Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-20-20 (2026)
Title of Article.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Repealed by Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §49, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1996, No. 793, p. 1491, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 40
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1999–2025 · leading case: Kirby v. Siegelman, 195 F.3d 1285 (11th Cir. 1999).
Kirby v. Siegelman, 195 F.3d 1285 (11th Cir. 1999). “PER CURIAM: These cases, consolidated for appeal, involve challenges to Alabama’s Community Notification Statute (“the Act”), Ala.Code § 15-20-20. Appellant Jeffery Powell Kirby appeals the district court’s dismissal of his claims that the Act violates the Ex Post Facto and…”
United States v. Dean, 604 F.3d 1275 (11th Cir. 2010). “[1] Community Notification Act, Ala.Code § 15-20-20 et seq. Since 2005, § 15-20-23(a) has made the failure to register a Class C felony, which is punished by between one year and one day, and ten years in prison, Ala.”
Miller v. Riley, 37 So. 3d 768 (Ala. 2009). “The complaint alleged that Miller has been improperly classified as an "adult criminal sex offender" for purposes of the Alabama Community Notification Act, § 15-20-20 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 ("the CNA"); that the residency restrictions of the CNA, as set forth in § 15-20-26, Ala.”
T.H. v. Jefferson Cnty. Dep't of Human Resources, 70 So. 3d 1236 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “[2] We note that in the Community Notification Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 15-20-20 et seq., the legislature has declared that a parent classified as an adult criminal sex offender may not establish a residence or other living accommodation with his or her minor child if the parent is…”
State of Alabama v. Thornal Lee Adams., 91 So. 3d 724 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010). “Code 1975 — a part of the Community Notification Act (“CNA”), § 15-20-20 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 — requiring an adult criminal sex offender to provide the Alabama Department of Corrections (“DOC”), at least 45 days prior to the offender’s release from custody, 1 “the actual…”
Doe v. Pryor, 61 F. Supp. 2d 1224 (M.D. Ala. 1999). “Pseudonymous plaintiff John Doe claims in this lawsuit that the 1996 Alabama Community Notification Act, as amended, 1975 Ala.Code §§ 15-20-20 to 15-20-24, is unconstitutional on its face and as applied to him.”
Burt v. State, 149 So. 3d 1110 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013). “, “the CNA”), §§ 15-20-20 through -38, Ala.Code 1975, to file with certain law-enforcement personnel 30 days’ prior notice of his intent to move to a different residence, a violation of § 15-20-23(a), Ala.”
David Charles Herring v. State of Alabama., 100 So. 3d 616 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011). “Code 1975, a part of the Community Notification Act, § 15-20-20 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the CNA”).”
Ex Parte Jarrett, 1090919 (Ala. 9-30-2011), 89 So. 3d 730 (Ala. 2011). “In his petition, Jarrett challenged his 2006 guilty-plea conviction for one count of failing to comply with the requirement of the Community Notification Act, § 15-20-20 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the CNA”), that he, as an adult criminal sex offender, provide notice of his intent…”
Krawczyk v. State Dep't of Pub. Saf., 7 So. 3d 1035 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “Krawczyk by letter that he was subject to the Community Notification Act (“the CNA”), § 15-20-20 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. Krawczyk sought administrative review of that decision.”
State v. Biddle, 187 So. 3d 1122 (Ala. 2015). “See § 15-20-20 through -24 (now repealed). In 2011, the legislature adopted the ASORCNA.”
Johnson v. State, 994 So. 2d 950 (Ala. Crim. App. 2007). “NOTES [1] §§ 15-20-20 through -37, Ala.Code 1975. [2] Relying on this court's decision in State v.”
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