(a) A person commits the crime of refusing to permit inspection of property that is owned, possessed or otherwise subject to his control if, a public servant is legally authorized to inspect such property and an attempt is being made to exercise that authority and he:
(1) Refuses to produce the property for a reasonable inspection; or
(2) Refuses to permit a reasonable inspection.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “legally authorized inspection” includes any lawful search, sampling, testing or other examination of property, in connection with the regulation of the defendant’s business or occupation, that is authorized by law.
(c) Refusing to permit inspection is a Class C misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4510; Acts 1979, No. 79-664, p. 1163, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Megan Garcia v. Pamela Casey, 75 F.4th 1176 (11th Cir. 2023).
“” Deputy Ashworth charged Revill and Garcia with obstruct- ing governmental operations and refusal to permit an inspection under Ala. Code § 13A-10-3. A state magistrate issued arrest war- rants.”
Garcia v. Casey (N.D. Ala. 2019).
· cites it 2× “On March 29, 2018, Robert Crocked and Anna Sparks, who were appointed as temporary district attorneys, prosecuted Plaintiffs for obstructing governmental operations, in violation of Alabama Code § 13A-10-2, and refusal to permit inspection, in violation of Alabama Code §…”
Garcia v. Casey (N.D. Ala. 2020).
· cites it 2× “On March 29, 2018, Robert Crocked and Anna Sparks, who were appointed as temporary district attorneys, prosecuted Plaintiffs for obstructing governmental operations, in violation of Alabama Code § 13A-10-2, and refusal to permit inspection, in violation of Alabama Code §…”
Garcia v. Casey (N.D. Ala. 2020).
· cites it 2× “On March 29, 2018, temporary district attorneys prosecuted Plaintiffs for obstructing governmental operations, in violation of Alabama Code § 13A-10-2, and refusal to permit inspection, in violation of Alabama Code § 13A-10-3. At the close of the prosecution’s case, the court…”
Garcia v. Casey (N.D. Ala. 2021).
· cites it 2× “Garcia for refusal to permit an inspection under Ala. Code § 13A-10-3. (Garcia Doc. 105-21 at 30–31).”
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