Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-10-103 (2026)
Perjury in the Third Degree.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(a) A person commits the crime of perjury in the third degree when he swears falsely.
(b) Perjury in the third degree is a Class B misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4907.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1995–2018 · leading case: Roe v. Mobile Cnty. Appointment Bd., 676 So. 2d 1206 (Ala. 1995).
Roe v. Mobile Cnty. Appointment Bd., 676 So. 2d 1206 (Ala. 1995). “607, now codified at Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-10-103 ("Perjury in the third degree").”
Zimlich v. State, 872 So. 2d 881 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “Although the Supreme Court did not specifically rule on the merits of Zimlich’s claim, it indicated that, contrary to this Court’s opinion in Ex parte Zimlich, “an equally persuasive argument can be made that [the first indictment] did not track § 13A-10-103 [third-degree…”
Cooner v. State, 272 So. 3d 206 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “Code 1975, one count of third-degree perjury, see § 13A-10-103, Ala. Code 1975, and three counts of unauthorized practice of law, see *209 § 34-3-1, Ala.”
Habel v. State, 268 So. 3d 651 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “Moreover, the commentary to § 13A-10-103, Ala. Code 1975, states: "Under the Criminal Code's formulation perjury in the first degree, § 13A-10-101 will expand the narrow limits of former § 13-5-110 to include all official proceedings (see § 13A-10-100(b)(5) for definition) and…”
Habel v. State, 268 So. 3d 651 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “Moreover, the commentary to § 13A-10-103, Ala. Code 1975, states: "Under the Criminal Code's formulation perjury in the first degree, § 13A-10-101 will expand the narrow limits of former § 13-5-110 to include all official proceedings (see § 13A-10-100(b)(5) for definition) and…”
— Ala. Code § 13A-10-103(a) — 1 case
Zimlich v. State, 872 So. 2d 881 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “Although the Supreme Court did not specifically rule on the merits of Zimlich’s claim, it indicated that, contrary to this Court’s opinion in Ex parte Zimlich, “an equally persuasive argument can be made that [the first indictment] did not track § 13A-10-103 [third-degree…”
— Ala. Code § 13A-10-103(b) — 1 case
Zimlich v. State, 872 So. 2d 881 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “Although the Supreme Court did not specifically rule on the merits of Zimlich’s claim, it indicated that, contrary to this Court’s opinion in Ex parte Zimlich, “an equally persuasive argument can be made that [the first indictment] did not track § 13A-10-103 [third-degree…”
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