2-32-14 - Certified Association Receiving and Disbursing Funds.

Section 2-32-14
Certified association receiving and disbursing funds.
A certified association receiving and disbursing funds shall, within 60 days following the end of each calendar year, or within a period of 60 days following the close of its fiscal year, cause an audit of its books and accounts to be conducted by a certified public accountant, disclosing receipts, disbursements, expenditures, and other pertinent information, and a copy of the auditor's report shall be forwarded to the board for inspection and review. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall audit, review, and investigate the receipts and disbursements of funds in the same manner that those duties are performed for examination and audits of agencies and departments of the state. Any examination or audit required by this section shall be open to public inspection. Within 90 days following the close of a certified association's fiscal year, if it has received any funds from assessments levied and collected pursuant to this chapter, the association shall publish a verified statement in the publications of the certified association showing the amount received and collected and the amounts spent for each project and item.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 32 - Promotion of Ratite Industry. › Section 2-32-15 - Adoption of Rules and Regulations.

Section 2-32-15
Adoption of rules and regulations.
The board may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the intent and purposes of this chapter, including rules and regulations governing the holding of a referendum by a certified association, the collection, deposit, handling, withdrawal, and disbursement of assessments collected, and any other reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the intent and purposes of this chapter.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 32 - Promotion of Ratite Industry. › Section 2-32-16 - Enforcement and Collection of Assessments; Revocation of Certification.

Section 2-32-16
Enforcement and collection of assessments; revocation of certification.
The commissioner shall, through the Department of Agriculture and Industries, enforce and collect the assessments levied upon feed sold to ratite producers by feed distributors in the state for ratite consumption and shall enforce the rules and regulations of the board. The board may at any time revoke or cancel the certification of an association if the association is not carrying out its promotional program in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Before any certification may be revoked, the certified association shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard by the board upon the question of whether its certification should be revoked.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 32 - Promotion of Ratite Industry. › Section 2-32-17 - Penalties.

Section 2-32-17
Penalties.
Any feed distributor who sells feed in the state that is intended for ratite consumption who willfully fails or refuses to deduct and pay to the commissioner any assessment shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount of the assessment the feed distributor failed or refused to collect and remit as required under this chapter. The amount of any fine shall be remitted to the commissioner and shall be transferred by the commissioner to the account of the certified association entitled to the assessment.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-1 - Keeping of Dog Known to Kill, etc., Stock Prohibited; Liability of Owner for Injuries, etc., Caused by Same; Liability for Killing of Same.

Section 3-1-1
Keeping of dog known to kill, etc., stock prohibited; liability of owner for injuries, etc., caused by same; liability for killing of same.
No person shall keep any dog which has been known to kill or worry sheep or other stock without being set upon the same. Any person knowingly keeping such dog is liable for double the value of all stock killed or injured by such dog, such damages to be recovered by the owner of such stock before any court of competent jurisdiction and no action shall be maintained against anyone for killing such dog.
(Code 1867, §1296; Code 1876, §1601; Code 1886, §1379; Code 1896, §421; Code 1907, §2832; Code 1923, §6072; Code 1940, T. 3, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-2 - Liability of Owner, etc., for Injuries Caused by Rabid Dog.

Section 3-1-2
Liability of owner, etc., for injuries caused by rabid dog.
The owner or person in charge of any dog, who knows that such dog has been bitten by a rabid dog or has knowledge of such facts that if followed up would disclose the facts that such dog has been bitten by or exposed to a rabid dog, if such dog becomes a rabid dog and bites any person, stock, hogs or cattle shall be liable to twice the damages sustained by the person injured, including appropriate medical treatment, such damages to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(Acts 1915, No. 477, p. 541; Code 1923, §6073; Code 1940, T. 3, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-3 - Liability of Owner, etc., Permitting Vicious or Dangerous Animal to Be at Liberty, etc., for Injuries Caused by Same.

Section 3-1-3
Liability of owner, etc., permitting vicious or dangerous animal to be at liberty, etc., for injuries caused by same.
When any person owns or keeps a vicious or dangerous animal of any kind and, as a result of his careless management of the same or his allowing the same to go at liberty, and another person, without fault on his part, is injured thereby, such owner or keeper shall be liable in damages for such injury.
(Code 1907, §2470; Code 1923, §5678; Code 1940, T. 3, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-4 - Permitting Dog or Hog Known to Kill, etc., Sheep, Domestic Fowl, etc., to Run at Large.

Section 3-1-4
Permitting dog or hog known to kill, etc., sheep, domestic fowl, etc., to run at large.
Any person, who, owning or having in his possession or under his control any dog or hog known to worry or kill sheep, domestic fowls or goats suffers such dog or hog to run at large must, on conviction, be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $50.00.
(Code 1876, §4405; Code 1886, §4171; Code 1896, §5591; Code 1907, §6236; Code 1923, §3219; Code 1940, T. 3, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-5 - Permitting Dogs to Run at Large; Applicability of Provisions of Section in Counties and Certain Cities or Towns.

Section 3-1-5
Permitting dogs to run at large; applicability of provisions of section in counties and certain cities or towns.
(a) Every person owning or having in charge any dog or dogs shall at all times confine such dog or dogs to the limits of his own premises or the premises on which such dog or dogs is or are regularly kept. Nothing in this section shall prevent the owner of any dog or dogs or other person or persons having such dog or dogs in his or their charge from allowing such dog or dogs to accompany such owner or other person or persons elsewhere than on the premises on which such dog or dogs is or are regularly kept. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $2.00 nor more than $50.00.
(b) This section shall not apply to the running at large of any dog or dogs within the corporate limits of any city or town in this state that requires a license tag to be kept on dogs nor shall this section apply in any county in this state until the same has been adopted by the county commission of such county.
(Acts 1915, No. 185, p. 259; Code 1923, §3221; Code 1940, T. 3, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-5.1 - Agricultural Work Dogs and Hunting Dogs Exempt From Leash or Restraint Laws When Hunting Wild Game.

Section 3-1-5.1
Agricultural work dogs and hunting dogs exempt from leash or restraint laws when hunting wild game.
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) AGRICULTURAL WORK DOG. Any dog that is trained to herd or protect livestock or to otherwise assist in agricultural work and is actually or has been used for such purposes.
(2) HUNTING DOG. Any dog trained to hunt wild game with a handler.
(b) A local law requiring a dog to be kept on a leash or otherwise restrained does not apply to an agricultural work dog at any time while the dog is engaged in agricultural work or a hunting dog at any time while the dog is engaged in hunting wild game.
(Act 2019-486, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-6 - Liability of Owner, etc., for Injuries to Livestock, etc., Caused by Dog While Off Premises of Owner, Etc.

Section 3-1-6
Liability of owner, etc., for injuries to livestock, etc., caused by dog while off premises of owner, etc.
If any dog, not being at the time on the premises of the owner or person having charge thereof, shall kill or injure any livestock, the owner or person having such dog in charge shall be liable for damages sustained by the killing or maiming of any livestock and for the full costs of the action.
(Code 1907, §2471; Code 1923, §5679; Code 1940, T. 3, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-7 - Refusal to Permit Dog Guide to Accompany Blind Person Into Place of Public Accommodation, Etc.

Section 3-1-7
Refusal to permit dog guide to accompany blind person into place of public accommodation, etc.
No owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent, or employee of any place of public accommodation, amusement or recreation, including, but not limited to, any inn, hotel, restaurant, eating establishment, barbershop, billiard parlor, store, public conveyance, theater, motion-picture house, public educational institution, or elevator shall refuse to permit a guide dog to accompany a blind person entering the place or making use of the accommodations available when the blind person is being led by the guide dog; if the guide dog is wearing a harness; and the blind person presents for inspection credentials issued by an accredited school for training guide dogs or the dog is being trained by a person employed by an accredited school for training guide dogs. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction shall be fined an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50).
(Acts 1967, No. 518, p. 1242; Act 99-698, 2nd. Sp. Sess., p. 207, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-8 - Destruction of Certain Abandoned Animals by Members, etc., of Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Section 3-1-8
Destruction of certain abandoned animals by members, etc., of societies for prevention of cruelty to animals.
Any agent, officer or member of a duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals may lawfully destroy or cause to be destroyed any animal found abandoned and not properly cared for which may appear, in the judgment of two reputable citizens called by him to view the same in his presence, to be superannuated, infirm, glandered, injured or diseased past recovery for any useful purpose.
(Code 1896, §422; Code 1907, §2833; Code 1923, §6074; Code 1940, T. 3, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-10 - Wanton, Malicious, etc., Destruction, Injury, etc., of Animal or Article or Commodity of Value of Another - Prohibited.

Section 3-1-10
Wanton, malicious, etc., destruction, injury, etc., of animal or article or commodity of value of another - Prohibited.
Any person, who unlawfully, wantonly or maliciously kills, disables, disfigures, destroys or injures any animal or article or commodity of value which is the property of another must, on conviction, be fined not less than twice the value of the injury or damage to the owner of the property nor more than $1,000.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail, or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months, and so much of the fine as may be necessary to repair the injury or loss shall go to the party injured.
(Code 1852, §§186, 191; Code 1867, §§3733, 3738; Code 1876, §§4408, 4420; Code 1886, §3869; Code 1896, §§5090, 5091; Code 1907, §6230; Code 1923, §3212; Code 1940, T. 3, §9; Acts 1982, No. 82-626, p. 1180.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-11 - Wanton, Malicious, etc., Destruction, Injury, etc., of Animal or Article or Commodity of Value of Another — Proof of Trespassing by Animal in Mitigation or Justification of Offense; Tender of Compensation.

Section 3-1-11
Wanton, malicious, etc., destruction, injury, etc., of animal or article or commodity of value of another - Proof of trespassing by animal in mitigation or justification of offense; tender of compensation.
Upon the trial, the defendant may prove in mitigation or justification, as the jury may determine, that, at the time of the killing, disabling, disfiguring, destruction or injury, the animal killed, disabled, disfigured, destroyed or injured was trespassing and had within six months previously thereto trespassed upon a growing crop, inclosed by a lawful fence or while such animal was running at large in violation of law. No conviction must be had, if it is shown that, before the commencement of the prosecution, compensation for the injury was made or tendered to the owner.
(Code 1876, §4411; Code 1886, §3871; Code 1896, §5092; Code 1907, §6231; Code 1923, §3213; Code 1940, T. 3, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-11.1 - Killing or Disabling Livestock; Penalty.

Section 3-1-11.1
Killing or disabling livestock; penalty.
(a) Any person, who unlawfully, wantonly, or maliciously kills, disables, disfigures, destroys, or injures the livestock of another while the livestock is on the premises of the owner of the livestock or on the premises of a person having charge thereof shall be guilty of a Class C felony.
(b) In addition to being guilty of a Class C felony, any person who unlawfully, wantonly, or maliciously kills, disables, disfigures, destroys, or injures the livestock of another while the livestock is on the premises of the owner of the livestock, or on the premises of a person having charge thereof, shall be liable for damages sustained by the killing, disabling, disfiguring, or destroying of the livestock in an amount equal to double the value thereof.
(c) For purposes of this section, livestock is defined as equine or equidae, cows, swine, goats, and sheep.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-719, p. 1406, §§1-3; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-13 - Right of Officers, etc., of Humane Societies to Take Charge of and Care for Neglected or Abused Animals; Written Notice to Owner From Whom Animal Taken; Lien for Expenses for Care and Keeping of Animal.

Section 3-1-13
Right of officers, etc., of humane societies to take charge of and care for neglected or abused animals; written notice to owner from whom animal taken; lien for expenses for care and keeping of animal.
Any duly authorized officer or employee of a recognized humane society shall have the right to take charge of any animal which is sick or disabled due to neglect or is being cruelly treated or abused and to provide care for such animal until it is deemed to be in suitable condition to be returned to its owner or to the person from whose custody such animal was taken.
The officer so taking such animal shall at the time of taking the animal give written notice to the owner or person from whose custody it was taken.
The necessary expenses incurred for the care and keeping of the animal after such notice by the humane society shall be a lien thereon and, if the animal is not reclaimed within 10 days from the giving of such notice, the humane society may sell the animal to satisfy such lien. If the humane society determines that the animal cannot be sold, it may cause the animal to be otherwise disposed of.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 84, p. 2001.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-15 - Sale, Offer for Sale, Barter, etc., of Baby Rabbits, Chicks, Ducklings, etc., as Pets or Novelties.

Section 3-1-15
Sale, offer for sale, barter, etc., of baby rabbits, chicks, ducklings, etc., as pets or novelties.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to display, sell, offer for sale, barter or give away any baby rabbits, or baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl, but not including parrots, parakeets and canaries, as pets or novelties, regardless of whether or not such rabbits or fowl are dyed, colored or otherwise artificially treated.
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as prescribed by law.
(Acts 1959, No. 104, p. 590.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-16 - Employment by County Commissions of Persons to Enforce Laws for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Compensation, Oath and Powers of Same.

Section 3-1-16
Employment by county commissions of persons to enforce laws for prevention of cruelty to animals; compensation, oath and powers of same.
The county commissions of the respective counties of this state may employ a suitable person or persons who shall be charged specially with the duty of enforcing all laws for the prevention of cruelty to animals, and to fix the compensation of such officer or officers, which shall be paid in the same manner as other salaries of county employees are paid, and such officer or officers, upon taking the oath as required to be taken by deputy sheriffs, shall be vested with all powers now vested by law in deputy sheriffs.
(Acts 1911, No. 127, p. 112; Code 1923, §3217; Code 1940, T. 3, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-17 - Notification of Owners, etc., of Dairies Upon Discovery of Cows Affected With Tuberculosis.

Section 3-1-17
Notification of owners, etc., of dairies upon discovery of cows affected with tuberculosis.
Whenever any regular authorized inspector or his assistant of any city or town in this state shall find that any dairy cow or cows in any dairy in the county or in an adjoining county of such city or town used for the production of milk for the inhabitants of any such city or town are affected with tuberculosis, as determined by the tuberculin test of the Department of Agriculture of the United States of America, or are as otherwise shown to be affected with tuberculosis, such authorized inspector of such city or town or his assistant shall immediately notify the owner, proprietor or manager of such dairy, either in person or in writing, of the presence of such animal or animals affected with such tuberculosis.
(Acts 1911, No. 503, p. 566; Code 1923, §4442; Code 1940, T. 3, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-18 - Removal From Herd and Slaughter or Isolation of Tuberculous Cows Generally; Procedure for Isolation, Retesting, Slaughter, etc., of Same; Compensation of Owners for Slaughtered Cows, etc., Determined Not to Have Been Affected by Tuberculosis.

Section 3-1-18
Removal from herd and slaughter or isolation of tuberculous cows generally; procedure for isolation, retesting, slaughter, etc., of same; compensation of owners for slaughtered cows, etc., determined not to have been affected by tuberculosis.
The owner or proprietor or manager of any such dairy, upon being notified by such inspector or his assistant, shall remove or cause to be removed, within 24 hours, said tuberculous cow or cows from his herd to a public abattoir and, under the supervision of such inspector or his assistant, such tuberculous cow or cows must be slaughtered immediately unless such owner, proprietor or manager removes said tuberculous cow or cows from the herd under the supervision of such inspector or his assistant and keeps them isolated therefrom at the expense of the owner for a period of from two to six months, at the expiration of which time said cow or cows shall be retested by said inspector or his assistant and also by some competent veterinarian to be selected by the owner of said cow or cows and, if said inspector or his assistant and the veterinarian so selected by the owner shall fail to agree as to whether said cow or cows are affected with tuberculosis, then said inspector or his assistant, together with the veterinarian selected by the owner, shall call in another competent veterinarian to test said cow or cows. If a majority of such persons should determine that said cow or cows are affected with tuberculosis, the same shall be slaughtered immediately. A postmortem examination on the slaughtered cows shall thereupon be held by the three persons designated in this section, and, if it should be determined by said persons or a majority of them after the holding of such postmortem examination that said cow or cows are not affected with tuberculosis, then the city, town or county employing said inspector who originally pronounced said cows affected with tuberculosis shall immediately pay to the owner of such cow or cows the reasonable value thereof and the reasonable fees of the veterinarian or his assistant called in to aid said inspector or his assistant in making the postmortem examination of said cow or cows.
(Acts 1911, No. 503, p. 566; Code 1923, §§4443-4445; Code 1940, T. 3, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-19 - Penalties for Violations of Provisions of Sections 3-1-17 and 3-1-18.

Section 3-1-19
Penalties for violations of provisions of Sections 3-1-17 and 3-1-18.
Any person, firm, corporation or association violating the provisions of Sections 3-1-17 and 3-1-18 shall be fined not more than $500.00 and may also be sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for three months.
(Acts 1911, No. 503, p. 566; Code 1923, §4446; Code 1940, T. 3, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-20 - Sale or Purchase of Domestic Animals or Fowl Between Sunset and Sunrise.

Section 3-1-20
Sale or purchase of domestic animals or fowl between sunset and sunrise.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Code 1907, §6238; Code 1923, §3229; Code 1940, T. 3, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-21 - Sale or Exchange of Horse or Mule Affected With Glanders, etc.; Fee of District Attorney.

Section 3-1-21
Sale or exchange of horse or mule affected with glanders, etc.; fee of district attorney.
Any person who, by himself or another or as agent for another, shall knowingly sell or exchange any horse or mule subject to the disease or affection known as "choking," or affected with glanders or some other fatal, contagious or infectious disease must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not less than three nor more than six months. One half of the fine shall go to the party injured. For each conviction under this section, the district attorney shall be entitled to a fee of $50.00.
(Code 1886, §3839; Code 1896, §4762; Code 1907, §6239; Code 1923, §3230; Code 1940, T. 3, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-22 - Sale, etc., of Mare or Jennet Subject to Lien for Services of Stallion or Jack Prior to Payment of Price Stipulated for Such Service.

Section 3-1-22
Sale, etc., of mare or jennet subject to lien for services of stallion or jack prior to payment of price stipulated for such service.
Any person who, with a knowledge of the lien, sells or otherwise disposes of any mare or jennet before the stipulated price for the service of any stallion or jack, for which a lien is given by law, is paid must, on conviction, be fined not more than $100.00.
(Code 1876, §4356; Code 1886, §3838; Code 1896, §4761; Code 1907, §6240; Code 1923, §3231; Code 1940, T. 3, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-23 - Burning, Cauterizing, etc., of Teeth of Horse, Mule, etc., for Purpose of Fraudulently Making Horse, etc., Appear Younger - Prohibited.

Section 3-1-23
Burning, cauterizing, etc., of teeth of horse, mule, etc., for purpose of fraudulently making horse, etc., appear younger - Prohibited.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1935, No. 132, p. 175; Code 1940, T. 3, §20.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-24 - Burning, Cauterizing, etc., of Teeth of Horse, Mule, etc., for Purpose of Fraudulently Making Horse, etc., Appear Younger - Evidence as to Burning, etc., of Teeth to Be Substantiated by Veterinarian.

Section 3-1-24
Burning, cauterizing, etc., of teeth of horse, mule, etc., for purpose of fraudulently making horse, etc., appear younger - Evidence as to burning, etc., of teeth to be substantiated by veterinarian.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1935, No. 132, p. 175; Code 1940, T. 3, §21.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-25 - Burning, Cauterizing, etc., of Teeth of Horse, Mule, etc., for Purpose of Fraudulently Making Horse, etc., Appear Younger - Effect of Possession of Such Horse, Etc.

Section 3-1-25
Burning, cauterizing, etc., of teeth of horse, mule, etc., for purpose of fraudulently making horse, etc., appear younger - Effect of possession of such horse, etc.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1935, No. 132, p. 175; Code 1940, T. 3, §22.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-26 - Burning, Cauterizing, etc., of Teeth of Horse, Mule, etc., for Purpose of Fraudulently Making Horse, etc., Appear Younger — Transportation, etc., of Such Horse Into State.

Section 3-1-26
Burning, cauterizing, etc., of teeth of horse, mule, etc., for purpose of fraudulently making horse, etc., appear younger - Transportation, etc., of such horse into state.
Any person transporting or moving into Alabama, for any purpose whatsoever, any horse, mule or other soliped which has had its teeth burned, cauterized or changed in any manner to make such animal appear younger than it really is shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Acts 1935, No. 132, p. 175; Code 1940, T. 3, §23.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-27 - Marking, Branding or Altering Mark or Brand of Equine or Equidae, etc., of Another With Intent to Defraud.

Section 3-1-27
Marking, branding or altering mark or brand of equine or equidae, etc., of another with intent to defraud.
Any person who, with intent to defraud, marks or brands any unmarked equine or equidae, cow, hog, sheep, goat, or other domestic animal which is the property of another or alters or defaces the mark or brand of the animal shall, on conviction, be punished as if he or she had stolen it.
(Code 1852, §185; Code 1867, §3732; Code 1876, §4404; Code 1886, §3831; Code 1896, §4749; Code 1907, §6241; Code 1923, §3232; Code 1940, T. 3, §24; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-1-28 - Burial or Burning of Bodies of Dead Animals Generally; Burning of Hogs Dying From Cholera, etc.; Failure to Burn or Bury Dead Animal, Etc.

Section 3-1-28
Burial or burning of bodies of dead animals generally; burning of hogs dying from cholera, etc.; failure to burn or bury dead animal, etc.
All owners or custodians of animals which die or are killed in their possession or custody, other than such as are slaughtered for food, within 24 hours shall cause the bodies of such animals to be burned or buried at least two feet below the surface of the ground. Hogs dying from cholera or any other disease whatsoever shall be burned. No such animal shall be burned or buried sufficiently near a residence or residences as to create a nuisance. Any person violating this section, whether by failure to burn or bury an animal dying or being killed in his possession or by causing the same to be burned in such proximity to a dwelling or in such other way as to become a nuisance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not more than $50.00.
(Acts 1919, No. 461, p. 702; Code 1923, §3223; Code 1940, T. 3, §60.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 2 - Estrays and Animals Running at Large Generally. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-2-1 - Taking Up as Estrays of Equine, Equidae, etc., Running at Large About Residences, Etc.

Section 3-2-1
Taking up as estrays of equine, equidae, etc., running at large about residences, etc.
Any person who finds running at large about his or her residence or premises or the residence or premises of which he or she has charge any equine or equidae, cattle, hog, sheep, or goat, the owner of which is unknown, may take up such animal as an estray to be disposed of as provided in Sections 3-2-2 to 3-2-4, inclusive.
(Acts 1959, No. 258, p. 821, §1; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 2 - Estrays and Animals Running at Large Generally. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-2-2 - Notification of Department of Agriculture and Industries as to Seizure; Lien of Seizor for Costs of Keeping Animal, Etc.

Section 3-2-2
Notification of Department of Agriculture and Industries as to seizure; lien of seizor for costs of keeping animal, etc.
(a) Within five days after taking up an estray, notice of the seizure of such estray shall be furnished to the Department of Agriculture and Industries, accompanied by a complete description of the animal together with the time and place of seizure and the name and address of the seizor. The animal shall be described in such notice by kind, size, sex, markings, brands, color, stature and age.
(b) The seizor shall have a lien on the animal for the cost of keeping it and for the amount of any reasonable damages he may have suffered as a result of the animal being upon his premises.
(Acts 1959, No. 258, p. 821, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 2 - Estrays and Animals Running at Large Generally. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 3-2-3 - Investigation of Seizure by Department; Procedure for Return of Animal Where Owner Located, Etc.

Section 3-2-3
Investigation of seizure by department; procedure for return of animal where owner located, etc.
The Department of Agriculture and Industries, upon receipt of a notice from a person who has seized an estrayed animal as provided in Section 3-2-2, shall investigate such seizure in an effort to locate the owner of the animal. In the event the owner is located and the ownership established, the animal shall be returned to the person found to be the owner thereof upon payment by such person to the seizor the actual cost for keeping the animal, together with the actual amount of damages which he may have suffered as a result of the animal being upon his premises.
(Acts 1959, No. 258, p. 821, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 3 - Animals. › Chapter 2 - Estrays and Animals Running at Large Generally. › Article 2 - Taking Up and Disposition of Animals Running at Large on State and Federal Aid Highways. › Section 3-2-20 - Duty of Director of Public Safety.

Section 3-2-20
Duty of Director of Public Safety.
The Director of Public Safety shall provide for taking up and impounding livestock or animals running at large upon state and federal aid highways which have been officially designated as such and regularly and customarily patrolled by the state highway patrol or upon the rights-of-way of such highways and, to that end, within the limit of the funds provided by this article, the Director of Public Safety is hereby authorized and empowered to contract with persons, firms or corporations within the several counties to take possession of and impound such livestock or animals.
(Acts 1951, No. 822, p. 1454, §1.)