Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-20A-1 (2026)
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✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.
(Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 25
cases (7 in the last 5 years), 2012–2025 · leading case: McGuire v. Strange, 83 F. Supp. 3d 1231 (M.D. Ala. 2015).
McGuire v. Strange, 83 F. Supp. 3d 1231 (M.D. Ala. 2015). “Ala.Code § 15-20A-1 et seq. Mr. McGuire has one criminal conviction, a serious one: In 1985, he raped and otherwise assaulted his 30-year-old girlfriend of five years.”
Burt v. State, 149 So. 3d 1110 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013). “” This act is codified in the Alabama Code as §§ 15-20A-1 through -48. On May 31, 2012, prior to the commencement of Burt’s guilty-plea hearing, counsel for Burt filed written motions asking the circuit court to dismiss the charges against him.”
McGuire v. Murphy, 285 F. Supp. 3d 1272 (M.D. Ala. 2018). “PROCEDURAL HISTORY On December 11, 2011, Plaintiff filed this lawsuit challenging a number of the *1277 provisions of the Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act ("ASORCNA"), Ala. Code 1975 § 15-20A-1 et seq. On February 5, 2015, after protracted…”
Acra v. State, 105 So. 3d 460 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012). “See § 15-20A-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. . Acra also argued in his petition that "he did not enter into [his] plea knowingly, voluntarily, or intellectually," and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel.”
Martin v. Houston, 176 F. Supp. 3d 1286 (M.D. Ala. 2016). “Code § 15-20A-1 et seq. Plaintiff Ricky Martin (“Martin”), who serves as pastor of the Triumph Church in Clanton, Alabama, welcomed ASORCNA registrants into his congregation.”
Jim Windwalker v. Governor of Alabama, 579 F. App'x 769 (11th Cir. 2014). “PER CURIAM: Appellant Jim Windwalker appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his amended complaint challenging the Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act (“ASORCNA”), Ala.Code § 15-20A-1 et seq. Windwalker was convicted in Florida in 1985 for…”
Windwalker v. Bentley, 925 F. Supp. 2d 1265 (N.D. Ala. 2013). “Windwalker’s amended complaint asserts federal constitutional violations of procedural due process, 1 ex post facto, equal protection, and free exercise.”
Holley v. State, 212 So. 3d 967 (Ala. Crim. App. 2014). “While Holley was serving the probationary portion of his sentence, his probation officer filed a delinquency report alleging that Holley had violated the terms and conditions of his probation by violating the Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act, §…”
Billingsley v. State, 115 So. 3d 192 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012). “This conclusion is supported by the recently enacted Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act (“SORNA”), which repealed and replaced § 13A-11-200 and which is codified at § 15-20A-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. See generally Blockbuster, Inc.”
State v. Biddle, 187 So. 3d 1122 (Ala. 2015). “The State petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Jefferson Circuit Court to set aside its order relieving Michael Scott Biddle from the residency requirements of the Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act, § 15-20A-1 et seq., Ala.Code…”
Vann v. State, 143 So. 3d 850 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013). “Code 1975, which is part of the Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act (“CNA”), § 15-20A-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. Based on that conviction, Vann was sentenced to 10 years in prison.”
S.M.M. v. J.D.K., 208 So. 3d 1118 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). “Our legislature has since repealed the CNA and enacted the Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act, Ala. Code 1975, § 15-20A-1 etseq., which prohibits an adult sex offender from having overnight visits with a minor in enumerated circumstances.”
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