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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 6 - Offenses Involving Danger to the Person. › Article 11 - Additional Sexual Offenses. › Section 13A-6-240 - Distributing a Private Image With Intent to Harass, Threaten, Coerce, or Intimidate the Person Depicted.

Section 13A-6-240
Distributing a private image with intent to harass, threaten, coerce, or intimidate the person depicted.
(a) A person commits the crime of distributing a private image if he or she knowingly posts, emails, texts, transmits, or otherwise distributes a private image with the intent to harass, threaten, coerce, or intimidate the person depicted when the depicted person has not consented to the transmission and the depicted person had a reasonable expectation of privacy against transmission of the private image.
(b) For purposes of this section, private image means a photograph, digital image, video, film, or other recording of a person who is identifiable from the recording itself or from the circumstances of its transmission and who is engaged in any act of sadomasochistic abuse, sexual intercourse, sexual excitement, masturbation, breast nudity, as defined in Section 13A-12-190, genital nudity, or other sexual conduct. The term includes a recording that has been edited, altered, or otherwise manipulated from its original form.
(c)(1) For purposes of this section, a reasonable expectation of privacy includes, but is not limited to, either of the following circumstances:
a. The person depicted in the private image created it or consented to its creation believing that it would remain confidential.
b. The sexual conduct depicted in the image was involuntary.
(2) There is no reasonable expectation of privacy against the transmission of a private image made voluntarily in a public or commercial setting.
(d) It is a defense to distributing a private image if the distribution of the private image was made in the public interest, including, but not limited to, the reporting of unlawful conduct; the lawful and common practices of law enforcement, legal proceedings, or medical treatment; or a bona fide attempt to prevent further distribution of the private image.
(e) A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor. A subsequent adjudication or conviction under this section is a Class C felony.
(Act 2017-414, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 6 - Offenses Involving Danger to the Person. › Article 11 - Additional Sexual Offenses. › Section 13A-6-241 - Sexual Extortion.

Section 13A-6-241
Sexual extortion.
(a) A person commits the crime of sexual extortion if he or she knowingly causes or attempts to cause another person to engage in sexual intercourse, sodomy, sexual contact, or in a sexual act or to produce any photograph, digital image, video, film, or other recording of any person, whether recognizable or not, engaged in any act of sadomasochistic abuse, sexual intercourse, sodomy, sexual excitement, masturbation, breast nudity, genital nudity, or other sexual conduct by communicating any threat to injure the body, property, or reputation of any person.
(b) Sexual extortion is a Class B felony.
(Act 2017-414, §2; Act 2019-465, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 6 - Offenses Involving Danger to the Person. › Article 11 - Additional Sexual Offenses. › Section 13A-6-242 - Assault With Bodily Fluids.

Section 13A-6-242
Assault with bodily fluids.
(a) A person commits the crime of assault with bodily fluids if he or she knowingly causes or attempts to cause another person to come into contact with a bodily fluid unless the other person consented to the contact or the contact was necessary to provide medical care.
(b) For purposes of this section, a bodily fluid is blood, saliva, seminal fluid, mucous fluid, urine, or feces.
(c) Assault with bodily fluids is a Class A misdemeanor; provided, however, a violation of this section is a Class C felony if the person commits the crime of assault with bodily fluids knowing that he or she has a communicable disease.
(Act 2017-414, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 6 - Offenses Involving Danger to the Person. › Article 11 - Additional Sexual Offenses. › Section 13A-6-243 - Directing a Child to Engage in Sexual Intercourse or Sodomy.

Section 13A-6-243
Directing a child to engage in sexual intercourse or sodomy.
(a)(1) A person commits the crime of directing a child to engage in sexual intercourse or sodomy if he or she knowingly entices, allures, persuades, induces, or directs any person under the age of 12 years to engage in sexual intercourse or sodomy with another person.
(2) Directing a child to engage in sexual intercourse or sodomy is a Class A felony.
(b)(1) A person commits the crime of directing a child to engage in sexual contact if he or she knowingly entices, allures, persuades, induces, or directs any person under the age of 12 years to engage in sexual contact with another person.
(2) A violation of this section is a Class B felony.
(Act 2017-414, §4; Act 2019-465, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 1 - Burglary and Criminal Trespass. › Section 13A-7-1 - Definitions.

Section 13A-7-1
Definitions.
The following definitions are applicable to this article:
(1) BUILDING. Any structure which may be entered and utilized by persons for business, public use, lodging or the storage of goods, and such term includes any vehicle, aircraft or watercraft used for the lodging of persons or carrying on business therein, and such term includes any railroad box car or other rail equipment or trailer or tractor trailer or combination thereof. Where a building consists of two or more units separately occupied or secure, each shall be deemed both a separate building and a part of the main building.
(2) DWELLING. A building which is used or normally used by a person for sleeping, living or lodging therein.
(3) ENTER OR REMAIN UNLAWFULLY. A person "enters or remains unlawfully" in or upon premises when he is not licensed, invited or privileged to do so. A person who, regardless of his intent, enters or remains in or upon premises which are at the time open to the public does so with license and privilege unless he defies a lawful order not to enter or remain, personally communicated to him by the owner of such premises or other authorized person. A license or privilege to enter or remain in a building which is partly open to the public is not a license or privilege to enter or remain in that part of the building which is not open to the public. A person who enters or remains upon unimproved and apparently unused land, which is neither fenced nor otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders, does so with license and privileges unless notice against trespass is personally communicated to him by the owner of such land or other authorized person, or unless such notice is given by posting in a conspicuous manner.
(4) POSTING IN A CONSPICUOUS MANNER. A sign or signs posted on the property, reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders, indicating that entry is forbidden or the placement of identifying purple paint marks on trees or posts on the property, provided that the marks satisfy all of the following:
a. Are vertical lines of not less than eight inches in length and not less than one inch in width.
b. Are placed so that the bottom of the mark is not less than three feet from the ground or more than five feet from the ground.
c. Are placed at locations that are readily visible to any person approaching the property and are no more than 100 feet apart on forest land or 1,000 feet apart on land other than forest land.
(5) PREMISES. Such term includes any "building," as herein defined, and any real property.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2601; Acts 1983, No. 83-742, p. 1222; Act 2016-402, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 1 - Burglary and Criminal Trespass. › Section 13A-7-2 - Criminal Trespass in the First Degree.

Section 13A-7-2
Criminal trespass in the first degree.
(a) A person is guilty of criminal trespass in the first degree if he knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling or on the premises of any cultivator or processor, as those terms are defined in Section 20-2A-3, or on the premises of any cultivation or processing operation that is part of an integrated facility, as defined in Section 20-2A-3.
(b) Criminal trespass in the first degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2605; Act 2021-450, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 1 - Burglary and Criminal Trespass. › Section 13A-7-3 - Criminal Trespass in the Second Degree.

Section 13A-7-3
Criminal trespass in the second degree.
(a) A person is guilty of criminal trespass in the second degree if he knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building or upon real property which is fenced or enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders.
(b) Criminal trespass in the second degree is a Class C misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2606.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 1 - Burglary and Criminal Trespass. › Section 13A-7-4 - Criminal Trespass in the Third Degree.

Section 13A-7-4
Criminal trespass in the third degree.
(a) A person is guilty of criminal trespass in the third degree when he knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in or upon premises.
(b) Criminal trespass in the third degree is a violation.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2607.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 1 - Burglary and Criminal Trespass. › Section 13A-7-4.1 - Criminal Trespass by Motor Vehicle.

Section 13A-7-4.1
Criminal trespass by motor vehicle.
(a) A person commits the offense of criminal trespass by motor vehicle when the person, after having been requested not to do so by a uniformed law enforcement officer or by a properly identified owner or an authorized agent of the owner, parks or stands an occupied or unoccupied motor vehicle in, or repeatedly drives a motor vehicle through or within, a parking area which is located on privately owned property and is provided by a merchant, a group of merchants, or a shopping center or other similar facility for customers if:
(1) The parking area is identified by at least one sign as specified in this paragraph, and if the parking area contains more than 150 parking spaces, then by at least one such sign for every 150 parking spaces, each such sign shall be substantially as follows:
Notice
Private Property
Entry restricted to our tenants, their customers, employees and invitees. Remaining after proper use is prohibited. Violators may be charged with trespassing.
Owner of Shopping Center
(2) And the motor vehicle is parked, is standing, or is being operated other than for the purpose of:
a. Transporting some person to or from the interior of the place of business of a merchant identified by the sign or signs in the parking area or to or from the interior of the shopping center or other facility so identified;
b. Making use of a telephone, vending machine, automatic teller machine, or other similar facility located in the parking area;
c. Meeting the requirements of a situation in which it has unexpectedly become impossible or impractical for the motor vehicle to continue to travel on the public roads; or
d. Carrying out an activity for which express permission has been given by the owner of the parking area or an authorized representative of the owner.
(b) A person who commits the offense of criminal trespass by motor vehicle shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine:
(1) Not to exceed $50.00 for the first such offense;
(2) Not to exceed $100.00 for the second such offense; and
(3) Not to exceed $150.00 for the third or subsequent such offense.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-664, p. 1280, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 1 - Burglary and Criminal Trespass. › Section 13A-7-4.2 - Trespass on a School Bus in the First Degree.

Section 13A-7-4.2
Trespass on a school bus in the first degree.
(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Charles "Chuck" Poland, Jr., Act.
(b) A person commits the crime of trespass on a school bus in the first degree if he or she is found guilty of doing any of the following:
(1) Intentionally demolishing, destroying, defacing, injuring, burning, or damaging any public school bus.
(2) Entering a public school bus while the door is open to load or unload students without a lawful purpose, while at a railroad grade crossing, or after being forbidden from doing so by the authorized school bus driver in charge of the bus, or upon demand of a principal of a school to which the bus is assigned or other duly authorized school system official.
(3) As an occupant of a public school bus, refusing to leave the bus on demand of the authorized school bus driver in charge of the bus, or upon demand of a principal of a school to which the bus is assigned or other duly authorized school system official.
(4) Intentionally stopping, impeding, delaying, or detaining any public school bus being operated for public school purposes with the intent to commit a crime therein.
(c) The crime of trespass on a school bus in the first degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) Subdivisions (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (b) do not apply to a child who is less than 12 years of age or to authorized school personnel who are boarding the school bus as a part of their job assignment.
(Act 2013-347, p. 1245, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 1 - Burglary and Criminal Trespass. › Section 13A-7-5 - Burglary in the First Degree.

Section 13A-7-5
Burglary in the first degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of burglary in the first degree if he or she knowingly and unlawfully enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling with intent to commit a crime therein, and, if, in effecting entry or while in dwelling or in immediate flight therefrom, the person or another participant in the crime:
(1) Is armed with explosives; or
(2) Causes physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime; or
(3) In effecting entry, is armed with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument or, while in the dwelling or immediate flight from the dwelling, uses or threatens the immediate use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument against another person. The use of or threatened use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument does not include the mere acquisition of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument during the burglary.
(b) Burglary in the first degree is a Class A felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2610; Acts 1979, No. 79-471, p. 862, §1; Act 2006-198, p. 286, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 1 - Burglary and Criminal Trespass. › Section 13A-7-6 - Burglary in the Second Degree.

Section 13A-7-6
Burglary in the second degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of burglary in the second degree if he or she knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building with intent to commit theft or a felony therein and, if in effecting entry or while in the building or in immediate flight therefrom, the person or another participant in the crime:
(1) Is armed with explosives; or
(2) Causes physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime; or
(3) In effecting entry, is armed with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument or, while in the building or in immediate flight from the building, uses or threatens the immediate use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument against another person. The use of or threatened use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument does not include the mere acquisition of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument during the burglary.
(b) In the alternative to subsection (a) of this section, a person commits the crime of burglary in the second degree if he or she unlawfully enters a lawfully occupied dwelling-house with intent to commit a theft or a felony therein.
(c) Burglary in the second degree is a Class B felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2611; Acts 1978, No. 770, p. 1110, §1; Acts 1979, No. 79-471, p. 862, §1; Act 2006-198, p. 286, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 1 - Burglary and Criminal Trespass. › Section 13A-7-7 - Burglary in the Third Degree.

Section 13A-7-7
Burglary in the third degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of burglary in the third degree if any of the following occur:
(1) He or she knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling with the intent to commit a crime therein;
(2) He or she knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in an occupied building with the intent to commit a crime therein; or
(3) He or she knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in an unoccupied building with the intent to commit a crime therein.
(b) Burglary in the third degree is a Class C felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2612; Acts 1979, No. 79-471, p. 862, §1; Act 2015-185, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 1 - Burglary and Criminal Trespass. › Section 13A-7-8 - Possession of Burglar's Tools.

Section 13A-7-8
Possession of burglar's tools.
(a) A person commits the crime of possession of burglar's tools if he:
(1) Possesses any explosive, tool, instrument or other article adapted, designed or commonly used for committing or facilitating the commission of an offense involving forcible entry into premises or theft by a physical taking; and
(2) Intends to use the thing possessed in the commission of an offense of the nature described in subdivision (a) (1) of this section.
(b) Possession of burglar's tools is a Class C felony. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2615.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 2 - Criminal Damage to Property. › Section 13A-7-20 - Definitions.

Section 13A-7-20
Definitions.
The definitions contained in Sections 13A-7-40 and 13A-8-1 are applicable in this article unless the context otherwise requires.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2701.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 2 - Criminal Damage to Property. › Section 13A-7-21 - Criminal Mischief in the First Degree.

Section 13A-7-21
Criminal mischief in the first degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of criminal mischief in the first degree if, with intent to damage property, and having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such a right, he or she inflicts damages to property:
(1) In an amount exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500); or
(2) By means of an explosion.
(b) Criminal mischief in the first degree is a Class C felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2705; Act 2003-355, p. 962, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 2 - Criminal Damage to Property. › Section 13A-7-22 - Criminal Mischief in the Second Degree.

Section 13A-7-22
Criminal mischief in the second degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of criminal mischief in the second degree if, with intent to damage property, and having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such a right, he or she inflicts damages to property in an amount which exceeds five hundred dollars ($500) but does not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(b)(1) Criminal mischief in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor punishable as provided by law.
(2) Upon a second conviction of criminal mischief in the second degree within a five-year period involving damage to a church or other religious building, or damage to property in a church or other religious building, the defendant shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence of not less than 10 days in jail and upon a third or subsequent conviction of criminal mischief in the second degree within a five-year period involving damage to a church or other religious building, or damage to property in a church or other religious building, the defendant shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence of not less than 30 days in jail.
(3) Upon conviction for criminal mischief in the second degree involving a church or other religious building or damage to property in a church or other religious building, the court shall order restitution as a first priority before the payment of fines, court costs, or other court ordered payments.
Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2706; Act 2003-355, p. 962, §1; Act 2015-78, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 2 - Criminal Damage to Property. › Section 13A-7-23 - Criminal Mischief in the Third Degree.

Section 13A-7-23
Criminal mischief in the third degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of criminal mischief in the third degree if, with intent to damage property, and having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such a right, he or she inflicts damages to property in an amount not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).
(b) Criminal mischief in the third degree is a Class B misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2707; Act 2003-355, p. 962, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 2 - Criminal Damage to Property. › Section 13A-7-23.1 - Desecration, Defacement, etc., of Memorial of Dead; Invasion or Mutilation of Corpse.

Section 13A-7-23.1
Desecration, defacement, etc., of memorial of dead; invasion or mutilation of corpse.
(a) Any person who willfully or maliciously injures, defaces, removes, or destroys any tomb, monument, gravestone, burial mound, earthen or shell monument containing human skeletal remains or associated burial artifacts, or other structure or thing placed or designed for a memorial of the dead, or any fence, railing, curb, or any enclosure for the protection or ornamentation of any tomb, monument, gravestone, burial mound, earthen or shell monument containing human skeletal remains or associated burial artifacts, or other structure before mentioned, or for any enclosure for the burial of the dead, or any person who willfully and wrongfully or maliciously destroys, removes, cuts, breaks, or injures any tree, shrub, plant, flower, decoration, or other real or personal property within any cemetery or graveyard shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Any person who willfully or maliciously desecrates, injures, defaces, removes, or destroys any tomb, monument, structure, or container of human remains, burial mound, earthen or shell monument containing human skeletal remains or associated burial artifacts, and invades or mutilates the human corpse or remains shall be guilty of a Class C felony and upon conviction the person shall be punished as provided by law.
(c) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to any person holding a permit issued by the Alabama Historical Commission pursuant to subsection (d), to anyone operating a cemetery under standard rules and regulations and maintenance procedures, or to any person otherwise authorized by law to remove or disturb a tomb, monument, grave marker, burial mound, earthen or shell monument, or similar structure, or its contents, as described in subsections (a) and (b), nor shall subsections (a) and (b) apply to any person authorized to take any action on municipal property.
(d) The Alabama Historical Commission, to provide for the lawful preservation, investigation, restoration, or relocation of human burial remains, human skeletal remains, or funerary objects, shall promulgate rules and regulations for the issuance of a permit and may issue a permit to persons or companies who seek to restore, preserve, or relocate human burial remains, human skeletal remains, funerary objects, or otherwise disturb, a place of burial.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-706, p. 1424; Acts 1993, No. 93-770, §1; Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-905, p. 201, §1; Act 2010-723, p. 1798, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 2 - Criminal Damage to Property. › Section 13A-7-24 - Criminal Tampering - Definitions.

Section 13A-7-24
Criminal tampering - Definitions.
The following definitions apply to Sections 13A-7-25 and 13A-7-26:
(1) TAMPER. To improperly interfere, meddle with or make an unwarranted alteration in the condition of property of another.
(2) PROPERTY. As used in the context of Sections 13A-7-25 and 13A-7-26, such term means any tangible or intangible property, real or personal, public or private, and includes the commodities and services of a utility nature, such as gas, electricity, steam and water.
(3) UTILITY. An enterprise which provides gas, electric, steam, water, sewage, transportation or communication services, cable and broadband services, and any institution that provides health and safety protection or other public services; it may be either publicly or privately owned.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2710; Act 2013-74, p. 155, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 2 - Criminal Damage to Property. › Section 13A-7-25 - Criminal Tampering in the First Degree.

Section 13A-7-25
Criminal tampering in the first degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of criminal tampering in the first degree if the person does any of the following:
(1) Having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such a right, intentionally causes substantial interruption or impairment of a service rendered to the public by a utility.
(2) Threatens an individual with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument with the intent to obstruct the operation of a utility. This subdivision only applies if the individual is working under the procedures and within the scope of his or her duties as an employee of the utility and has properly identified himself or herself when asked by stating his or her name, employer, and purpose of work.
(b) Criminal tampering in the first degree is a Class C felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2711; Act 2013-74, p. 155,§1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 2 - Criminal Damage to Property. › Section 13A-7-26 - Criminal Tampering in the Second Degree.

Section 13A-7-26
Criminal tampering in the second degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of criminal tampering in the second degree if, having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he has such a right, he:
(1) Intentionally tampers with property of another for the purpose of causing substantial inconvenience to that person or to another; or
(2) Intentionally tampers or makes connection with property of a utility.
(b) Criminal tampering in the second degree is a Class B misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2712.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 2 - Criminal Damage to Property. › Section 13A-7-27 - Criminal Use of Noxious Substance.

Section 13A-7-27
Criminal use of noxious substance.
(a) A person commits the crime of criminal use of a noxious substance if he knowingly deposits on the land or in the building or vehicle of another, without his consent, any stink bomb or device, irritant or offensive-smelling substance, with the intent to interfere with another's use of the land, building or vehicle.
(b) Criminal use of a noxious substance is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2715.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 2 - Criminal Damage to Property. › Section 13A-7-28 - Criminal Possession of Noxious Substances.

Section 13A-7-28
Criminal possession of noxious substances.
(a) A person commits the crime of criminal possession of noxious substances if he possesses, manufactures or transports any stink bomb or device, irritant, offensive-smelling or injurious substance, and intends that the injurious article or substance be used in the commission of any crime.
(b) Criminal possession of noxious substances is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2720.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 3 - Arson and Explosives. › Section 13A-7-40 - Definitions.

Section 13A-7-40
Definitions.
The following definitions are applicable to this article:
(1) BUILDING. As used in this article, such term means any structure which may be entered and utilized by persons for business, public use, lodging or the storage of goods, and includes any vehicle, railway car, aircraft or watercraft used for the lodging of persons or for carrying on business therein. Where a building consists of two or more units separately secured or occupied, each unit shall not be deemed a separate building.
(2) EXPLOSIVES. Any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion and which contains any oxidizing and combustive units or other ingredients in such proportions, quantities or packing that an ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by detonator or by chemical action of any part of the compound or mixture may cause a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects or of destroying life or limb.
(3) EXPLOSION. A rapid, sudden and violent expansion of air or relinquishment of energy with resultant pressures that are capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects or of destroying life or limb. "Explosion" includes, but is not limited to, a sudden and rapid combustion, causing violent expansion of the air, or the sudden bursting or breaking up or in pieces from an internal or other force. "Explosion" is not limited to cases caused by combustion or fire, but it may result from decomposition or chemical action.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2801.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 3 - Arson and Explosives. › Section 13A-7-41 - Arson in the First Degree.

Section 13A-7-41
Arson in the first degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of arson in the first degree if he intentionally damages a building by starting or maintaining a fire or causing an explosion, and when:
(1) Another person is present in such building at the time, and
(2) The actor knows that fact, or the circumstances are such as to render the presence of a person therein a reasonable possibility.
(b) Arson in the first degree is a Class A felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2805.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 3 - Arson and Explosives. › Section 13A-7-42 - Arson in the Second Degree.

Section 13A-7-42
Arson in the second degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of arson in the second degree if he intentionally damages a building by starting or maintaining a fire or causing an explosion.
(b) A person does not commit a crime under subsection (a) if:
(1) No person other than himself has a possessory or proprietary interest in the building damaged; or if other persons have those interests, all of them consented to his conduct; and
(2) His sole intent was to destroy or damage the building for a lawful and proper purpose.
(c) The burden of injecting the issue of justification in subsection (b) is on the defendant, but this does not shift the burden of proof.
(d) A person commits the crime of arson in the second degree if he intentionally starts or maintains a fire or causes an explosion which damages property in a detention facility or a penal facility, as defined in Section 13A-10-30, with reckless disregard (because of the nature or extent of the damage caused or which would have been caused but for the intervention of others) for the safety of others.
(e) Arson in the second degree is a Class B felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2806; Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-177, p. 346.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 3 - Arson and Explosives. › Section 13A-7-43 - Arson in the Third Degree.

Section 13A-7-43
Arson in the third degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of arson in the third degree if he recklessly damages a building by a fire or an explosion.
(b) A person does not commit a crime under this section if no person other than himself has a possessory or proprietary interest in the damaged building.
(c) The burden of injecting the issue of justification in subsection (b) is on the defendant, but this does not shift the burden of proof.
(d) Arson in the third degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2807.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 3 - Arson and Explosives. › Section 13A-7-44 - Criminal Possession of Explosives.

Section 13A-7-44
Criminal possession of explosives.
Repealed by Act 2009-718, p. 2115, §23, effective August 1, 2009.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2810.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Offenses. › Section 13A-7-60 - Unlawfully Taking Possession of or Going Back Into Possession of Real Estate After Dispossession Under Legal Process.

Section 13A-7-60
Unlawfully taking possession of or going back into possession of real estate after dispossession under legal process.
Any person having no title or bona fide claim of title thereto or right of possession, who enters upon any land, and on demand of the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof, refuses to surrender such possession, or any person or his privy, who, having been dispossessed of any real estate by an officer under legal process from any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter; or any person or his privy, who voluntarily surrenders possession of the lands as a result of a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction and goes back into the possession of such real estate by force or otherwise; or who, having regained possession of such real estate, holds the same by force or threats without having been restored to the possession of such real estate by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $200.00 nor more than $1,000.00, and imprisoned in the county jail for not less than six months; and one half of the fine shall go to the person for whose benefit the writ of possession is issued.
(Code 1896, §5608; Code 1907, §7829; Code 1923, §5556; Code 1940, T. 14, §428; Code 1975, §13-2-102.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Offenses. › Section 13A-7-61 - Allowing Stock to Run at Large Under Common Fence.

Section 13A-7-61
Allowing stock to run at large under common fence.
Any one of several persons occupying or cultivating lands under a common fence who turns stock of any kind into such inclosure, or knowingly suffers such stock to go at large therein without the consent of all the persons owning or cultivating such lands, shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than $5.00 nor more than $50.00, and also the amount of damages inflicted by the stock, which damages shall be held as a part of the penalty imposed by the court, and shall go to the party injured.
Whenever a conviction shall be had under this section, unless the full amount of the penalty is immediately paid, it shall be the duty of the sheriff, or other officer charged with the execution of the judgment of the court, to seize and hold the stock committing the trespass, and after giving five days' notice by posting at three or more public places in the neighborhood, to sell the same, and out of the proceeds to collect the amount of such penalty and costs; and the surplus shall be paid to the owner of such stock.
(Code 1876, §§4414, 4415; Code 1886, §§3878, 3879; Code 1896, §§5614, 5615; Code 1907, §§7835, 7836; Code 1923, §§5562, 5563; Code 1940, T. 14, §§434, 435; Code 1975, §13-2-106.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 7 - Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property. › Article 5 - Looting. › Section 13A-7-80 - Definitions; Penalties.

Section 13A-7-80
Definitions; penalties.
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following words have the following meaning:
(1) BUILDING. Any structure that may be entered and utilized by persons for business, public use, lodging, or the storage of goods. The term includes any vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft used for the lodging of persons or carrying on business therein and includes any railroad boxcar or other rail equipment or trailer or tractor trailer, or combination thereof. Where a building consists of two or more units separately occupied or secure, each shall be deemed both a separate building and a part of the main building.
(2) STATE OF EMERGENCY. When the Governor duly proclaims the existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by fire, flood, storm, epidemic, technological failure or accident, riot, drought, sudden and severe energy shortage, plant or animal infestation or disease, earthquake, explosion, terrorism, man-made disaster, or other conditions, other than conditions resulting from a labor controversy or conditions causing a state of war emergency, which, by reason of their magnitude, are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of any single county, city, or county and city and require the combined forces of a mutual aid region or regions to combat or an energy shortage which requires extraordinary measures beyond the authority vested in the Alabama Public Service Commission.
(b) A person commits the crime of looting if the person intentionally enters without authorization any building or real property during a state of emergency and obtains, exerts control over, damages, or removes the property of another person without lawful authority.
(c) The crime of looting is a Class C felony.
(d) The fact that a person may be subject to prosecution under this section shall not bar his or her prosecution or punishment for any other offense.
(Act 2012-316, p. 714, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 1 - Theft and Related Offenses. › Section 13A-8-2 - Theft of Property - Definition; Limitations Period.

Section 13A-8-2
Theft of property - Definition; limitations period.
(a) A person commits the crime of theft of property if he or she:
(1) Knowingly obtains or exerts unauthorized control over the property of another, with intent to deprive the owner of his or her property;
(2) Knowingly obtains by deception control over the property of another, with intent to deprive the owner of his or her property;
(3) Knowingly obtains or exerts control over property in the custody of a law enforcement agency which was explicitly represented to the person by an agent of the law enforcement agency as being stolen; or
(4) Knowingly obtains or exerts unauthorized control over any donated item left on the property of a charitable organization or in a drop box or trailer, or within 30 feet of a drop box or trailer, belonging to a charitable organization.
(b) The limitations period for any prosecution under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) does not commence or begin to accrue until the discovery of the facts constituting the deception, after which the prosecution shall be commenced within five years.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §3201; Act 2003-355, p. 962, §1; Act 2004-297, p. 419, §1; Act 2014-348, p. 1293, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 1 - Theft and Related Offenses. › Section 13A-8-2.1 - Aggravated Theft by Deception.

Section 13A-8-2.1
Aggravated theft by deception.
(a) A person commits the crime of aggravated theft by deception if he or she does any of the following:
(1) He or she commits a theft of foreign or domestic funds, cash, or cash equivalent, that includes, but is not limited to, stocks, bonds, investments, or retirement accounts, that exceeds two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) in value, if obtained by deception.
(2) He or she commits a theft of public funds or revenue of any state, county, or municipal government agency or department, or any governmental or political subdivision that exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in value, if obtained by deception.
(b) The limitations period for any prosecution under this section does not commence or begin to accrue until the discovery of the facts constituting the deception, after which the prosecution shall be commenced within six years.
(c) Aggravated theft by deception is a felony with a range of punishment of five to 30 years' imprisonment and a fine of up to sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) per violation.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, the maximum probation period shall not exceed 10 years unless otherwise authorized by law.
(e) A conviction for aggravated theft by deception shall be treated as a Class A or Class B felony for purposes of Section 15-18-8.
(f) A person may be charged with attempt, criminal solicitation, or criminal conspiracy to commit aggravated theft by deception if he or she engages in the conduct defined in Sections 13A-4-1, 13A-4-2, or 13A-4-3. A violation shall be punished the same as if the crime was completed pursuant to this section.
(Act 2019-513, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 1 - Theft and Related Offenses. › Section 13A-8-3 - Theft of Property in the First Degree.

Section 13A-8-3
Theft of property in the first degree.
(a) The theft of property which exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in value, or property of any value taken from the person of another, constitutes theft of property in the first degree.
(b) The theft of a motor vehicle, regardless of its value, constitutes theft of property in the first degree.
(c)(1) The theft of property which involves all of the following constitutes theft of property in the first degree:
a. The theft is a common plan or scheme by one or more persons; and
b. The object of the common plan or scheme is to sell or transfer the property to another person or business that buys the property with knowledge or reasonable belief that the property is stolen; and
c. The aggregate value of the property stolen is at least one thousand dollars ($1,000) within a 180-day period.
(2) If the offense under this subsection involves two or more counties, prosecution may be commenced in any one of those counties in which the offense occurred or in which the property was disposed.
(d) Theft of property in the first degree is a Class B felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §3202; Acts 1978, No. 770, p. 1110; Act 2003-355, p. 962, §1; Act 2006-561, p. 1298, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 1 - Theft and Related Offenses. › Section 13A-8-4 - Theft of Property in the Second Degree.

Section 13A-8-4
Theft of property in the second degree.
(a) The theft of property between one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) in value and two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in value, and which is not taken from the person of another, constitutes theft of property in the second degree.
(b) Theft of property in the second degree is a Class C felony.
(c) The theft of a firearm, rifle, or shotgun, regardless of its value, constitutes theft of property in the second degree.
(d) The theft of any substance controlled by Chapter 2 of Title 20 or any amendments thereto, regardless of value, constitutes theft of property in the second degree.
(e) The theft of any livestock which includes cattle, swine, equine or equidae, or sheep, regardless of their value, constitutes theft of property in the second degree.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §3203; Acts 1978, No. 770, p. 1110, §1; Acts 1979, No. 79-471, p. 862, §1; Acts 1992, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 92-682, p. 68, §1; Act 2003-355, p. 962, §1; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1; Act 2006-297, p. 608, §1; Act 2015-185, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 1 - Theft and Related Offenses. › Section 13A-8-4.1 - Theft of Property in the Third Degree.

Section 13A-8-4.1
Theft of property in the third degree.
(a) The theft of property that exceeds five hundred dollars ($500) in value but does not exceed one thousand four hundred and ninety-nine dollars ($1,499) in value, and which is not taken from the person of another, constitutes theft of property in the third degree.
(b) Theft of property in the third degree is a Class D felony.
(c) The theft of a credit card or a debit card, regardless of its value, constitutes theft of property in the third degree.
(Act 2015-185, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 1 - Theft and Related Offenses. › Section 13A-8-5 - Theft of Property in the Fourth Degree.

Section 13A-8-5
Theft of property in the fourth degree.
(a) The theft of property which does not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) in value and which is not taken from the person of another constitutes theft of property in the fourth degree.
(b) Theft of property in the fourth degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §3204; Acts 1978, No. 770, p. 1110; Acts 1992, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 92-682, p. 68, §2; Act 2003-355, p. 962, §1; Act 2015-185, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 1 - Theft and Related Offenses. › Section 13A-8-6 - Theft of Lost Property - Definition.

Section 13A-8-6
Theft of lost property - Definition.
A person commits the crime of theft of lost property if he actively obtains or exerts control over the property of another which he knows to have been lost or mislaid, or to have been delivered under a mistake as to the identity of the recipient or as to the nature or the amount of the property, and with intent to deprive the owner permanently of it, he fails to take reasonable measures to discover and notify the owner.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §3205.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 13A - Criminal Code. › Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft. › Article 1 - Theft and Related Offenses. › Section 13A-8-7 - Theft of Lost Property in the First Degree.

Section 13A-8-7
Theft of lost property in the first degree.
(a) The theft of lost property which exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in value constitutes theft of lost property in the first degree.
(b) Theft of lost property in the first degree is a Class B felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §3206; Act 2003-355, p. 962, §1.)