Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 13A-10-130 (2026)

Interfering with Judicial Proceedings.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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(a) A person commits the crime of interfering with judicial proceedings if:

(1) He engages in disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior, committed during the sitting of a court in its immediate view and presence, and directly tending to interrupt its proceedings or impair the respect due its authority;

(2) He intentionally creates a breach of the peace or disturbance under circumstances directly tending to interrupt a court’s proceedings;

(3) As an attorney, clerk or other officer of the court, he knowingly fails to perform or violates a duty of his office, or knowingly disobeys a lawful directive or order of a court;

(4) Knowing that he is not authorized to practice law, he represents himself to be an attorney and acts as such in a court proceeding; or

(5) He records or attempts to record the deliberation of a jury.

(b) Interfering with judicial proceedings is a Class B misdemeanor.

(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5050.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1993–1993 · leading case: May v. State, 672 So. 2d 1307 (Ala. Crim. App. 1993).
May v. State, 672 So. 2d 1307 (Ala. Crim. App. 1993). “May, was convicted of interfering with judicial proceedings, an indirect contempt of court, § 13A-10-130, Code of Alabama 1975. He was fined $300 and was ordered to pay court costs.”
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