Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-5-140 (2026)
Definitions.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
For the purposes of this division, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) PLACE. Any building, erection, or place, any separate part or portion thereof or the ground itself.
(2) PERSON. Any individual, corporation, association, partnership, trustee, lessee, agent, or assignee.
(3) NUISANCE. Any place in or upon which lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is conducted, permitted, continued, or exists and the personal property and contents used in conducting or maintaining any such place for any such purpose.
(Acts 1919, No. 53, p. 52; Code 1940, T. 7, §1091.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2023 · leading case: Trans-Lux Corp. v. State Ex Rel. Sweeton, 366 So. 2d 710 (Ala. 1979).
Trans-Lux Corp. v. State Ex Rel. Sweeton, 366 So. 2d 710 (Ala. 1979). “This is an appeal from a judgment holding that the exhibition of the motion picture "The Opening of Misty Beethoven" in an enclosed movie theater constitutes a nuisance abatable under the Alabama Red Light Abatement Act, §§ 6-5-140 to -154 (Code 1975). The judgment permanently…”
Ellwest Stereo Theatres, Inc. v. State ex rel. Parsons, 371 So. 2d 1 (Ala. 1979). “This Court has recently addressed the application of the Alabama Red Light Abatement Act, Code 1975, §§ 6-5-140 et seq., to the exhibition of obscene movies.”
State ex rel. DeCarlo v. Tomkat, Inc., 469 So. 2d 577 (Ala. 1985). “Appellant alleges that since this conduct constituted a nuisance pursuant to § 6-5-140, et seq., Code 1975 (commonly known as the Alabama Red Light Abatement Act), and no apparent termination to this behavior was foreseeable, an injunction should have been issued restraining…”
Wilson v. Mack (S.D. Ala. 2023). “3 Count II is brought pursuant to Ala. Code § 6-5-140 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and asserts a state law wrongful death claim against Sheriff Mack and Fictitious Defendants A-Z.”
Oakley v. A.L. Logistics, LLC (M.D. Ala. 2020). “Oakley’s claims against it are time-barred under the two-year limitations period provided in § 6-5-140(d) of the Alabama Code. (Doc. # 4; Doc.”
— Ala. Code § 6-5-140(d) — 1 case
Oakley v. A.L. Logistics, LLC (M.D. Ala. 2020). “Oakley’s claims against it are time-barred under the two-year limitations period provided in § 6-5-140(d) of the Alabama Code. (Doc. # 4; Doc.”
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