Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 27-1-12 (2026)
Penalty for Violation of Title.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Each willful violation of this title for which a greater penalty is not provided by another provision of this title or by other applicable laws of this state shall, in addition to any applicable prescribed denial, suspension, or revocation of certificate of authority or license, be punishable as a misdemeanor, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail, or by sentence to hard labor for the county, for a period not to exceed one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment or hard labor in the discretion of the court. Each instance of violation shall be considered a separate offense.
(Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §15.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1991–2016 · leading case: Pac. Mut. Life Ins. v. Haslip, 499 U.S. 1 (1991).
Pac. Mut. Life Ins. v. Haslip, 499 U.S. 1 (1991). “Code §§ 13A-5-11 and 13A-5-12(a) (1982), and Ala. Code §§ 27-1-12 , 27-12-17, and 27-12-23 (1986).”
Life Ins. Co. of Georgia v. Johnson, 701 So. 2d 524 (Ala. 1997). “Similar Civil and Criminal Sanctions Ala. Code 1975, § 27-1-12, imposes a $1,000 fine, up to one year of imprisonment, or both, for each willful violation of the Alabama Insurance Code.”
Leon v. Fedex Ground Package Sys., Inc., 313 F.R.D. 615 (D.N.M. 2016). “Code §§ 13A-5-11 and 13A-5-12(a) (1982), and Ala. Code §§ 27-1-12 , 27-12-17, and 27-12-23 (1986).”
S. Life & Health v. Turner, 586 So. 2d 854 (Ala. 1991). “Code §§ 13A-5-11 and 13A-5-12(a) (1982), and §§ 27-1-12, 27-12-17 and 27-12-23 (1986).”
Peshlakai v. Ruiz, 39 F. Supp. 3d 1264 (D.N.M. 2014). “Code §§ 13A-5-11 and 13A-5-12(a) (1982), and Ala.Code §§ 27-1-12, 27-12-17, and 27-12-23 (1986).”
Brown Mach. Works & Supply, Inc. v. Ins. Co. of North Am., Inc., 951 F. Supp. 988 (M.D. Ala. 1996). “However, the court noted that the certified question, supra, created an exception to this general rule and relied on § 27-1-12 of the Alabama Code, which provides for the imposition of a criminal fine for any “ 'willful violation'" of the provisions of the “ ‘Insurance’ " title…”
Guidance Endodontics, LLC v. Dentsply Int'l, Inc., 791 F. Supp. 2d 1026 (D.N.M. 2011). “Code §§ 13A-5-11 and 13A-5-12(a) (1982), and Ala.Code §§ 27-1-12, 27-12-17, and 27-12-23 (1986).”
Leonard v. Enter. Rent a Car Co., 38 F. Supp. 2d 982 (M.D. Ala. 1999). “Section 27-1-12 provides that "[e]ach willful violation of this title .”
Fairhope Yacht Club, Inc. v. Johns E. Co., 686 So. 2d 1133 (Ala. 1996). “1 Lest it be said that this construction of § 27-10-2(b) would encourage violations of §§ 27-10-1 and -2, I would- point out that adjusters are subject to the criminal penalties prescribed in Ala. Code 1975, § 27-1-12, for any “willful violation” of the provisions of Title 27 of…”
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