Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 32-5A-3 (2026)
Required Obedience to Traffic Laws.
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It is unlawful and, unless otherwise declared in this chapter with respect to particular offenses, it is a misdemeanor for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this chapter.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §1-102.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2024 · leading case: McDuffie v. State, 712 So. 2d 1118 (Ala. Crim. App. 1997).
McDuffie v. State, 712 So. 2d 1118 (Ala. Crim. App. 1997). “The Court, in Wright , based its decision on § 32-5A-3, Code of Alabama 1975, which provided that "unless otherwise declared in this chapter with respect to particular offenses, it is a misdemeanor for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in…”
Brett Steven Amerson v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Cullman Circuit Court: CC-19-526), 434 So. 3d 433 (Ala. Crim. App. 2024). “Section 32-5A-3, Ala. Code 1975, provides that "[i]t is unlawful and, unless otherwise declared in this chapter with respect to particular offenses, it is a misdemeanor for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by this chapter.”
Pell v. Tidwell, 139 So. 3d 165 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “Specifically, § 32-5A-3 provides that it is unlawful for any person “to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this chapter.”
Lindsay v. Cantrell, 649 So. 2d 1277 (Ala. 1994). “The plaintiffs argue that the statutory “Rules of the Road” required Cantrell, as the driver of a motor vehicle turning left at a controlled intersection, (1) to obey traffic laws (§ 32-5A-3); (2) to obey traffic control devices (§ 32-5A-31); and (3) to yield the right-of-way to…”
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