Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-10-5 (2026)
Refusing to Aid Peace Officer.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, laws through the 2026 Regular Session
(a) A person commits the crime of refusing to aid a peace officer if, upon command by a peace officer identified to him as such, he fails or refuses to aid such peace officer in:
(1) Effecting or securing a lawful arrest; or
(2) Preventing the commission by another person of any offense.
(b) A person is not liable under this section if the failure or refusal to aid the officer was reasonable under the circumstances. The burden of injecting this issue is on the defendant, but this does not shift the burden of proof.
(c) Refusing to aid a peace officer is a Class C misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4520.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1989–1991 · leading case: State v. Floyd, 584 A.2d 1157 (Conn. 1991).
State v. Floyd, 584 A.2d 1157 (Conn. 1991). “, Ala. Code § 13A-10-5 (1982); Alaska Stat.”
Vickers v. State, 547 So. 2d 1194 (Ala. Crim. App. 1989). “The appellant argues that the trial court erred in refusing his requested lesser included offense instructions for refusal to aid a police officer, under § 13A-10-5, Code of Alabama (1975). A person commits this offense if he fails or refuses to aid a peace officer, upon a…”
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