Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-11-30 (2026)
Definitions.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The following definitions apply to this article:
(1) EAVESDROP. To overhear, record, amplify or transmit any part of the private communication of others without the consent of at least one of the persons engaged in the communication, except as otherwise provided by law.
(2) PRIVATE PLACE. A place where one may reasonably expect to be safe from casual or hostile intrusion or surveillance, but such term does not include a place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access.
(3) SURVEILLANCE. Secret observation of the activities of another person for the purpose of spying upon and invading the privacy of the person observed.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5601.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1990–2024 · leading case: Johnson v. State, 823 So. 2d 1 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001).
Johnson v. State, 823 So. 2d 1 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001). “Last, Johnson contends that the telephone conversations were inadmissible *34 because, he says, they were intercepted in violation of §§ 13A-11-30 and 13A-11-31, Ala.Code 1975, Alabama's criminal eavesdropping statutes.”
Ages Grp., LP v. Raytheon Aircraft Co., Inc., 22 F. Supp. 2d 1310 (M.D. Ala. 1998). “Ala. Code § 13A-11-30 (1994). Alabama Code § 13A-11-32, prohibits intentionally engaging in surveillance while trespassing in a private place.”
J.F.C. v. City of Daphne, 844 So. 2d 608 (Ala. Crim. App. 2002). “Section 13A-11-30(2), Ala.Code 1975, *612 defines a private place as, "A place where one may reasonably expect to be safe from casual or hostile intrusion or surveillance, but such term does not include a place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access.”
People v. Rivera, 792 P.2d 786 (Colo. 1990). “, Ala.Code § 13A-11-30 (1975); Alaska Stat.”
Cabble v. State, 114 So. 3d 855 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012). “Specifically, Cabbie asserted that Alabama law prevents the admission of wiretap evidence under § 13A-11-30 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, and that no exception existed that would allow the admission of the wiretap evidence at trial.”
Proj. Veritas v. Michael Schmidt, 72 F.4th 1043 (9th Cir. 2023). “SCHMIDT Appendix A States allowing recording without providing notice to or obtaining consent from the recording’s subjects when created in a place where the subjects lack a reasonable expectation of privacy: Alabama: Ala.”
J.F.C. v. City of Daphne, 844 So. 2d 597 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001). “Section 13A-11-30(2), Ala. Code 1975, defines "private place" as "[a] place where one may reasonably expect to be safe from casual or hostile intrusion or surveillance, but such term does not include a place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access.”
Chapman v. State, 64 So. 3d 1120 (Ala. Crim. App. 2009). “” § 13A-11-30, Ala.Code 1975. Finally, a person is guilty of trespassing if he or she knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building.”
J.F.C. v. City of Daphne, 844 So. 2d 604 (Ala. 2002). “’ Surveillance is defined in § 13A-11-30(3), Ala. Code 1975, as the ‘[s]ecret observation of the activities of another person for the purpose of spying upon and invading the privacy of the person observed.”
68V BTR Holdings, LLC v. City of Fairhope (S.D. Ala. 2024). “Ala. Code § 13A-11-30(1). The defendants neither identify any potential civil liability for such conduct nor explain how it is improper in any other sense relevant to Section 1927.”
Ex Parte JFC, 844 So. 2d 604 (Ala. 2002). “' Surveillance is defined in § 13A-11-30(3), Ala.Code 1975, as the `[s]ecret observation of the activities of another person for the purpose of spying upon and invading the privacy of the person observed.”
Chapman v. State, 64 So. 3d 1133 (Ala. 2010). “’ “§ 13A-11-30, Ala.Code 1975. “Finally, a person is guilty of trespassing if he or she knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building.”
— Ala. Code § 13A-11-30(1) — 3 cases
Johnson v. State, 823 So. 2d 1 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001). “Last, Johnson contends that the telephone conversations were inadmissible *34 because, he says, they were intercepted in violation of §§ 13A-11-30 and 13A-11-31, Ala.Code 1975, Alabama's criminal eavesdropping statutes.”
Cabble v. State, 114 So. 3d 855 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012). “Specifically, Cabbie asserted that Alabama law prevents the admission of wiretap evidence under § 13A-11-30 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, and that no exception existed that would allow the admission of the wiretap evidence at trial.”
68V BTR Holdings, LLC v. City of Fairhope (S.D. Ala. 2024). “Ala. Code § 13A-11-30(1). The defendants neither identify any potential civil liability for such conduct nor explain how it is improper in any other sense relevant to Section 1927.”
— Ala. Code § 13A-11-30(2) — 2 cases
J.F.C. v. City of Daphne, 844 So. 2d 608 (Ala. Crim. App. 2002). “Section 13A-11-30(2), Ala.Code 1975, *612 defines a private place as, "A place where one may reasonably expect to be safe from casual or hostile intrusion or surveillance, but such term does not include a place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access.”
J.F.C. v. City of Daphne, 844 So. 2d 597 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001). “Section 13A-11-30(2), Ala. Code 1975, defines "private place" as "[a] place where one may reasonably expect to be safe from casual or hostile intrusion or surveillance, but such term does not include a place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access.”
— Ala. Code § 13A-11-30(2)(1994) — 1 case
Ages Grp., LP v. Raytheon Aircraft Co., Inc., 22 F. Supp. 2d 1310 (M.D. Ala. 1998). “Ala. Code § 13A-11-30 (1994). Alabama Code § 13A-11-32, prohibits intentionally engaging in surveillance while trespassing in a private place.”
— Ala. Code § 13A-11-30(3) — 4 cases
J.F.C. v. City of Daphne, 844 So. 2d 608 (Ala. Crim. App. 2002). “Section 13A-11-30(2), Ala.Code 1975, *612 defines a private place as, "A place where one may reasonably expect to be safe from casual or hostile intrusion or surveillance, but such term does not include a place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access.”
J.F.C. v. City of Daphne, 844 So. 2d 597 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001). “Section 13A-11-30(2), Ala. Code 1975, defines "private place" as "[a] place where one may reasonably expect to be safe from casual or hostile intrusion or surveillance, but such term does not include a place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access.”
J.F.C. v. City of Daphne, 844 So. 2d 604 (Ala. 2002). “’ Surveillance is defined in § 13A-11-30(3), Ala. Code 1975, as the ‘[s]ecret observation of the activities of another person for the purpose of spying upon and invading the privacy of the person observed.”
Ex Parte JFC, 844 So. 2d 604 (Ala. 2002). “' Surveillance is defined in § 13A-11-30(3), Ala.Code 1975, as the `[s]ecret observation of the activities of another person for the purpose of spying upon and invading the privacy of the person observed.”
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