Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-2-1 (2026)
All Persons Liable for Offenses Committed in Alabama; Exception.
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Every person, whether an inhabitant of the State of Alabama or of any other state or country, is liable to punishment by the laws of Alabama for an offense committed in the state, except when it is by law exclusively cognizable in the United States courts.
(Code 1852, §392; Code 1867, §3940; Code 1876, §4631; Code 1886, §3703; Code 1896, §4967; Code 1907, §7224; Code 1923, §4890; Code 1940, T. 15, §90.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1977–2020 · leading case: Peddy v. Montgomery, 345 So. 2d 631 (Ala. 1977).
Peddy v. Montgomery, 345 So. 2d 631 (Ala. 1977). “conclude that under any testcompelling state interest, or rational basis, or something in between§ 15-2-1 in the context of child support, does not survive an equal protection attack.”
Frost v. Carter, No. 5:20-cv-00864 (N.D. Ala. Dec. 7, 2020). “” Ala. Code § 15-2-1 . And because “the venue of all public offenses is in the county in which the offense was committed,” Ala.”
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