Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-20-22 (2026)
Adult Criminal Sex Offender - Requirements Prior to Release.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Repealed by Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §49, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1996, No. 96-793, p. 1491, §3; Act 98-489, p. 933, §2; repealed by Act 99-572, p. 1283, §1; added by Act 99-572, p. 1283, §3; Act 2001-1127, 4th Sp. Sess., p. 1199, §1; Act 2005-301, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 571, §1; Act 2009-619, p. 1791, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17
cases, 1999–2020 · leading case: State of Alabama v. Thornal Lee Adams., 91 So. 3d 724 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010).
State of Alabama v. Thornal Lee Adams., 91 So. 3d 724 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010). “That regulation provides generally the procedure to be used by prisons to comply with the CNA, and specifically with § 15-20-22, Ala.Code 1975, before a sex offender’s release from prison.”
Doe v. Pryor, 61 F. Supp. 2d 1224 (M.D. Ala. 1999). “” 1975 Ala.Code § 15-20-22®. Second, it provides that an offender may not “willfully or knowingly come within 100 feet of any of his or her former victims, except as elsewhere provided by law, or make any visual or audible sexually suggestive or obscene gesture, sound, or…”
Acra v. State, 105 So. 3d 460 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012). “In June 2009, Acra pleaded guilty to violating the registration requirements of the Community Notification Act (“the CNA”), formerly § 15-20-22, Ala.Code (1975). 1 Acra did not appeal his conviction.”
State v. C.M., 746 So. 2d 410 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999). “Within five days after the law enforcement agencies are notified, the community is notified pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 15-20-22. The amount of public dissemination depends on the population of the city in which the sex offender intends to reside.”
State v. CM, 746 So. 2d 410 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999). “Within five days after the law enforcement agencies are notified, the community is notified pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 15-20-22. The amount of public dissemination depends on the population of the city in which the sex offender intends to reside.”
Reese v. Oliver, 66 So. 3d 289 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010). “On October 27, 2009, Reese, an inmate incarcerated at the Mobile County Metro Jail, petitioned the Mobile Circuit Court for a writ of habeas corpus, requesting that the circuit court declare unconstitutional that portion of former § 15-20-22(a)(1), Ala.Code 1975, that required…”
Vann v. State, 143 So. 3d 850 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013). “This Court then held that former § 15-20-22(a)(1) violated the constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment as applied to the defendant because the defendant was a homeless sex offender “who [could not] comply with the statute because [he was] unable to find…”
Gipson v. Jefferson Cnty. Sheriff's Off., 613 F.3d 1054 (11th Cir. 2010). “" Ala.Code § 15-20-22(a)(1)(a). Plaintiffs failed to provide the State with a residential address and, thus, have been kept in custody past the completion of their sentences.”
Stroud v. State, 73 So. 3d 1 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011). “In Adams, this Court addressed the constitutionality of the registration requirement contained in § 15-20-22(a)(1), Ala.Code 1975. Stroud argues that, like the defendant in Adams, he is homeless; therefore, he asserts, he is unable to comply with § 13A-11-200(b), which requires…”
State v. C.D.M., 727 So. 2d 897 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999). “” Section 15-20-22(a)(1) addresses those cities in Alabama with dense populations.”
Charles Curtis McKenzie v. State of Alabama., 103 So. 3d 84 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010). “McKenzie moved to dismiss the indictment, arguing, among other things, that the registration requirement in § 15-20-22(a)(1) violated his constitutional right to equal protection under the law.”
E.L.Y. v. State, 266 So. 3d 1125 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “2010), in which this Court held that portions of the Community Notification Act, see § 15-20-22(a)(1), Ala. Code 1975, were *1136 unconstitutional because they created a de facto classification of sex offenders based solely on their economic status.”
— Ala. Code § 15-20-22(a) — 2 cases
Doe v. Pryor, 61 F. Supp. 2d 1224 (M.D. Ala. 1999). “” 1975 Ala.Code § 15-20-22®. Second, it provides that an offender may not “willfully or knowingly come within 100 feet of any of his or her former victims, except as elsewhere provided by law, or make any visual or audible sexually suggestive or obscene gesture, sound, or…”
Ex Parte State, Cr-10-0634 (ala.crim.app. 5-27-2011), 74 So. 3d 482 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011).
— Ala. Code § 15-20-22(a)(1) — 10 cases
State of Alabama v. Thornal Lee Adams., 91 So. 3d 724 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010). “That regulation provides generally the procedure to be used by prisons to comply with the CNA, and specifically with § 15-20-22, Ala.Code 1975, before a sex offender’s release from prison.”
State v. CM, 746 So. 2d 410 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999). “Within five days after the law enforcement agencies are notified, the community is notified pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 15-20-22. The amount of public dissemination depends on the population of the city in which the sex offender intends to reside.”
State v. C.M., 746 So. 2d 410 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999). “Within five days after the law enforcement agencies are notified, the community is notified pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 15-20-22. The amount of public dissemination depends on the population of the city in which the sex offender intends to reside.”
Vann v. State, 143 So. 3d 850 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013). “This Court then held that former § 15-20-22(a)(1) violated the constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment as applied to the defendant because the defendant was a homeless sex offender “who [could not] comply with the statute because [he was] unable to find…”
Reese v. Oliver, 66 So. 3d 289 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010). “On October 27, 2009, Reese, an inmate incarcerated at the Mobile County Metro Jail, petitioned the Mobile Circuit Court for a writ of habeas corpus, requesting that the circuit court declare unconstitutional that portion of former § 15-20-22(a)(1), Ala.Code 1975, that required…”
— Ala. Code § 15-20-22(a)(1)(a) — 2 cases
Gipson v. Jefferson Cnty. Sheriff's Off., 613 F.3d 1054 (11th Cir. 2010). “" Ala.Code § 15-20-22(a)(1)(a). Plaintiffs failed to provide the State with a residential address and, thus, have been kept in custody past the completion of their sentences.”
Gipson v. Jefferson Cnty. Sheriff's Off., 649 F.3d 1274 (11th Cir. 2011).
— Ala. Code § 15-20-22(a)(2) — 1 case
Doe v. Pryor, 61 F. Supp. 2d 1224 (M.D. Ala. 1999). “” 1975 Ala.Code § 15-20-22®. Second, it provides that an offender may not “willfully or knowingly come within 100 feet of any of his or her former victims, except as elsewhere provided by law, or make any visual or audible sexually suggestive or obscene gesture, sound, or…”
— Ala. Code § 15-20-22(a)(3) — 1 case
Doe v. Pryor, 61 F. Supp. 2d 1224 (M.D. Ala. 1999). “” 1975 Ala.Code § 15-20-22®. Second, it provides that an offender may not “willfully or knowingly come within 100 feet of any of his or her former victims, except as elsewhere provided by law, or make any visual or audible sexually suggestive or obscene gesture, sound, or…”
— Ala. Code § 15-20-22(a)(l) — 8 cases
State of Alabama v. Thornal Lee Adams., 91 So. 3d 724 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010). “That regulation provides generally the procedure to be used by prisons to comply with the CNA, and specifically with § 15-20-22, Ala.Code 1975, before a sex offender’s release from prison.”
Acra v. State, 105 So. 3d 460 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012). “In June 2009, Acra pleaded guilty to violating the registration requirements of the Community Notification Act (“the CNA”), formerly § 15-20-22, Ala.Code (1975). 1 Acra did not appeal his conviction.”
Doe v. Pryor, 61 F. Supp. 2d 1224 (M.D. Ala. 1999). “” 1975 Ala.Code § 15-20-22®. Second, it provides that an offender may not “willfully or knowingly come within 100 feet of any of his or her former victims, except as elsewhere provided by law, or make any visual or audible sexually suggestive or obscene gesture, sound, or…”
Reese v. Oliver, 66 So. 3d 289 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010). “On October 27, 2009, Reese, an inmate incarcerated at the Mobile County Metro Jail, petitioned the Mobile Circuit Court for a writ of habeas corpus, requesting that the circuit court declare unconstitutional that portion of former § 15-20-22(a)(1), Ala.Code 1975, that required…”
Vann v. State, 143 So. 3d 850 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013). “This Court then held that former § 15-20-22(a)(1) violated the constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment as applied to the defendant because the defendant was a homeless sex offender “who [could not] comply with the statute because [he was] unable to find…”
— Ala. Code § 15-20-22(a)(l)(a) — 1 case
Gipson v. Jefferson Cnty. Sheriff's Off., 613 F.3d 1054 (11th Cir. 2010). “" Ala.Code § 15-20-22(a)(1)(a). Plaintiffs failed to provide the State with a residential address and, thus, have been kept in custody past the completion of their sentences.”
— Ala. Code § 15-20-22(b) — 1 case
State of Alabama v. Thornal Lee Adams., 91 So. 3d 724 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010). “That regulation provides generally the procedure to be used by prisons to comply with the CNA, and specifically with § 15-20-22, Ala.Code 1975, before a sex offender’s release from prison.”
— Ala. Code § 15-20-22(c) — 2 cases
State v. C.M., 746 So. 2d 410 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999). “Within five days after the law enforcement agencies are notified, the community is notified pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 15-20-22. The amount of public dissemination depends on the population of the city in which the sex offender intends to reside.”
State v. CM, 746 So. 2d 410 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999). “Within five days after the law enforcement agencies are notified, the community is notified pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 15-20-22. The amount of public dissemination depends on the population of the city in which the sex offender intends to reside.”
— Ala. Code § 15-20-22(d) — 2 cases
Doe v. Pryor, 61 F. Supp. 2d 1224 (M.D. Ala. 1999). “” 1975 Ala.Code § 15-20-22®. Second, it provides that an offender may not “willfully or knowingly come within 100 feet of any of his or her former victims, except as elsewhere provided by law, or make any visual or audible sexually suggestive or obscene gesture, sound, or…”
Caddell v. State, 833 So. 2d 87 (Ala. Crim. App. 2002).
— Ala. Code § 15-20-22(e) — 3 cases
Doe v. Pryor, 61 F. Supp. 2d 1224 (M.D. Ala. 1999). “” 1975 Ala.Code § 15-20-22®. Second, it provides that an offender may not “willfully or knowingly come within 100 feet of any of his or her former victims, except as elsewhere provided by law, or make any visual or audible sexually suggestive or obscene gesture, sound, or…”
State v. C.M., 746 So. 2d 410 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999). “Within five days after the law enforcement agencies are notified, the community is notified pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 15-20-22. The amount of public dissemination depends on the population of the city in which the sex offender intends to reside.”
State v. CM, 746 So. 2d 410 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999). “Within five days after the law enforcement agencies are notified, the community is notified pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 15-20-22. The amount of public dissemination depends on the population of the city in which the sex offender intends to reside.”
— Ala. Code § 15-20-22(g) — 4 cases
Doe v. Pryor, 61 F. Supp. 2d 1224 (M.D. Ala. 1999). “” 1975 Ala.Code § 15-20-22®. Second, it provides that an offender may not “willfully or knowingly come within 100 feet of any of his or her former victims, except as elsewhere provided by law, or make any visual or audible sexually suggestive or obscene gesture, sound, or…”
State v. C.M., 746 So. 2d 410 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999). “Within five days after the law enforcement agencies are notified, the community is notified pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 15-20-22. The amount of public dissemination depends on the population of the city in which the sex offender intends to reside.”
State v. CM, 746 So. 2d 410 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999). “Within five days after the law enforcement agencies are notified, the community is notified pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 15-20-22. The amount of public dissemination depends on the population of the city in which the sex offender intends to reside.”
State v. C.D.M., 727 So. 2d 897 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999). “” Section 15-20-22(a)(1) addresses those cities in Alabama with dense populations.”
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