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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 11 - Offenses Concerning Prisoners and Prisons. › Article 3 - Cell Telephone Possession by Inmate. › Section 14-11-50 - Prohibited Activities; Violations.

Section 14-11-50
Prohibited activities; violations.
(a) Except as otherwise authorized by law, or when authorized by the person in charge of the prison or other institution subject to this section, or by an officer of the institution empowered to give that authorization, it shall be unlawful for an inmate to possess a cellular telephone, wireless communication device, or computer that allows the input, output, examination, or transfer of computer programs from one computer to another person or for any person to possess with the intent to deliver, or delivers, to an inmate in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections a cellular telephone, wireless communication device, or a computer that allows the input, output, examination, or transfer of computer programs from one computer to another person.
(b) An inmate in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections who by means of a cellular telephone, wireless communication device, or computer communication system that allows the input, output, examination, or transfer of computer programs from one computer to another person any message or information communicates with another person shall provide his or her identity and inmate identification number to the person.
(c) Except as otherwise authorized by law, or when authorized by the person in charge of the prison or other institution subject to this section, or by an officer of the institution empowered to give that authorization, it shall be unlawful for an employee of the Department of Corrections or other institution subject to this section to possess with the intent to deliver or delivery to an inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections a cellular telephone, wireless communication device, or computer that allows input, output, examination, or transfer of computer programs from one computer to another person.
(d) A violation of subsection (a), (b), or (c) shall be a Class C felony.
(e) This section may not be construed to repeal other criminal laws. Whenever conduct proscribed by this section is also proscribed by any other provision of law, the provision which carries the more serious penalty shall be applied.
(f) The Alabama Department of Corrections may enter into an agreement or contract to detect unauthorized inmate communications by cellular telephone or other wireless communication device.
(Act 2012-464, p. 1284, §§1, 3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 11 - Offenses Concerning Prisoners and Prisons. › Article 3 - Cell Telephone Possession by Inmate. › Section 14-11-51 - Confiscation of Devices; Notice.

Section 14-11-51
Confiscation of devices; notice.
(a) If a person visiting an inmate in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections, upon being searched or subjected to a metal detector, is found to be in possession of a cellular telephone, wireless communication device, or a computer communication system that allows the input, output, examination, or transfer of computer programs from one computer to another person, that device or computer shall be subject to confiscation.
(b) Notice of this provision shall be posted in each area where visitors are searched prior to visitation with an inmate in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections.
(Act 2012-464, p. 1284, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 11 - Offenses Concerning Prisoners and Prisons. › Article 4 - Social Networking by Inmates. › Section 14-11-70 - Prohibited Activities; Violations.

Section 14-11-70
Prohibited activities; violations.
(a) No inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections or city and county jails shall establish or maintain an account on any Internet-based social networking website.
(b) For purposes of this section, social networking website means an Internet-based website that has any of the following capabilities:
(1) Allows users to create web pages or profiles about themselves that are available to the general public or to any other users.
(2) Offers a mechanism for communication among users, such as a forum, chat room, electronic mail, or instant messaging.
(c) Any inmate or other person working in conjunction with a state correction's inmate who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
(Act 2012-514, p. 1530, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 12 - Schools at Correctional Units. › Section 14-12-1 - Conduct of Study as to Establishment and Operation of Schools at Units of Board of Corrections; Establishment and Operation of Schools.

Section 14-12-1
Conduct of study as to establishment and operation of schools at units of Board of Corrections; establishment and operation of schools.
The State Department of Education shall make a study, with the assistance of the Board of Corrections, of the requirements of establishing and operating schools at the various units of the Board of Corrections.
The State Department of Education shall establish and operate such schools when funds are provided for this purpose.
(Acts 1976, No. 585, p. 796, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 12 - Schools at Correctional Units. › Section 14-12-2 - Determination of Professional Units and Operating Expenses to Be Provided, Qualifications and Salaries of Teachers and Minimum Number of Hours of Weekly Student Attendance.

Section 14-12-2
Determination of professional units and operating expenses to be provided, qualifications and salaries of teachers and minimum number of hours of weekly student attendance.
(a) A formula for the determination of professional units and other operating expenses, based upon eligible students, shall be developed by the State Department of Education. An eligible student under this subsection shall be a person who has not graduated from an accredited high school and who is able to benefit from the instructional programs offered.
The total number of professional units provided shall be the sum total of units necessary for classroom teachers, vocational teachers, librarians, teachers of exceptional students, supervisors, counselors, principals and a director. Any funds provided for such units where such units are not employed shall revert to the Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund.
(b) The qualifications of teachers shall be determined by the State Department of Education and shall be similar to the qualifications of teachers in the regular schools.
(c) The State Department of Education in cooperation with the Board of Corrections shall determine the minimum number of hours a student must be in attendance each week.
(d) The minimum monthly salary rates for classroom teachers and special positions shall be in accordance with the current minimum salary schedule in effect in the regular public schools.
(e) Vocational teachers, counselors, supervisors and special education units shall be provided in addition to classroom teacher units in accordance with the policy of the State Board of Education for the allocation of such units in the regular public schools and in accordance with the ability of the Board of Corrections to provide adequate facilities for such programs and the ability of the students enrolled to benefit from such instruction. The facilities of the technical schools at Atmore and Speigner shall be used to the extent practicable.
(Acts 1976, No. 585, p. 796, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 12 - Schools at Correctional Units. › Section 14-12-3 - Persons Deemed Eligible to Attend Schools.

Section 14-12-3
Persons deemed eligible to attend schools.
All persons incarcerated in the Board of Corrections units who are not high school graduates shall be eligible to attend such school.
(Acts 1976, No. 585, p. 796, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 12 - Schools at Correctional Units. › Section 14-12-4 - Payment of Costs of Operating Schools; Preparation and Consideration of Annual Estimate of Costs.

Section 14-12-4
Payment of costs of operating schools; preparation and consideration of annual estimate of costs.
(a) The total costs of operating the schools authorized by this chapter shall be borne entirely by the state and shall be paid from the Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund.
(b) Such costs shall be considered annually, upon the recommendation of the State Department of Education, by the joint interim committee made up of the Ways and Means Committee of the House and the Finance and Taxation Committee of the Senate. An estimate of costs for the 1977-78 school year and each succeeding year shall be made to the above mentioned committee when the budget estimates are presented by the State Department of Education.
(Acts 1976, No. 585, p. 796, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 13 - Interstate Corrections Compact. › Section 14-13-3 - Authority of Commissioner of Department of Corrections to Carry Out Compact; Contracts With Other Member States.

Section 14-13-3
Authority of Commissioner of Department of Corrections to carry out compact; contracts with other member states.
The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections is hereby authorized and directed to do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular and he may in his discretion delegate this authority to an official designee. In order to develop an effective corrections policy, the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections is expressly authorized to enter into contracts with other states that have legally joined into the Interstate Corrections Compact as contained in Section 14-13-2. Said contract shall be negotiated between the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections or his designee and such authority as the other state shall legally designate to negotiate such contracts, and the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections is empowered to sign, obligate or otherwise consummate such contracts for the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-752, p. 1247, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 14 - Alabama Medical Furlough Act. › Section 14-14-2 - Definitions.

Section 14-14-2
Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections.
(2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Corrections.
(3) GERIATRIC INMATE. A person 55 years of age or older convicted in this state of a non-capital felony offense and sentenced to the penitentiary, who suffers from a chronic life-threatening infirmity, life-threatening illness, or chronic debilitating disease related to aging, who poses a low risk to the community, and who does not constitute a danger to himself or herself or society.
(4) PERMANENTLY INCAPACITATED INMATE. A state inmate who possesses a permanent, irreversible physical or mental health condition that prevents him or her from being able to perpetrate a violent physical action upon another person or self or initiate or participate in a criminal act. The medical or mental health treatment or need for assistance of such individual must require daily assistance from a caretaker or a long-term skilled medical or rehabilitation center to perform or assist with activities of daily living, such as ambulation, dressing, and bathing and/or must require medications or treatments, such as hemodialysis, to sustain life which require regular diagnostic tests to monitor therapeutic effectiveness. Long-term care and housing needs of such individual with a physical or mental health condition described above must have the potential to exceed the capabilities to provide such need within the confinement of a secure correctional facility within the department.
(5) TERMINALLY ILL INMATE. A person convicted of a non-capital felony offense who is sentenced to the penitentiary and who has an incurable condition caused by illness or disease which would, with reasonable medical judgment, produce death within 12 months, and who does not constitute a danger to himself or herself or society.
(Act 2008-550, p. 1193, §2; Act 2015-185, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 14 - Alabama Medical Furlough Act. › Section 14-14-3 - Eligibility for Furlough.

Section 14-14-3
Eligibility for furlough.
(a) No physical or medical condition that existed at the time of sentencing shall provide the basis for medical furlough under this chapter, unless the inmate has become permanently incapacitated or terminally ill after the date of sentencing. In considering an inmate's eligibility for medical furlough, the department shall take into consideration the age of the inmate at the time the crime was committed.
(b) No inmate shall be considered for medical furlough unless the inmate consents in writing to the release after a written explanation of the inmate's medical needs and the availability of medical services, unless the inmate is not capable of consent as determined by a medical professional.
(c) No inmate shall be considered for medical furlough unless he or she would be Medicaid or Medicare eligible at the time of release or a member of the inmate's family agrees in writing to assume financial responsibility for the inmate, including, but not limited to, the medical needs of the inmate.
(Act 2008-550, p. 1193, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 14 - Alabama Medical Furlough Act. › Section 14-14-6 - Review.

Section 14-14-6
Review.
This chapter shall not be deemed to grant any entitlement or right to release. Upon denial of release by the commissioner, the commissioner may schedule further review of consideration of medical furlough. No inmate or anyone acting on the inmate's behalf shall have the right to seek judicial review.
(Act 2008-550, p. 1193, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 14 - Alabama Medical Furlough Act. › Section 14-14-7 - Revocation of Medical Furlough.

Section 14-14-7
Revocation of medical furlough.
The commissioner may revoke a medical furlough granted pursuant to this chapter at his or her discretion.
(Act 2008-550, p. 1193, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 15 - Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act. › Section 14-15-2 - Applicability.

Section 14-15-2
Applicability.
This chapter shall apply to all pro se civil actions for money damages relating to terms and conditions of confinement brought under the laws of this state, or for injunctive, declaratory, or mandamus relief, brought by prisoners incarcerated in any state correctional facility. Nothing in this chapter shall apply to actions brought pursuant to the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure or pursuant to Section 15-21-1.
(Act 2013-115, p. 231, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 15 - Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act. › Section 14-15-3 - Definitions.

Section 14-15-3
Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES. Written policies adopted or approved by the Alabama Department of Corrections and any private company or contractor providing any services within any correctional facility which establish an internal procedure requiring an inmate to file a written complaint to the department, correctional authorities, or any private company or contractor prior to filing a pro se civil action for claims related to the conditions of confinement or the effect of actions by government officials on the lives of prisoners incarcerated in prison.
(2) AVAILABLE. All administrative remedies adopted or approved by the department and any private company or contractor providing any services within any correctional facility which address claims of the kind asserted by the prisoner even if the administrative remedies do not allow the prisoner the particular kind of relief sought.
(3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Corrections.
(Act 2013-115, p. 231, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 15 - Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act. › Section 14-15-5 - In Forma Pauperis Statuts.

Section 14-15-5
In forma pauperis statuts.
(a)(1) A prisoner seeking in forma pauperis status shall provide the court with a certified copy of his or her prisoner money account for the preceding 12 months.
(2) Any prisoner granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis shall repay any filing fees and pay any taxed costs by making monthly installments, until fully paid, equal to 20 percent of the prisoner's average monthly prisoner money balance for the prior 12 months, or a similarly determined amount if 12 months of account activity is not available.
(3) If the court determines the prisoner has had no deposits in his or her inmate trust account for the preceding 12 months, the court shall permit the prisoner to proceed without paying the filing fee and costs.
(4) In cases where in forma pauperis status is granted, the filing fee of a pro se civil action shall be taxed to the prisoner at the end of the case. The taxing of costs against a non-prevailing prisoner shall be at the court's discretion.
(5) Any prisoner failing to make any payment when due shall have his or her case dismissed without prejudice.
(b) The court shall deny in forma pauperis status to any prisoner who has had three or more pro se civil actions or appeals dismissed by any federal or state court for being frivolous, malicious, or for failure to state a claim, unless the prisoner shows that he or she is in imminent danger of serious physical injury at the time of filing his or her motion for judgment, or the court determines that it would be manifest injustice to deny in forma pauperis.
(Act 2013-115, p. 231, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 15 - Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act. › Section 14-15-6 - Service Requirements.

Section 14-15-6
Service requirements.
(a) In any pro se action in which any defendant is the State of Alabama or one of its officers, employees, or agents, upon the grant of in forma pauperis status or receipt of the filing fee and costs, the prisoner shall serve the office of the Attorney General with a copy of the motion for judgment and all necessary supporting papers. Additionally, if the pro se action named the department or any of its officials, employees, or agents as a respondent or defendant, the prisoner shall also serve the Legal Division of the department with a copy of the action. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to eliminate the prisoner's duty under the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure to personally serve individual defendants or respondents named as parties.
(b) The office of the Attorney General or the department shall file responsive pleadings within 60 days of receipt of the notice.
(c) A pro se prisoner's failure to state his or her claims in a written motion for judgment plainly stating facts sufficient to support his or her cause of action, accompanied by all necessary supporting documentation, may be grounds for dismissal of the action.
(Act 2013-115, p. 231, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 15 - Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act. › Section 14-15-7 - Oral Arguments; Subpoenas; Discovery.

Section 14-15-7
Oral arguments; subpoenas; discovery.
(a) Oral argument on any motion in any prisoner pro se civil action shall be heard orally only at the request of the court. Whenever possible, the court shall rule upon the record before it.
(b) No pro se prisoner shall be permitted to request subpoenas for witnesses or documents, or file discovery requests, until the court has ruled upon any motion to dismiss or other dispositive motion.
(c) Where a pro se case proceeds past the initial dispositive motion phase, the court shall require the prisoner seeking discovery to demonstrate that his or her requests are relevant and material to the issues in the case.
(d)(1) No subpoena for witnesses or documents shall be issued unless a judge of the court has reviewed the subpoena request and specifically authorized a subpoena to be issued.
(2) The court shall exercise its discretion in determining the scope of the subpoena and may condition its issuance on such terms as the court finds appropriate.
(3) The court shall take into account the burden placed upon the object of the subpoena in relation to the needs of the case, the amount in controversy, and the importance of the issues at stake in the litigation.
(Act 2013-115, p. 231, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 15 - Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act. › Section 14-15-8 - Maintenance of Records.

Section 14-15-8
Maintenance of records.
(a) All records maintained by the department in the name of an individual prisoner, including medical records, shall be the property of the department.
(b) In any pro se civil action subject to this chapter, where the State of Alabama, an agency of the State of Alabama, an employee of the State of Alabama, or a private contractor providing services to the department is named as a defendant, the commissioner of the department may share any records maintained in the name of the prisoner filing suit with counsel representing the above-named defendants.
(Act 2013-115, p. 231, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 15 - Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act. › Section 14-15-9 - Damages.

Section 14-15-9
Damages.
(a) Damages awarded to a prisoner in connection with a pro se civil action brought against any prison or against any official or agent of such prison shall be paid directly to satisfy any outstanding restitution orders pending against the prisoner. Any remaining amounts shall be forwarded to the prisoner.
(b) Prior to payment of any damages, reasonable efforts shall be made to notify the victims of the crime for which the prisoner was convicted and incarcerated concerning the pending payment of any damages.
(Act 2013-115, p. 231, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Section 15-1-2 - Limits on Interviews of Victims of Sexual Abuse or Exploitation Under 12 Years of Age; Confidentiality of Court Records of Victims Under 18 Years of Age.

Section 15-1-2
Limits on interviews of victims of sexual abuse or exploitation under 12 years of age; confidentiality of court records of victims under 18 years of age.
(a) The presiding judge of a judicial circuit, after consultation with the district attorney for the judicial circuit may provide for reasonable limits on the number of interviews a victim of sexual abuse or exploitation, who is under 12 years of age, must submit to for law enforcement or other purposes. The judge shall, to the extent possible, protect the victim from the psychological damage of repeated interrogation while preserving the rights of the public, the victim, and the person charged with the violation.
(b) The court records of a child under the age of 18 years who is a victim of sexual abuse or exploitation shall not be open to the public, but shall be kept in the same manner as juvenile offender records are kept.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-742, p. 1192.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 15-2-1 - All Persons Liable for Offenses Committed in Alabama; Exception.

Section 15-2-1
All persons liable for offenses committed in Alabama; exception.
Every person, whether an inhabitant of the State of Alabama or of any other state or country, is liable to punishment by the laws of Alabama for an offense committed in the state, except when it is by law exclusively cognizable in the United States courts.
(Code 1852, §392; Code 1867, §3940; Code 1876, §4631; Code 1886, §3703; Code 1896, §4967; Code 1907, §7224; Code 1923, §4890; Code 1940, T. 15, §90.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 15-2-2 - Venue - County Where Offense Committed.

Section 15-2-2
Venue - County where offense committed.
Unless otherwise provided by law, the venue of all public offenses is in the county in which the offense was committed.
(Code 1852, §393; Code 1867, §3941; Code 1876, §4632; Code 1886, §3716; Code 1896, §4968; Code 1907, §7225; Code 1923, §4891; Code 1940, T. 15, §91.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 15-2-3 - Venue - Offense Commenced in State and Consummated Elsewhere.

Section 15-2-3
Venue - Offense commenced in state and consummated elsewhere.
When the commission of an offense commenced in the State of Alabama is consummated without the boundaries of the state, the offender is liable to punishment therefor in Alabama; and venue in such case is in the county in which the offense was commenced, unless otherwise provided by law.
(Code 1852, §395; Code 1867, §3943; Code 1876, §4634; Code 1886, §3718; Code 1896, §4970; Code 1907, §7227; Code 1923, §4893; Code 1940, T. 15, §93.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 15-2-4 - Venue - Offense Commenced Outside State and Consummated Within State.

Section 15-2-4
Venue - Offense commenced outside state and consummated within state.
When the commission of an offense commenced elsewhere is consummated within the boundaries of the State of Alabama, the offender is liable to punishment in Alabama, although he was out of the state at the commission of the offense charged, if he consummated it in this state through the intervention of an innocent or guilty agent or by any other means proceeding directly from himself; and venue in such case is in the county in which the offense was consummated, unless otherwise provided by law.
(Code 1852, §394; Code 1867, §3942; Code 1876, §4633; Code 1886, §3717; Code 1896, §4969; Code 1907, §7226; Code 1923, §4892; Code 1940, T. 15, §92.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 15-2-5 - Venue - Stolen Property Brought Into State.

Section 15-2-5
Venue - Stolen property brought into state.
When property is stolen elsewhere and brought into the State of Alabama, venue is in any county into which the property is brought.
(Code 1852, §399; Code 1867, §3947; Code 1876, §4638; Code 1886, §3722; Code 1896, §4974; Code 1907, §7231; Code 1923, §4897; Code 1940, T. 15, §97.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 15-2-6 - Venue - Offense Committed in More Than One County.

Section 15-2-6
Venue - Offense committed in more than one county.
When an offense is committed partly in one county and partly in another or the acts or effects thereof constituting or requisite to the consummation of the offense occur in two or more counties, venue is in either county.
(Code 1852, §396; Code 1867, §3944; Code 1876, §4635; Code 1886, §3719; Code 1896, §4971; Code 1907, §7228; Code 1923, §4894; Code 1940, T. 15, §94.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 15-2-7 - Venue - Offense Committed on or Near County Boundary.

Section 15-2-7
Venue - Offense committed on or near county boundary.
When an offense is committed on the boundary of two or more counties or within a quarter of a mile thereof or when it is committed so near the boundary of two counties as to render it doubtful in which the offense was committed, venue is in either county.
(Code 1852, §397; Code 1867, §3945; Code 1876, §4636; Code 1886, §3720; Code 1896, §4972; Code 1907, §7229; Code 1923, §4895; Code 1940, T. 15, §95.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 15-2-8 - Venue - Forcible Marriage, Prostitution, Detaining Child, Kidnapping, Etc.

Section 15-2-8
Venue - Forcible marriage, prostitution, detaining child, kidnapping, etc.
For the offenses specified in Sections 13-1-20, 13-1-21, 13-1-22 or 13-1-23, venue is in the county in which the offense was committed or in any other county into or through which the person upon whom it was committed may have been carried in the commission of the offense.
(Code 1852, §398; Code 1867, §3946; Code 1876, §4637; Code 1886, §3721; Code 1896, §4973; Code 1907, §7230; Code 1923, §4896; Code 1940, T. 15, §96.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 15-2-9 - Venue - Carrying Stolen Property Into Another County.

Section 15-2-9
Venue - Carrying stolen property into another county.
When property is stolen in one county and carried into another, venue is in either county.
(Code 1852, §400; Code 1867, §3948; Code 1876, §4639; Code 1886, §3723; Code 1896, §4975; Code 1907, §7232; Code 1923, §4898; Code 1940, T. 15, §98.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue. › Article 2 - Change of Venue. › Section 15-2-20 - Application; Appeal From Denial; When Defendant's Personal Presence Unnecessary.

Section 15-2-20
Application; appeal from denial; when defendant's personal presence unnecessary.
(a) Any person charged with an indictable offense may have his trial removed to another county, on making application to the court, setting forth specifically the reasons why he cannot have a fair and impartial trial in the county in which the indictment is found. The application must be sworn to by him and must be made as early as practicable before the trial, or it may be made after conviction upon a new trial being granted.
(b) The refusal of such application may, after final judgment, be reviewed and revised on appeal, and the Supreme Court or Court of Criminal Appeals shall reverse and remand or enter such judgment on the application as it may deem right without any presumption in favor of the judgment or ruling of the lower court on such application.
(c) If the defendant is in confinement, the application may be heard and determined without the personal presence of the defendant in court.
(Code 1852, §654; Code 1867, §4206; Code 1876, §4911; Code 1886, §4485; Code 1896, §5309; Code 1907, §7851; Acts 1909, No. 205, p. 212; Code 1923, §5579; Code 1940, T. 15, §267.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue. › Article 2 - Change of Venue. › Section 15-2-21 - Change on Motion of Trial Judge.

Section 15-2-21
Change on motion of trial judge.
On his own motion, a trial judge may, with the consent of the defendant, direct and order a change of venue as is authorized in Section 15-2-20 whenever, in his judgment, there is danger of mob violence, and it is advisable to have a military guard to protect the defendant from mob violence.
(Code 1923, §5580; Code 1940, T. 15, §268.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue. › Article 2 - Change of Venue. › Section 15-2-22 - Witnesses.

Section 15-2-22
Witnesses.
When an application for a change of venue is presented to the court, the judge shall have authority to, and may, direct the issue of subpoenas for such number of witnesses for either the defendant or the state as he may deem just and proper to appear before the court on the hearing of such application to testify as to the facts concerning the issues made by such application. The number and names of such witnesses shall be subject to the control and discretion of the court, and the costs are to be taxed as provided in Section 12-19-233. This section shall not prevent the presentation of facts by affidavit.
(Code 1907, §7855; Code 1923, §5584; Code 1940, T. 15, §272.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue. › Article 2 - Change of Venue. › Section 15-2-23 - Examination of Prosecution Witnesses on Interrogatories Upon Change of Venue in Misdemeanor Cases.

Section 15-2-23
Examination of prosecution witnesses on interrogatories upon change of venue in misdemeanor cases.
When the defendant is charged with a misdemeanor, upon granting a change of venue, the court may provide that witnesses for the prosecution may be examined on interrogatories on such terms as the court may prescribe.
(Code 1852, §656; Code 1867, §4208; Code 1876, §4913; Code 1886, §4487; Code 1896, §5311; Code 1907, §7853; Code 1923, §5582; Code 1940, T. 15, §270.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue. › Article 2 - Change of Venue. › Section 15-2-24 - Removal to Nearest County; Only One Removal Allowed.

Section 15-2-24
Removal to nearest county; only one removal allowed.
When a change of venue is authorized, the trial must be removed to the nearest county free from exception, and it can be removed but once.
(Code 1852, §655; Code 1867, §4207; Code 1876, §4912; Code 1886, §4486; Code 1896, §5310; Code 1907, §7852; Code 1923, §5581; Code 1940, T. 15, §269.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue. › Article 2 - Change of Venue. › Section 15-2-25 - Duty of Clerk of Court to Forward Case Materials.

Section 15-2-25
Duty of clerk of court to forward case materials.
When an order for the removal of a trial is made, the clerk of court must make out a transcript of all the entries, orders and proceedings in the case, including the organization of the grand jury, the indictment, the endorsements thereon, all the entries relating thereto, the undertakings or recognizances of the defendant, all the orders and judgments thereon and the order for the removal of the trial. He must attach his certificate thereto and forward the package under seal by a special messenger, by express, by registered or certified mail or deliver it in person to the clerk of the court to which the trial is ordered to be removed. He must also enclose in the package and forward or deliver in the same manner the original subpoenas in the case.
(Code 1852, §657; Code 1867, §4209; Code 1876, §4914; Code 1886, §4488; Code 1896, §5312; Code 1907, §7854; Code 1923, §5583; Code 1940, T. 15, §271.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue. › Article 2 - Change of Venue. › Section 15-2-26 - Trial on Certified Copy of Indictment; Correction of Transcript Mistakes and Certification of Omitted Portion of Record.

Section 15-2-26
Trial on certified copy of indictment; correction of transcript mistakes and certification of omitted portion of record.
The defendant must be tried in the court to which the case is removed on the copy of the indictment certified pursuant to Section 15-2-25; and such court may, if necessary and on a proper showing, order the clerk of the court in which the indictment was found to correct any mistake in the transcript or to certify any portion of the record which he may have omitted.
(Code 1852, §659; Code 1867, §4211; Code 1876, §4916; Code 1886, §4490; Code 1896, §5314; Code 1907, §7857; Code 1923, §5586; Code 1940, T. 15, §274.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue. › Article 2 - Change of Venue. › Section 15-2-27 - Issuance of Subpoenas for Trial Witnesses.

Section 15-2-27
Issuance of subpoenas for trial witnesses.
At any time before the delivery of the transcript to the clerk of the court to which the trial is removed, subpoenas for witnesses must be issued, on the application of either the defendant or the district attorney, by the clerk of the court in which the indictment was found, commanding such witnesses to appear at the court to which the trial is removed, which subpoenas must be executed by the sheriff and returned to the clerk of the latter court; and the clerk of the court to which the trial is removed must, after the delivery of the transcript to him, issue the subpoenas for witnesses.
(Code 1852, §658; Code 1867, §4210; Code 1876, §4915; Code 1886, §4489; Code 1896, §5313; Code 1907, §7856; Code 1923, §5585; Code 1940, T. 15, §273.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 3 - Limitations on Prosecution. › Section 15-3-1 - Felonies Generally.

Section 15-3-1
Felonies generally.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the prosecution of all felonies, except those specified in Section 15-3-3, Section 15-3-5, or any other felony that has a specified limitations period, shall be commenced within five years after the commission of the offense.
(Code 1852, §403; Code 1867, §3951; Code 1876, §4643; Code 1886, §3710; Code 1896, §5070; Code 1907, §7346; Code 1923, §4930; Code 1940, T. 15, §221; Act 2014-348, p. 1293, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 3 - Limitations on Prosecution. › Section 15-3-2 - Misdemeanors.

Section 15-3-2
Misdemeanors.
Unless otherwise provided, the prosecution of all misdemeanors before a circuit or district court must be commenced within 12 months after the commission of the offense.
(Code 1852, §404; Code 1867, §3952; Code 1876, §4644; Code 1886, §3711; Code 1896, §5071; Code 1907, §7347; Code 1923, §4931; Code 1940, T. 15, §222.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 3 - Limitations on Prosecution. › Section 15-3-3 - Conversion of Public Revenues.

Section 15-3-3
Conversion of public revenues.
A prosecution for conversion of the state or county revenue must be commenced within six years after the conversion.
(Code 1876, §4641; Code 1886, §3708; Code 1896, §5068; Code 1907, §7345; Code 1923, §4929; Code 1940, T. 15, §220.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 3 - Limitations on Prosecution. › Section 15-3-4 - Unlawful Taking or Using Temporarily of Property.

Section 15-3-4
Unlawful taking or using temporarily of property.
A prosecution for unlawfully taking or using temporarily the property of another must be commenced within 30 days after the commission of the offense.
(Code 1886, §3713; Code 1896, §5073; Code 1907, §7349; Code 1923, §4933; Code 1940, T. 15, §224.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 3 - Limitations on Prosecution. › Section 15-3-5 - Offenses Having No Limitation.

Section 15-3-5
Offenses having no limitation.
(a) There is no limitation of time within which a prosecution must be commenced for any of the following offenses:
(1) Any capital offense.
(2) Any felony involving the use, attempted use, or threat of, violence to a person.
(3) Any felony involving serious physical injury or death of a person.
(4) Any sex offense pursuant to Section 15-20A-5 involving a victim under 16 years of age, regardless of whether it involves force, serious physical injury, or death.
(5) Any felony involving arson of any type.
(6) Any felony involving forgery of any type.
(7) Any felony involving counterfeiting.
(8) Any felony involving drug trafficking.
(b) The amendments made by this act shall apply to both of the following:
(1) To all crimes committed after January 7, 1985.
(2) To all crimes committed before January 7, 1985, for which no statute of limitations provided under pre-existing law has run as of January 7, 1985.
(c) Nothing herein shall be construed to mean that the adoption of this act indicates that any former statute of limitations applying to capital offenses is invalid as the result of any decision of any court invalidating the capital punishment statutes of the State of Alabama.
(Code 1852, §401; Code 1867, §3949; Code 1876, §4640; Code 1886, §3707; Code 1896, §5067; Code 1907, §7344; Code 1923, §4928; Code 1940, T. 15, §219; Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-14, p. 16, §§1, 2, 4; Act 2019-465, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 3 - Limitations on Prosecution. › Section 15-3-6 - When Time Elapsing Between Preferring of First Charge and Subsequent Indictment Deducted From Time Limitation.

Section 15-3-6
When time elapsing between preferring of first charge and subsequent indictment deducted from time limitation.
When an indictment is lost, mislaid or destroyed, when a judgment is arrested or an indictment quashed for any defect therein, for the reason that it was not found by a grand jury regularly organized, because it charged no offense or for any other cause or when the prosecution is dismissed because of a variance between the allegations of the indictment and the evidence and a new indictment is ordered to be preferred, the time elapsing between the preferring of the first charge or indictment and the subsequent indictment must be deducted from the time limited for the prosecution of the offense last charged.
(Code 1852, §597; Code 1867, §4147; Code 1876, §4820; Code 1886, §3715; Code 1896, §5075; Code 1907, §7351; Code 1923, §4935; Code 1940, T. 15, §226.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 3 - Limitations on Prosecution. › Section 15-3-7 - When Prosecution Deemed Commenced.

Section 15-3-7
When prosecution deemed commenced.
A prosecution may be commenced within the meaning of this chapter by finding an indictment, the issuing of a warrant or by binding over the offender.
(Code 1852, §406; Code 1867, §3954; Code 1876, §4646; Code 1886, §3714; Code 1896, §5074; Code 1907, §7350; Code 1923, §4934; Code 1940, T. 15, §225.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 3 - Limitations on Prosecution. › Section 15-3-8 - Crimes Punishable Under Different Provisions.

Section 15-3-8
Crimes punishable under different provisions.
Any act or omission declared criminal and punishable in different ways by different provisions of law shall be punished only under one of such provisions, and a conviction or acquittal under any one shall bar a prosecution for the same act or omission under any other provision.
(Code 1923, §5204; Code 1940, T. 15, §287.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 4 - Coroners' Inquests. › Section 15-4-1 - Duty of Coroner to Take Sworn Statement on Death; Direction to Summon Jury; Service, Compensation, and Oath of Jurors.

Section 15-4-1
Duty of coroner to take sworn statement on death; direction to summon jury; service, compensation, and oath of jurors.
(a) When a coroner has been informed that a person has been killed or suddenly died under such circumstances as to afford a reasonable ground for belief that such death has been occasioned by the act of another by unlawful means, he must forthwith make inquiry of the facts and circumstances of such death by taking the sworn statement in writing of the witnesses having personal knowledge thereof and submit the same to a judge of a court of record or a district attorney.
(b) If, upon such preliminary inquiry, the judge or district attorney is satisfied from the evidence that there is reasonable ground for believing that such death has been occasioned by the act of another by unlawful means, he must direct the coroner to forthwith summon a jury of six qualified jurors of the county to appear before him forthwith at a specified place and inquire into the cause of such death; but no person shall be liable to serve as a juror more than one time during any one year, and no person shall be paid compensation for services as a juror on more than one inquest during any one year.
(c) When five or more of the jurors appear, they must be sworn to inquire who the person was and when, where and by what means he came to his death, and to render a true verdict thereon according to the evidence offered them or arising from the inspection of the body.
(Code 1852, §§812, 813; Code 1867, §§4363, 4364; Code 1876, §§3991, 3992; Code 1886, §§4801, 4802; Code 1896, §§4924, 4925; Code 1907, §§7162, 7163; Acts 1911, No. 18, p. 13; Code 1923, §§4557, 4558; Code 1940, T. 15, §§76, 77.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 4 - Coroners' Inquests. › Section 15-4-2 - Examination of Body and Report by Coroner; Postmortem, Autopsy or Internal Examination of Body and Report by Physician or Surgeon.

Section 15-4-2
Examination of body and report by coroner; postmortem, autopsy or internal examination of body and report by physician or surgeon.
(a) When a coroner has been informed that a person is dead in the county and that such person died without being attended or examined by a legally qualified physician, the coroner shall forthwith proceed to the place where the dead person is lying, examine the dead body to ascertain the cause of death and report same in the same manner as inquests are reported.
(b) When a coroner is unable to determine the cause of death, he may summon any physician or surgeon, who shall make an external postmortem examination of the dead body and report his opinion of the cause of death to the coroner in writing.
(c) If the surgeon or physician is unable to determine the cause of death from an external postmortem examination and the coroner has reasonable cause to believe that deceased came to his death by unlawful means, the coroner may in such cases order any physician or surgeon to perform an autopsy or internal examination on the dead body, and report the findings of such autopsy to the coroner in writing.
(Code 1852, §814; Code 1867, §4365; Code 1876, §3993; Code 1886, §4803; Code 1896, §4926; Code 1907, §7164; Acts 1911, No. 40, p. 22; Code 1923, §4550; Acts 1927, No. 445, p. 497; Code 1940, T. 15, §78.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 4 - Coroners' Inquests. › Section 15-4-3 - Subpoenas for Witnesses; Witnesses to Be Summoned and Examined.

Section 15-4-3
Subpoenas for witnesses; witnesses to be summoned and examined.
In an inquest under this chapter, the coroner may issue subpoenas for witnesses returnable forthwith or at such time and place as he may appoint. He must summon and examine as a witness any person who, in his opinion or that of any of the jury, has any knowledge of the facts; and he may also summon as a witness a surgeon or physician who must inspect the body in the presence of the jury and give a professional opinion as to the cause of death.
(Code 1852, §814; Code 1867, §4365; Code 1876, §3993; Code 1886, §4803; Code 1896, §4926; Code 1907, §7164; Acts 1911, No. 40, p. 22; Code 1923, §4550; Acts 1927, No. 445, p. 497; Code 1940, T. 15, §78.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure. › Chapter 4 - Coroners' Inquests. › Section 15-4-4 - Service of Subpoenas; Proceedings Against Defaulting Witnesses; Endorsement as Presumptive Evidence of Default.

Section 15-4-4
Service of subpoenas; proceedings against defaulting witnesses; endorsement as presumptive evidence of default.
(a) In an inquest under this chapter, the sheriff or any constable must serve subpoenas for witnesses or they may be served by the coroner.
(b) If any witness, being subpoenaed, fails to attend, the coroner must endorse on the subpoena his default, sign his name thereto and return the same to the clerk of the circuit court of the county within five days thereafter, and such witness must be proceeded against in such court, in the name of the state, as if he were a defaulter therein, the endorsement of the coroner being presumptive evidence of the default.
(Code 1852, §815; Code 1867, §4366; Code 1876, §3994; Code 1886, §4804; Code 1896, §4927; Code 1907, §7165; Code 1923, §4560; Code 1940, T. 15, §79.)