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Ala. Code § 12-16-215 (2026)

Grand Juror, Witness, Etc., Prohibited from Revealing, Disclosing, Etc., a Juror’s Questions, Considerations, Etc.; No Person to Directly, Indirectly, Etc., by Any Means Obtain Information as to Juror’s Questions, Considerations, Etc.

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No past or present grand juror, past or present grand jury witness or grand jury reporter or stenographer shall willfully at any time directly or indirectly, conditionally or unconditionally, by any means whatever, reveal, disclose or divulge or attempt or endeavor to reveal, disclose or divulge or cause to be revealed, disclosed or divulged, any knowledge or information pertaining to any grand juror’s questions, considerations, debates, deliberations, opinions or votes on any case, evidence, or other matter taken within or occurring before any grand jury of this state. Nor shall any person at any time, directly or indirectly, conditionally or unconditionally by any means whatever, corruptly or with intent to influence a grand juror or other person authorized by law to attend a grand jury, or by threat of harm to person or property, or by force applied to person or property, or by threatening letter or communication, or by offer of reward, remuneration, gift, benefit or thing of value of whatever nature or kind, obtain or endeavor to obtain, any information pertaining to, or any knowledge of any grand juror’s questions, considerations, debates, deliberations, opinions or votes on any case, evidence or other matter taken or transpiring within or before any grand jury of this state.

(Acts 1979, No. 79-457, p. 745, §2.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1981–2021 · leading case: Alabama Power Co. v. Neighbors, 402 So. 2d 958 (Ala. 1981).
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Alabama Power Co. v. Neighbors, 402 So. 2d 958 (Ala. 1981). “Code 1975, § 12-16-215, in pertinent part says: No past or present .”
Ex parte E.J.M., 829 So. 2d 105 (Ala. 2001). “) *110 Section 12-16-215 provides, in pertinent part: “No past or present grand juror, past or present grand jury witness or grand jury reporter or stenographer shall willfully at any time directly or indirectly, conditionally or unconditionally, by any means whatever, reveal,…”
Henry v. Marshall (M.D. Ala. 2021). · cites it 16× “) Henry brings both facial and as-applied challenges under the First Amendment to the following provisions in the Act: 1) Ala. Code § 12-16-215 , providing in relevant part as follows: “No .”
Ex Parte EJM, 829 So. 2d 105 (Ala. 2001). “) *110 Section 12-16-215 provides, in pertinent part: "No past or present grand juror, past or present grand jury witness or grand jury reporter or stenographer shall willfully at any time directly or indirectly, conditionally or unconditionally, by any means whatever, reveal,…”
Burdeshaw v. Snell, 365 F. Supp. 2d 1194 (M.D. Ala. 2005). · cites it 2× “Ala.Code § 12-16-215 (2004) (prohibiting grand jurors, grand jury witnesses, reporters and stenographers from revealing, inter alia, the information on which a grand jury relied to carry out its duties).”
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