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Ala. Code § 13A-6-142 (2026)

Violation of a Domestic Violation Protection Order; Penalties. (Amended by Act 2026-532)

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AMENDED BY ACT 2026-532, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) A person commits the crime of violation of a domestic violence protection order if the person knowingly commits any act prohibited by a domestic violence protection order or willfully fails to abide by any term of a domestic violence protection order.

(b) A violation of a domestic violence protection order is a Class A misdemeanor which shall be punishable as provided by law. A second conviction for violation of a domestic violence protection order, in addition to any other penalty or fine, shall be punishable by a minimum of 30 days imprisonment which may not be suspended. A third or subsequent conviction is a Class C felony.

(c) In addition to any other fine or penalty provided by law, the court shall order the defendant to pay an additional fine of fifty dollars ($50) for a violation of a domestic violence protection order to be distributed to the Domestic Violence Trust Fund, established by Section 30-6-11.

(Acts 1993, No. 93-325, p. 495, §3; Act 1996, No. 96-527, p. 684, §1; §30-5A-3; Act 2011-691, p. 2113, §1; Act 2015-493, p. 1679, §2; Act 2019-252, §1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2017–2025 · leading case: Birdsong v. State, 267 So. 3d 343 (Ala. Crim. App. 2017).
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Birdsong v. State, 267 So. 3d 343 (Ala. Crim. App. 2017). “Code 1975, violating a domestic-violence protection order, see § 13A-6-142, Ala. Code 1975, and three counts of first-degree burglary, see § 13A-7-5, Ala.”
Birdsong v. State, 267 So. 3d 343 (Ala. Crim. App. 2017). “Code 1975, violating a domestic-violence protection order, see § 13A-6-142, Ala. Code 1975, and three counts of first-degree burglary, see § 13A-7-5, Ala.”
John Michael Cosper v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Cullman Circuit Court: CC-21-59 & CC-21-180) (Ala. Crim. App. 2023). “Code 1975, and one count of violating a domestic-violence order, see § 13A-6-142, Ala. Code 1975. The trial court sentenced Cosper to serve 10 years' CR-2022-1168 imprisonment for each of his stalking convictions and to serve 1 year of incarceration in the Cullman County jail…”
T.L.B. v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Morgan Circuit Court: CC-18-1562 & CC-18-1563) (Ala. Crim. App. 2025). “He was also convicted in case number CC-18-1563 of violating a domestic-violence protection order, see § 13A-6-142, Ala. Code 1975. In case number CC-18-1562, the Morgan Circuit Court sentenced T.”
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