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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 7 - The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2002. › Section 13A-10-151 - Definitions.

Section 13A-10-151
Definitions.
The following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) ACT OF TERRORISM. An act or acts constituting a specified offense as defined in subdivision (4) for which a person may be convicted in the criminal courts of this state, or an act or acts constituting an offense in any other jurisdiction within or outside the territorial boundaries of the United States which contains all of the essential elements of a specified offense, that is intended to do the following:
a. Intimidate or coerce a civilian population.
b. Influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion.
c. Affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination, or kidnapping.
(2) MATERIAL SUPPORT OR RESOURCES. Currency or other financial securities, financial services, lodging, training, safehouses, false documentation or identification, communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel, transportation, and other physical assets, except medicine or religious materials.
(3) RENDERS CRIMINAL ASSISTANCE. Shall have the same meaning as in Section 13A-10-42.
(4) SPECIFIED OFFENSE. A Class A felony, manslaughter, kidnapping in the second degree, assault in the first or second degree, stalking, intimidating a witness, criminal tampering, endangering the food supply, endangering the water supply or any attempt or conspiracy to commit any of these offenses.
(Act 2002-431, p. 1126, §2; Act 2006-508, p. 1151, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 7 - The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2002. › Section 13A-10-152 - Crime of Terrorism.

Section 13A-10-152
Crime of terrorism.
(a) A person is guilty of a crime of terrorism when, with intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination, or kidnapping, he or she commits a specified offense.
(b)(1) When a person is convicted pursuant to this section, and the specified offense is a Class B or Class C felony, the crime of terrorism shall be deemed to be one class higher than the specified offense the defendant committed, or one class higher than the offense level applicable to the defendant's conviction for an attempt or conspiracy to commit the specified offense, whichever is applicable.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a person is convicted of a crime of terrorism pursuant to this article, and the specified offense is a Class A felony other than murder, the sentence upon conviction of the offense shall be life imprisonment without parole.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a person is convicted of a crime of terrorism pursuant to this article, and the specified offense is murder, the sentence upon conviction of the offense shall be death pursuant to Section 13A-5-39.
(c) An indictment for the crime of terrorism shall charge the defendant with a specified offense and shall state that the defendant acted with intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination, or kidnapping.
(Act 2002-431, p. 1126, § 3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 7 - The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2002. › Section 13A-10-153 - Soliciting of Providing Support for an Act of Terrorism.

Section 13A-10-153
Soliciting of providing support for an act of terrorism.
(a)(1) A person commits soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the second degree when, with intent that material support or resources will be used, in whole or in part, to plan, prepare, carry out, or aid in either an act of terrorism or the concealment of, or an escape from, an act of terrorism, he or she raises, solicits, collects, or provides material support or resources.
(2) Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the second degree is a Class C felony.
(b)(1) A person commits soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the first degree when he or she commits the crime of soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the second degree and the total value of material support or resources exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(2) Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the first degree is a Class B felony.
(Act 2002-431, p. 1126, § 4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 7 - The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2002. › Section 13A-10-154 - Hindering Prosecution of Terrorism.

Section 13A-10-154
Hindering prosecution of terrorism.
(a)(1) A person is guilty of hindering prosecution of terrorism in the second degree when he or she renders criminal assistance to a person who has committed an act of terrorism, knowing or believing that the person engaged in conduct constituting an act of terrorism.
(2) Hindering prosecution of terrorism in the second degree is a Class B felony.
(b)(1) A person is guilty of hindering prosecution of terrorism in the first degree when he or she renders criminal assistance to a person who has committed an act of terrorism that resulted in the death of a person other than one of the participants, knowing or believing that the person engaged in conduct constituting an act of terrorism.
(2) Hindering prosecution of terrorism in the first degree is a Class A felony.
(Act 2002-431, p. 1126, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 8 - Endangering Food and Water Supply. › Section 13A-10-170 - Definitions.

Section 13A-10-170
Definitions.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(1) CONTAGIOUS OR INFECTIOUS DISEASE. A specific highly communicable disease caused by one or more biological agents and that is generally found in livestock, including poultry, designated for human consumption.
(2) PROCESSED FOOD. Any food other than a raw agricultural commodity, including any raw agricultural commodity that has been subject to processing, such as canning, cooking, freezing, dehydration, or milling.
(3) RAW AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY. Any food in its raw or natural state, including all fruits that are washed, colored, or otherwise treated in their unpeeled natural form prior to marketing.
(b) The offense of endangering the food supply is committed if a person knowingly does any of the following:
(1) Brings into this state any domestic animal that is affected with any contagious or infectious disease or any animal that has been exposed to any contagious or infectious disease.
(2) Exposes any animal in this state to any contagious or infectious disease.
(3) Delivers any poultry that is infected with any contagious or infectious disease to any poultry producer pursuant to a production contract.
(4) Except as otherwise permitted by Alabama law, brings or releases into this state any insect pest or exposes any plant to an insect pest.
(5) Exposes any raw agricultural commodity, animal feed, or processed food to any contaminant or contagious or infectious disease.
(c) The offense of endangering the food supply does not include bona fide experiments and actions related to those experiments carried on by commonly recognized research facilities or actions by agricultural producers and animal health professionals who may inadvertently contribute to the spread of detrimental biological agents while employing generally acceptable management practices.
(d) Endangering the food supply is a Class B felony.
(Act 2006-508, p. 1151, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 8 - Endangering Food and Water Supply. › Section 13A-10-171 - Elements of Offense; Exceptions.

Section 13A-10-171
Elements of offense; exceptions.
(a) The offense of endangering the water supply is committed if a person knowingly contaminates a public or private water well or water reservoir or any water supply of a public utility or tampers with the production of bottled or packaged water at a retail or wholesale mercantile establishment.
(b) Endangering the water supply does not include contamination of a public or private well or water reservoir or any water supply of a public utility that may occur in any of the following circumstances:
(1) Inadvertently as part of the operation of a public utility or electrical generating station.
(2) Due to releases, discharges, or emissions that are authorized by state or federal law or that are permitted or licensed by any state or federal agency.
(3) Due to accidental releases from an otherwise lawful activity.
(4) Due to discharges or emissions in excess of permitted or licensed levels provided that federal or state enforcement authority is available to respond.
(c) The offense of endangering the water supply is a Class B felony.
(Act 2006-508, p. 1151, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-192 - Additional Designations.

Section 13A-10-192
Additional designations.
If any substance is hereafter designated as an explosive substance or compound under applicable federal law and notice thereof is given to the State Fire Marshal, the State Fire Marshal shall similarly designate the explosive substance or compound as an explosive under Section 13A-10-191. The State Fire Marshal shall revise and republish the listing of explosives set forth in Section 13A-10-191 on an annual basis, by publication in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the state, or as otherwise provided by law.
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-193 - Destructive Device or Bacteriological or Biological Weapon - Possession, Manufacture, Transportation, or Distribution.

Section 13A-10-193
Destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon - Possession, manufacture, transportation, or distribution.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess, manufacture, transport, or distribute a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon, except as provided in this article.
(b) A person convicted of a violation of subsection (a) shall be guilty of a Class B felony. If the defendant is a corporation or other entity, the corporation or other entity shall be fined not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) nor more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). A corporation or other entity may also be sentenced to perform not less than 5,000 nor more than 10,000 hours of community service.
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-193.1 - Destructive Device or Bacteriological or Biological Weapon - Unlawful Manufacture in the Second Degree.

Section 13A-10-193.1
Destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon - Unlawful manufacture in the second degree.
(a) A person, who is not otherwise authorized by state or federal law or a permit issued to him or her by the State Fire Marshal, commits the crime of unlawful manufacture of a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon in the second degree if he or she does any of the following:
(1) Manufactures a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon.
(2) Possesses precursor substances as determined in Section 13A-10-191, in any amount with the intent to unlawfully manufacture a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon.
(3) Combines two or more components with the intent to assemble, construct, or otherwise cause to be formed, a destructive device, incendiary device, over-pressure device, detonator, poison gas, or bacteriological or biological weapon as described in Section 13A-10-190.
(4) Manufactures an explosive with intent to produce a destructive device, incendiary device, over-pressure device, detonator, poison gas, or bacteriological or biological weapon as described in 13A-10-190.
(b) The fact that a destructive device, over-pressure device, explosive, detonator, poison gas, or bacteriological or biological weapon does not function as designed or intended, is not a defense to the crime of unlawful manufacture of a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon in the second degree.
(c) Unlawful manufacture of a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon in the second degree is a Class B felony.
(Act 2016-414, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-193.2 - Destructive Device or Bacteriological or Biological Weapon - Unlawful Manufacture in the First Degree.

Section 13A-10-193.2
Destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon - Unlawful manufacture in the first degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful manufacture of a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon in the first degree if he or she violates Section 13A-10-193.1 and two or more of the following conditions occur in conjunction with that violation:
(1) Use of a booby trap or manufacture of a booby trap.
(2) Illegal possession, transportation, or disposal of hazardous or dangerous materials or while transporting or causing to be transported materials in furtherance of a clandestine laboratory operation, there was created a substantial risk to human health or safety or a danger to the environment.
(3) A clandestine laboratory operation was to take place, or did take place, within 500 feet of a residence, place of business, church, or school.
(4) A clandestine laboratory operation actually produced any amount of a specified destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon.
(5) A person under the age of 17 was present during the manufacturing process.
(b) Unlawful manufacture of a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon in the first degree is a Class A felony.
(Act 2016-414, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-194 - Destructive Device or Bacteriological or Biological Weapon - Sales, Distribution, Etc.

Section 13A-10-194
Destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon - Sales, distribution, etc.
(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to sell, furnish, give away, deliver, or distribute a destructive device, or a bacteriological or biological weapon to a person who is less than 21 years of age.
(b) A person convicted of a violation of subsection (a) shall be guilty of a Class A felony. If the defendant is a corporation or other entity, the corporation or other entity shall be fined not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) nor more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). A corporation or other entity may also be sentenced to perform not less than 10,000 nor more than 25,000 hours of community service.
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-195 - Possession, Distribution, etc., of Detonator, Explosive, Poison Gas, or Hoax Device by Person Under Indictment or Convicted of Felony.

Section 13A-10-195
Possession, distribution, etc., of detonator, explosive, poison gas, or hoax device by person under indictment or convicted of felony.
(a) It shall be unlawful for a person who is under indictment or who has been convicted of a felony by a court of this state, any other state, the United States including its territories, possessions, and dominions, or a foreign nation to possess, manufacture, transport, or distribute a detonator, explosive, poison gas, or hoax device.
(b) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly distribute a detonator, explosive, poison gas, or hoax device to any of the following:
(1) A person who he or she knows or should know has been convicted of a felony by a court of this state, any other state, the United States including its territories, possessions, and dominions, or a foreign nation.
(2) A person who he or she knows or should know has been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent by a court of this state, any other state, or the United States including its territories, possessions, and dominions.
(3) A person who is less than 21 years of age.
(c) A person convicted of a violation of subsection (a) or subsection (b) shall be guilty of a Class C felony. If the defendant is a corporation or other entity, the corporation or other entity shall be fined not less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). The corporation or other entity may also be sentenced to perform not less than 2,500 nor more than 7,500 hours of community service.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, adjudicating courts of competent jurisdiction shall make available to any law enforcement agency or prosecuting attorney of this state the information necessary to establish that a person has been adjudicated by a court to be mentally incompetent.
(e) This section shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) A person who has been pardoned of a felony by the President of the United States, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, or the person or agency empowered to grant pardons under the constitution or laws of any other state or of a foreign nation and, by the terms of the pardon, has expressly been authorized to receive, possess, distribute, or transport a destructive device, explosive, poison gas, or detonator.
(2) A person who has been convicted of a felony, but has been granted relief from the disabilities imposed by the laws of the United States with respect to the acquisition, receipt, transfer, shipment, or possession of explosives by the Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §845, may apply to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency for relief from the disabilities imposed by this section.
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-196 - Possession, Distribution, etc., of Hoax Device Represented as Destructive Device or Weapon.

Section 13A-10-196
Possession, distribution, etc., of hoax device represented as destructive device or weapon.
(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to manufacture, possess, transport, or distribute a hoax device or replica of a destructive device, detonator, or bacteriological or biological weapon with the intent to cause another to reasonably believe that the hoax device or replica of a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon is a destructive device, detonator, or bacteriological or biological weapon.
(b) A person convicted of a violation of subsection (a) shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. If the defendant is a corporation or other entity, the corporation or other entity shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). The corporation or other entity may also be sentenced to perform not less than 1,000 hours of community service nor more than 5,000 hours of community service.
(c) It shall be unlawful for a person listed in subsection (a) to communicate or transmit to another that the hoax device or replica of a destructive device or detonator is a destructive device, detonator, or bacteriological or biological weapon with the intent to obtain the property of another person or to interfere with the ability of another person to carry on the ordinary course of business, trade, education, or government.
(d) A person convicted of a violation of subsection (c) shall be guilty of a Class C felony. If the defendant is a corporation or other entity, the corporation or other entity shall be fined not less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). The corporation or other entity may also be sentenced to perform not less than 2,500 nor more than 7,500 hours of community service for each hoax device or replica of a destructive device, detonator, or bacteriological or biological weapon.
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-197 - Explosives or Destructive Device or Bacteriological or Biological Weapons Crime - Attempt.

Section 13A-10-197
Explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime - Attempt.
(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to attempt to commit an explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime as contained in Act 2009-718. A person is guilty of an attempt to commit an explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime if he or she engages in the conduct specified in Section 13A-4-2, and the crime attempted is an explosives or destructive device crime as contained in Act 2009-718.
(b) The principles of liability and defenses for an attempt to commit an explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime are the same as those specified in subsections (b) and (c) of Sections 13A-4-2 and 13A-4-5.
(c) An attempt to commit an explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime shall be punished the same as the explosives or destructive device crime attempted.
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-198 - Explosives or Destructive Device or Bacteriological or Biological Weapons Crime - Conspiracy.

Section 13A-10-198
Explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime - Conspiracy.
(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to conspire to commit an explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime as contained in Act 2009-718. A person is guilty of criminal conspiracy to commit an explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime if he or she intentionally engages in the conduct defined in subsection (a) of Section 13A-4-3, and the object of the conspiracy is an explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime as contained in Act 2009-718.
(b) The principles of liability and defenses for criminal conspiracy to commit an explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime shall be the same as those specified in subsections (b) to (f), inclusive, of Section 13A-4-3 and Sections 13A-4-4 and 13A-4-5.
(c) A conspiracy to commit an explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime shall be punished the same as the explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime that is the object of the conspiracy.
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-199 - Hinderance or Obstruction During Detection, Disarming, or Destruction of Destructive Device or Weapon.

Section 13A-10-199
Hinderance or obstruction during detection, disarming, or destruction of destructive device or weapon.
(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly hinder or obstruct an explosive ordnance disposal or technician or bomb technician, law enforcement officer, fire official, emergency management official, animal trained to detect destructive devices or bacteriological or biological weapons, or a robot or mechanical device designed or utilized by a law enforcement officer, fire official, or emergency management official of this state or of the United States in the detection, disarming, or destruction of a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon.
(b) A person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class C felony.
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-200 - Possession, Distribution, etc., of Destructive Device or Weapon Intended to Cause Injury or Destruction.

Section 13A-10-200
Possession, distribution, etc., of destructive device or weapon intended to cause injury or destruction.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess, transport, or receive or attempt to possess, transport, or receive a destructive device, explosive, or bacteriological or biological weapon with the knowledge or intent that it shall be used to kill or injure an individual or to destroy a public building. A person convicted of a violation of this subsection shall be guilty of a Class A felony.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and in addition to any other penalty imposed under the laws of this state or of the United States, any person who shall knowingly use or knowingly attempt to use a destructive device, explosive, or bacteriological or biological weapon to kill or injure any individual, including a public safety officer performing his or her duties as a direct or proximate result of a violation of Act 2009-718, or to knowingly destroy a public building, shall be guilty of a Class A felony and shall be imprisoned for not less than 20 years. In addition, a person convicted under subsection (a) or this subsection may also be fined the greater of the cost of replacing any property that is destroyed or two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). If the defendant is a corporation or other entity, the corporation or other entity shall be fined the greater of the cost of replacing any property which is destroyed or one million dollars ($1,000,000). The corporation or other entity may also be sentenced to perform not fewer than 20,000 nor more than 40,000 hours of community service.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and in addition to any other penalty imposed under the laws of this state or of the United States, no part of any sentence imposed pursuant to subsection (a) or subsection (b) shall be probated, deferred, suspended, or withheld and no person sentenced pursuant to subsection (a) or subsection (b) shall be eligible for early release, leave, work release, earned time, good time, or any other program administered by an agency of the executive or judicial branches of this state which would have the effect of reducing or mitigating the sentence until the defendant has completed the minimum sentence as provided by subsection (a) or subsection (b).
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-201 - Separate Offenses.

Section 13A-10-201
Separate offenses.
Each violation of the provisions of Act 2009-718 shall be considered a separate offense.
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-202 - Searches and Inspections.

Section 13A-10-202
Searches and inspections.
The director, the State Fire Marshal, or the designee of the director or the State Fire Marshal, or any law enforcement officer or fire official may conduct a search or inspection of all of the following:
(1) A person licensed to manufacture, possess, transport, sell, distribute, or use a destructive device or detonator within the state.
(2) A person licensed to manufacture, possess, transport, sell, distribute, or use pesticides.
(3) Any property where a pesticide, destructive device, or detonator is manufactured, possessed, transported, distributed, or used.
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-203 - Records of Destructive Devices, etc., and Reports of Loss or Theft.

Section 13A-10-203
Records of destructive devices, etc., and reports of loss or theft.
(a) It shall be the duty of any person authorized by subdivision (1) of Section 13A-10-205 to manufacture, possess, transport, distribute, or use a destructive device, detonator, explosive, or hoax device within the state to maintain records on the devices and to report promptly the loss or theft of a destructive device, detonator, explosive, or hoax device to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.
(b) Failure to maintain the records or to promptly report the loss shall be a Class C misdemeanor.
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-204 - Power to Compel Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Evidence.

Section 13A-10-204
Power to compel attendance of witnesses and production of evidence.
In any case where there is reason to believe that a destructive device, detonator, explosive, bacteriological or biological weapon, or hoax device has been manufactured, possessed, transported, distributed, or used in violation of Act 2009-718 or that there has been an attempt or a conspiracy to commit a violation, the Attorney General, any district attorney, or the persons as may be designated in writing by these officials shall have the same power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence before the official in the same manner as the State Fire Marshal or pursuant to the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure and the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure.
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-205 - Excluded Persons and Activities.

Section 13A-10-205
Excluded persons and activities.
Sections 13A-10-193, 13A-10-195, 13A-10-196, and 13A-10-200 shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) A person authorized to manufacture, possess, transport, distribute, or use a destructive device or detonator pursuant to the laws of the United States, as amended, or when the person is acting in accordance with the laws and any regulations issued pursuant thereto.
(2) A person licensed as a blaster by the State Fire Marshal, when the blaster is acting in accordance with the laws of the state and any regulations promulgated thereunder and any ordinances and regulations of the political subdivision or authority of the state where blasting operations are being performed.
(3) Fireworks and any person authorized by the laws of this state and of the United States to manufacture, possess, distribute, transport, store, exhibit, display, or use fireworks when acting in accordance with the laws and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
(4) A law enforcement, fire service, or emergency management agency of this state, any agency or authority of a political subdivision of this state, or the United States and any employee or authorized agent thereof while in the performance of official duties and any law enforcement officer, fire official, or emergency management official of the United States or any other state while attending training in this state.
(5) The Armed Forces of the United States or of this state.
(6) Research or educational programs conducted by or on behalf of a college, university, or secondary school which have been authorized by the chief executive officer of the educational institution or his or her designee and which are conducted in accordance with the laws of the United States and of this state.
(7) The use of explosive materials in medicines and medicinal agents in forms prescribed by the most recent published edition of the official United States Pharmacopoeia or the National Formulary.
(8) Small arms ammunition and reloading components thereof.
(9) Commercially manufactured black powder in quantities not to exceed 50 pounds, percussion caps, safety and pyrotechnic fuses, quills, quick and slow matches, and friction primers which is or are intended to be used solely for sporting, recreational, or cultural purposes in black powder firearms or antique firearms or antique devices.
(10) An explosive which is lawfully possessed in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to Section 13A-10-206.
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-206 - Use of Explosives for Legitimate Agricultural Activities.

Section 13A-10-206
Use of explosives for legitimate agricultural activities.
After consultation with the State Fire Marshal or the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, or his or her designee, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency may except by rule and provide for any explosive or quantity of explosive to be used in legitimate agricultural activities. A copy of the rule shall promptly be furnished to the State Fire Marshal and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-208 - Exclusions for Lawfully Intended Purposes.

Section 13A-10-208
Exclusions for lawfully intended purposes.
(a) Photographs, videotapes, or other identification or analysis of a destructive device, explosive, poison gas, detonator, or bacteriological or biological weapon duly identified by an explosive ordnance disposal technician or a person qualified as a forensic expert in the area of destructive devices or bacteriological or biological weapons shall be admissible in a civil or criminal trial in lieu of the destructive device, detonator, or bacteriological or biological weapon.
(b) If a destructive device, explosive, poison gas, detonator, or bacteriological or biological weapon which has been rendered safe is introduced into evidence in any criminal or civil action, it shall be the duty of the clerk of court, the court reporter of the court, or any other person authorized by the court to immediately photograph the same and to transfer custody of the destructive device, explosive, detonator, or bacteriological or biological weapon to the director or his or her designee or an explosive ordnance disposal technician.
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-209 - Exclusions for Lawfully Intended Purposes.

Section 13A-10-209
Exclusions for lawfully intended purposes.
The provisions of Act 2009-718 shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) Fertilizers, propellant activated devices, or propellant activated industrial tools manufactured, imported, distributed, or used for their lawfully intended purposes.
(2) A pesticide which is manufactured, stored, transported, distributed, possessed, or used in accordance with Chapter 7 of Title 2, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 61 Stat. 163, as amended, and the Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act of 1972, Pub. L. 92-516, as amended.
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §20.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration. › Article 9 - Biological and Bacteriological Weapons. › Section 13A-10-210 - Criminal Possession of Explosives.

Section 13A-10-210
Criminal possession of explosives.
Any criminal act committed by a person, any civil action initiated by any party, or pending criminal or civil matter relating to Section 13A-7-44, or as a result of a person's conduct attributed to Section 13A-7-44, is hereby saved and may be continued and consummated according to the law in force when it was commenced. Furthermore, it is the intent of this section that the enactment of Act 2009-718 shall not be construed to affect any prosecution of any criminal or civil proceeding pending or begun before August 1, 2009, and Section 13A-7-44 is repealed as a result thereof.
(Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §24.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety. › Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency. › Section 13A-11-1 - Definitions.

Section 13A-11-1
Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this article:
(1) OBSTRUCT. To "obstruct" means to render impassable without unreasonable inconvenience or hazard. A gathering of persons to hear a person speak or otherwise communicate does not constitute an obstruction.
(2) PUBLIC PLACE. A place to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access, and includes but is not limited to highways, transportation facilities, schools, places of amusement, parks, playgrounds and hallways, lobbies and other portions of apartment houses not constituting rooms or apartments designed for actual residence; provided, that no private dwelling and no place engaged for a private gathering is included within the meaning of public place with respect to any person specifically invited therein.
(3) TRANSPORTATION FACILITY. Any conveyance, premises or place used for or in connection with public passenger transportation, whether by air, railroad, motor vehicle or any other method. It includes aircraft, water craft, railroad cars, buses and air, boat, railroad and bus terminals and stations and all appurtenances thereto.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5501.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety. › Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency. › Section 13A-11-2 - Treason.

Section 13A-11-2
Treason.
(a) A person commits the crime of treason if he levies war against the State of Alabama or adheres to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort.
(b) No person shall be convicted of treason unless upon the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act or upon confession in open court.
(c) Treason is a Class A felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5505.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety. › Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency. › Section 13A-11-3 - Riot.

Section 13A-11-3
Riot.
(a) A person commits the crime of riot if, with five or more other persons, he wrongfully engages in tumultuous and violent conduct and thereby intentionally or recklessly causes or creates a grave risk of public terror or alarm.
(b) Riot is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5510.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety. › Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency. › Section 13A-11-4 - Inciting to Riot.

Section 13A-11-4
Inciting to riot.
(a) A person commits the crime of inciting to riot if he commands, solicits, incites or urges another person to engage in tumultuous and violent conduct of a kind likely to cause or create a grave risk of public terror or alarm.
(b) Inciting to riot is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5511; Acts 1978, No. 770, p. 1110.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety. › Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency. › Section 13A-11-5 - Unlawful Assembly.

Section 13A-11-5
Unlawful assembly.
(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful assembly if he assembles with five or more other persons for the purpose of engaging in conduct constituting the crime of riot or if, being present at an assembly that either has or develops such a purpose, he remains there with intent to advance that purpose.
(b) Unlawful assembly is a Class B misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5515.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety. › Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency. › Section 13A-11-6 - Failure of Disorderly Persons to Disperse.

Section 13A-11-6
Failure of disorderly persons to disperse.
(a) A person commits the crime of failure of a disorderly person to disperse if he participates with five or more other persons in a course of disorderly conduct likely to cause substantial harm or serious inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, and intentionally refuses or fails to disperse when ordered to do so by a peace officer or other public servant lawfully engaged in executing or enforcing the law.
(b) Failure of a disorderly person to disperse is a Class B misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5520.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety. › Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency. › Section 13A-11-7 - Disorderly Conduct.

Section 13A-11-7
Disorderly conduct.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-133 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2023. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING.
(a) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he or she does any of the following:
(1) Engages in fighting or in violent tumultuous or threatening behavior.
(2) Makes unreasonable noise.
(3) In a public place uses abusive or obscene language or makes an obscene gesture.
(4) Without lawful authority, disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting of persons.
(5) Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic, or a transportation facility.
(6) Congregates with other person in a public place and refuses to comply with a lawful order of law enforcement to disperse.
(b) Disorderly conduct is a Class C misdemeanor.
(c) It shall be a rebuttable presumption that the mere carrying of a visible pistol, holstered or secured, in a public place, in and of itself, is not a violation of this section.
(d) Nothing in Act 2013-283 shall be construed to prohibit law enforcement personnel who have reasonable suspicion from acting to prevent a breach of the peace or from taking action to preserve public safety.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5525; Act 2013-283, p. 938, §§2, 10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety. › Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency. › Section 13A-11-8 - Harassment or Harassing Communications.

Section 13A-11-8
Harassment or harassing communications.
(a)(1) HARASSMENT. A person commits the crime of harassment if, with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm another person, he or she either:
a. Strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise touches a person or subjects him or her to physical contact.
b. Directs abusive or obscene language or makes an obscene gesture towards another person.
(2) For purposes of this section, harassment shall include a threat, verbal or nonverbal, made with the intent to carry out the threat, that would cause a reasonable person who is the target of the threat to fear for his or her safety.
(3) Harassment is a Class C misdemeanor.
(b)(1) HARASSING COMMUNICATIONS. A person commits the crime of harassing communications if, with intent to harass or alarm another person, he or she does any of the following:
a. Communicates with a person, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, telegraph, mail, or any other form of written or electronic communication, in a manner likely to harass or cause alarm.
b. Makes a telephone call, whether or not a conversation ensues, with no purpose of legitimate communication.
c. Telephones another person and addresses to or about such other person any lewd or obscene words or language.
Nothing in this section shall apply to legitimate business telephone communications.
(2) Harassing communications is a Class C misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5530; Acts 1978, No. 770, p. 1110, §1; Acts 1979, No. 79-471, p. 862, §1; Acts 1996, No. 96-767, p. 1353, §1; Acts 1997, No. 97-552, p. 989, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety. › Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency. › Section 13A-11-9 - Loitering.

Section 13A-11-9
Loitering.
(a) A person commits the crime of loitering if he or she does any of the following:
(1) Loiters, remains, or wanders about in a public place for the purpose of begging.
(2) Loiters or remains in a public place for the purpose of gambling.
(3) Loiters or remains in a public place for the purpose of engaging or soliciting another person to engage in prostitution or sodomy.
(4) Being masked, loiters, remains, or congregates in a public place.
(5) Loiters or remains in or about a school, college, or university building or grounds after having been told to leave by any authorized official of the school, college, or university, not having any reason or relationship involving custody of or responsibility for a pupil or any other specific, legitimate reason for being there, and not having written permission from a school, college or university administrator.
(6) Loiters or remains in any transportation facility, unless specifically authorized to do so, for the purpose of soliciting or engaging in any business, trade, or commercial transactions involving the sale of merchandise or services.
(7) Loiters or remains in any place with one or more persons for the purpose of unlawfully using or possessing a dangerous drug.
(b) A person does not commit a crime under subdivision (a)(4) if he or she is going to or from or staying at a masquerade party, or is participating in a public parade or presentation of an educational, religious, or historical character or in an event as defined in Section 13A-11-140.
(c) Sodomy in subdivision (a)(3) is defined as in Section 13A-6-60.
(d) Dangerous drug in subdivision (a)(7) means any narcotic, drug, or controlled substance as defined in Chapter 2 of Title 20 and any schedule incorporated therein.
(e) Loitering is a violation.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5540; Act 2019-465, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety. › Article 1 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency. › Section 13A-11-10 - Public Intoxication.

Section 13A-11-10
Public intoxication.
(a) A person commits the crime of public intoxication if he appears in a public place under the influence of alcohol, narcotics or other drug to the degree that he endangers himself or another person or property, or by boisterous and offensive conduct annoys another person in his vicinity.
(b) Public intoxication is a violation.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5545.)