Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-8-17 (2026)
Receiving Stolen Property in the First Degree.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(a) Receiving stolen property which exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in value constitutes receiving stolen property in the first degree.
(b) Receiving stolen property in the first degree is a Class B felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §3241; Act 2003-355, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 63
cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1982–2026 · leading case: Ashurst v. State, 462 So. 2d 999 (Ala. Crim. App. 1984).
Ashurst v. State, 462 So. 2d 999 (Ala. Crim. App. 1984). “was indicted and convicted for receiving stolen property in the first degree in violation of Alabama Code 1975, § 13A-8-17. The sentence of two years' imprisonment was suspended and Ashurst was sentenced to five months in the county jail.”
Hunt v. Tucker, 875 F. Supp. 1487 (N.D. Ala. 1995). “ama, returned a thirteen-count indictment charging Harold Guy Hunt, the then sitting governor of the State of Alabama, with using his office for personal gain in violation of Alabama Code Section 36-25-5 (1975) (Count One), [5] theft of property in violation of Alabama Code…”
Best v. State, 895 So. 2d 1050 (Ala. Crim. App. 2004). “Code 1975; [2] and one count of receiving stolen property in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-8-17, Ala.Code 1975. [3] These four offenses were consolidated for purposes of trial.”
Deardorff v. State, 6 So. 3d 1205 (Ala. Crim. App. 2004). “Deardorff was also charged with one count of receiving stolen property, § 13A-8-17, Ala.Code 1975, for obtaining possession of a gun that had belonged to a relative of Deardorffs but was stolen in a burglary.”
Brisker v. State, 826 So. 2d 215 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001). “She was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment on the receiving-stolen-property charge and was ordered to pay court costs, a fine of $1,000, $250 to the Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Fund, and $500 to the State of Alabama as a partial payment of legal fees for her…”
Ex Parte Walls, 711 So. 2d 490 (Ala. 1997). “Code 1975, "[a]n offense is a lesser included one if .”
AM v. State, 621 So. 2d 369 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992). “On November 13, 1991, a delinquency petition was filed against the appellant, alleging that he did receive, retain, or dispose of stolen property, specifically a 1989 Pontiac Grand Am automobile, in violation of § 13A-8-17, Code of Alabama 1975. A transfer hearing was held, and…”
Patton v. State, 964 So. 2d 1247 (Ala. Crim. App. 2007). “Receiving stolen property in the first degree is a Class B felony, see § 13A-8-17(b), Ala.Code 1975; the offense of unlawful possession of a controlled substance is a Class C felony, see § 13A-12-212(b), Ala.”
A.M. v. State, 621 So. 2d 369 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992). “On November 13, 1991, a delinquency petition was filed against the appellant, alleging that he did receive, retain, or dispose of stolen property, specifically a 1989 Pontiac Grand Am automobile, in violation of § 13A-8-17, Code of Alabama 1975. A transfer hearing was held, and…”
Skinner v. State, 987 So. 2d 1172 (Ala. Crim. App. 2006). “” “§ 13A-8-17. Receiving stolen property in the first degree.”
Harris v. State, 568 So. 2d 421 (Ala. Crim. App. 1990). “The appellant was convicted as a youthful offender of receiving stolen property in the second degree, in violation of § 13A-8-17, Code of Alabama (1975). He was sentenced to one year in the custody of the Commissioner of Corrections.”
Mills v. State, 581 So. 2d 1126 (Ala. Crim. App. 1987). “The appellant, Jeffrey Mills, was indicted for receiving stolen property in the first degree, Code of Alabama (1975), § 13A-8-17. He was convicted and sentenced to nine years' imprisonment.”
— Ala. Code § 13A-8-17(a) — 5 cases
Madden v. State, 989 So. 2d 603 (Ala. Crim. App. 2006).
Christopher Denell Calloway v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Tuscaloosa Circuit Court: CC-17-1918.01). (Ala. Crim. App. 2024).
Donahey v. State, 909 So. 2d 858 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005).
Cooper v. State, 683 So. 2d 22 (Ala. Crim. App. 1996).
B.M.E. v. State, 741 So. 2d 461 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999).
— Ala. Code § 13A-8-17(b) — 5 cases
Patton v. State, 964 So. 2d 1247 (Ala. Crim. App. 2007). “Receiving stolen property in the first degree is a Class B felony, see § 13A-8-17(b), Ala.Code 1975; the offense of unlawful possession of a controlled substance is a Class C felony, see § 13A-12-212(b), Ala.”
Best v. State, 895 So. 2d 1050 (Ala. Crim. App. 2004). “Code 1975; [2] and one count of receiving stolen property in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-8-17, Ala.Code 1975. [3] These four offenses were consolidated for purposes of trial.”
Porter v. State, 196 So. 3d 365 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015).
Clackler v. State, 612 So. 2d 1246 (Ala. Crim. App. 1991).
Cooper v. State, 612 So. 2d 1251 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992).
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