Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 13A-11-124 (2026)

Making False Statements to Obtain Workers’ Compensation Benefits.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026

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Any person who makes or causes to be made any knowingly false or fraudulent material statement or material representation for the purpose of obtaining compensation, as defined in Section 25-5-1(1), as amended, for himself or herself or any other person is guilty of a Class C felony.

(Acts 1994, No. 94-653, §1.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1997–2004 · leading case: Gilliam v. Akzo Nobel Indus. Fibers, Inc., 710 So. 2d 445 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997).

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Gilliam v. Akzo Nobel Indus. Fibers, Inc., 710 So. 2d 445 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997). · cites it 3× “With respect to what constitutes a fraudulent claim, we note that in addition to the penalties against the employee set out in § 25-5-8(g)(2), the filing of a fraudulent claim for workers’ compensation benefits carries criminal penalties: “Any person who makes or causes to be…”

Phillips v. Sentinel Consum. Prods., Inc., 945 So. 2d 450 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004). “Code 1975 (providing for sanctions for the filing of a fraudulent claim for workers’ compensation benefits); § 13A-11-124, Ala.Code 1975 (to like effect).”

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