Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-7-28 (2026)
Criminal Possession of Noxious Substances.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, laws through the 2026 Regular Session
(a) A person commits the crime of criminal possession of noxious substances if he possesses, manufactures or transports any stink bomb or device, irritant, offensive-smelling or injurious substance, and intends that the injurious article or substance be used in the commission of any crime.
(b) Criminal possession of noxious substances is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2720.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1980–2008 · leading case: Culver v. State, 22 So. 3d 499 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008).
Culver v. State, 22 So. 3d 499 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008). “Code 1975 (criminal possession of explosives), and § 13A-7-28, Ala.Code 1975 (criminal possession of noxious substances).”
Gasser v. Morgan, 498 F. Supp. 1154 (N.D. Ala. 1980). “Other examples of Alabama statutes which make the possession of items illegal only if a certain mens rea is present are Section 13A-9-9, criminal possession of forgery device; Section 13A-8-2, theft of property; Section 13A-7-28, criminal possession of noxious substances;…”
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