Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 13A-8-193 (2026)

Trafficking in Stolen Identities.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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(a) A person commits the crime of trafficking in stolen identities when, without the authorization, consent, or permission of the victim, he or she manufactures, sells, transfers, purchases, or possesses, with intent to manufacture, sell, transfer, or purchase, identification documents or identifying information for the purpose of committing identity theft.

(b) Possession of five or more identification documents of the same person, or possession of identifying information of five or more separate persons, without the authorization, consent, or permission of the person or persons, shall create an inference that the identities are possessed with intent to manufacture, sell, transfer, or purchase identification documents or identifying information for the purpose of committing identity theft.

(c) Trafficking in stolen identities is a Class B felony.

(Act 2001-312, p. 399, §4.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2013–2013 · leading case: Shaw v. State, 148 So. 3d 745 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013).
Shaw v. State, 148 So. 3d 745 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013). “f-a-forged-instrument charges and all five charges arose from the same act or omission; (5) That the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction for trafficking in stolen identifies because, he said, the State failed to present evidence of five or more identification…”
Ala. Code § 13A-8-193(b): 1 case
Shaw v. State, 148 So. 3d 745 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013). “f-a-forged-instrument charges and all five charges arose from the same act or omission; (5) That the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction for trafficking in stolen identifies because, he said, the State failed to present evidence of five or more identification…”
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