Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-12-130 (2026)
Public Lewdness.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(a) A person commits the crime of public lewdness if:
(1) He exposes his anus or genitals in a public place and is reckless about whether another may be present who will be offended or alarmed by his act; or
(2) He does any lewd act in a public place which he knows is likely to be observed by others who would be affronted or alarmed.
(b) Public lewdness is a Class C misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6325.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 1980–2019 · leading case: Smith v. City of Huntsville, 515 So. 2d 72 (Ala. Crim. App. 1986).
Smith v. City of Huntsville, 515 So. 2d 72 (Ala. Crim. App. 1986). “” However, the Code of Alabama addresses the crime of nudity under § 13A-6-68, for indecent exposure, and § 13A-12-130, for public lewdness. “Lewd or indecent behavior that amounts to a flagrant flouting of community standards in respect to sexuality, especially if in public, is…”
United States v. Julian B. Burnett, 291 F. App'x 319 (11th Cir. 2008). “” See Ala.Code § 13A-12-130 (1975). For these reasons, the magistrate judge did not err in instructing the jury.”
Hess v. Butler, 379 So. 2d 1259 (Ala. 1980). “678 (now codified at Code of 1975, §§ 13A-12-130 et seq.). It is uncontrovert-ed that Hess has been convicted of violating various obscenity laws in several different locations, both in Alabama and elsewhere; Hess testified, however, that he has never been convicted of a felony…”
Thompson v. City of Florence, Alabama (N.D. Ala. 2019). “Ala. Code § 13A-12-130(a). Under Alabama law, “[a] person acts recklessly with respect to a result or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense when he is aware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the result will occur or…”
T Backs Club, Inc. v. Seaton, 84 F. Supp. 2d 1317 (M.D. Ala. 2000). “Also, three dancers at Fantasies were arrested on criminal charges for public lewdness, in violation of Alabama Code § 13A-12-130. Plaintiffs filed a Motion to Stay Prosecution of Connolly in the Dale County District Court.”
T.B.P. v. State, 245 So. 3d 633 (Ala. Crim. App. 2017). “Code 1975; and, the court failed to consider the lesser-included offense of public lewdness, § 13A-12-130, Ala. Code 1975. (C. 33.) T.”
United States v. Parvin, 31 So. 3d 101 (Ala. 2009). “Code 1975, and with public lewdness under § 13A-12-130, Ala.Code 1975. 1 With regard to the indecent-exposure charge, the federal information specifically charged that Parvin, “while on land acquired for the use of the United States and under the concurrent jurisdiction thereof,…”
— Ala. Code § 13A-12-130(a) — 1 case
Thompson v. City of Florence, Alabama (N.D. Ala. 2019). “Ala. Code § 13A-12-130(a). Under Alabama law, “[a] person acts recklessly with respect to a result or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense when he is aware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the result will occur or…”
— Ala. Code § 13A-12-130(a)(l) — 1 case
United States v. Julian B. Burnett, 291 F. App'x 319 (11th Cir. 2008). “” See Ala.Code § 13A-12-130 (1975). For these reasons, the magistrate judge did not err in instructing the jury.”
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