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13A-6-143
Section 13A-6-143 Arrest for violation of article. A law enforcement officer may arrest any
person for the violation of this article if the officer has probable cause to believe that
the person has violated any provision of a valid domestic violence protection order, whether
temporary or permanent. The presentation of a domestic violence protection order constitutes
probable cause for an officer to believe that a valid order exists. For purposes of this article,
the domestic violence protection order may be inscribed on a tangible copy or may be stored
in an electronic or other medium if it is retrievable in a detectable form. Presentation of
a certified copy of the domestic violence protection order is not required for enforcement
or to allow a law enforcement officer to effect a warrantless arrest. If a domestic violence
protection order is not presented to or otherwise confirmed by a law enforcement officer,
the officer may consider other information in determining whether there is...
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13A-6-134
Section 13A-6-134 Arrest without warrant - Determination of predominant aggressor; notice requirements;
liability of officer. (a) If a law enforcement officer receives complaints of domestic violence
from two or more opposing persons, or if both parties have injuries, the officer shall evaluate
each complaint separately to determine who was the predominant aggressor. If the officer determines
that one person was the predominant physical aggressor, that person may be arrested; however,
a person who acts in a reasonable manner to protect himself or herself or another family or
household member from domestic violence may not be arrested for a violation of Section 13A-6-130,
13A-6-131, 13A-6-132, or 13A-6-138. In determining whether a person is the predominant aggressor,
the officer shall consider all of the following: (1) Prior complaints of domestic violence.
(2) The relative severity of the injuries inflicted on each person, including whether the
injuries are offensive versus defensive...
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15-10-3
Section 15-10-3 Arrest without warrant - Generally; written report; protection orders. (a)
An officer may arrest a person without a warrant, on any day and at any time in any of the
following instances: (1) If a public offense has been committed or a breach of the peace threatened
in the presence of the officer. (2) When a felony has been committed, though not in the presence
of the officer, by the person arrested. (3) When a felony has been committed and the officer
has probable cause to believe that the person arrested committed the felony. (4) When the
officer has probable cause to believe that the person arrested has committed a felony, although
it may afterwards appear that a felony had not in fact been committed. (5) When a charge has
been made, upon probable cause, that the person arrested has committed a felony. (6) When
the officer has actual knowledge that a warrant for the person's arrest for the commission
of a felony or misdemeanor has been issued, provided the warrant was...
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13A-3-23
Section 13A-3-23 Use of force in defense of a person. (a) A person is justified in using physical
force upon another person in order to defend himself or herself or a third person from what
he or she reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force by
that other person, and he or she may use a degree of force which he or she reasonably believes
to be necessary for the purpose. A person may use deadly physical force, and is legally presumed
to be justified in using deadly physical force in self-defense or the defense of another person
pursuant to subdivision (5), if the person reasonably believes that another person is: (1)
Using or about to use unlawful deadly physical force. (2) Using or about to use physical force
against an occupant of a dwelling while committing or attempting to commit a burglary of such
dwelling. (3) Committing or about to commit a kidnapping in any degree, assault in the first
or second degree, burglary in any degree, robbery in any...
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38-9F-11
Section 38-9F-11 Enforcement. A law enforcement officer may arrest any person for a violation
of this chapter if the officer has probable cause to believe that the person has violated
any provision of a valid elder abuse protection order, whether temporary or permanent. The
presentation of an elder abuse protection order constitutes probable cause for an officer
to believe that a valid order exists. For purposes of this chapter, the elder abuse protection
order may be inscribed on a tangible copy or may be stored in an electronic or other medium
if it is retrievable in a detectable form. Presentation of a certified copy of the elder abuse
protection order is not required for enforcement or to allow a law enforcement officer to
effect a warrantless arrest. If an elder abuse protection order is not presented to or otherwise
confirmed by a law enforcement officer, the officer may consider other information in determining
whether there is probable cause to believe that a valid protection...
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15-23-60
Section 15-23-60 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) ACCUSED. A person who has been arrested for committing a criminal offense and
who is held for an initial appearance or other proceeding before trial. (2) APPELLATE PROCEEDING.
An oral argument held in open court before the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, the Supreme
Court of Alabama, a federal court of appeals, or the United States Supreme Court. (3) ARREST.
The actual custodial restraint of a person or his or her submission to custody. (4) COMMUNITY
STATUS. Extension of the limits of the places of confinement of a prisoner through work release,
supervised intensive restitution (SIR), and initial consideration of pre-discretionary leave,
passes, and furloughs. (5) COURT. All state courts including juvenile courts. (6) CRIME VICTIM
ADVOCATE. A person who is employed or authorized by a public entity or a private entity that
receives public funding primarily to provide...
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13A-11-72
Section 13A-11-72 Certain persons forbidden to possess pistol. (a) No person who has been convicted
in this state or elsewhere of committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence, misdemeanor
offense of domestic violence, violent offense as listed in Section 12-25-32(15), anyone who
is subject to a valid protection order for domestic abuse, or anyone of unsound mind shall
own a firearm or have one in his or her possession or under his or her control. (b) No person
who is a minor, except under the circumstances provided in this section, a drug addict, or
an habitual drunkard shall own a pistol or have one in his or her possession or under his
or her control. (c) Subject to the exceptions provided by Section 13A-11-74, no person shall
knowingly with intent to do bodily harm carry or possess a deadly weapon on the premises of
a public school. (d) Possession of a deadly weapon with the intent to do bodily harm on the
premises of a public school in violation of subsection (c) of this...
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30-5B-4
Section 30-5B-4 Nonjudicial enforcement of order. (a) A law enforcement officer of this state,
upon determining that there is probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order
exists and that the order has been violated, shall enforce the order as if it were the order
of a court of this state. Presentation of a protection order that identifies both the protected
individual and the respondent and, on its face, is currently in effect constitutes probable
cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists. For the purposes of this section,
the protection order may be inscribed on a tangible medium or may have been stored in an electronic
or other medium if it is retrievable in perceivable form. Presentation of a certified copy
of a protection order is not required for enforcement. (b) If a foreign protection order is
not presented, a law enforcement officer of this state may consider other information in determining
whether there is probable cause to believe that...
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15-13-190
Section 15-13-190 Procedures upon arrest; conditions of release or bail. (a) A person arrested
for domestic violence in the first degree, pursuant to Section 13A-6-130, domestic violence
in the second degree, pursuant to Section 13A-6-131, domestic violence in the third degree,
pursuant to Section 13A-6-132, interference with a domestic violence emergency call, in violation
of Section 13A-6-137, or domestic violence by strangulation or suffocation, pursuant to Section
13A-6-138, or a violation of a domestic violence protection order, may not be admitted to
bail until after an appearance before a judge or magistrate within 24 hours of the arrest,
and if the person is not taken before a judge or magistrate within 24 hours of the arrest,
he or she shall be afforded an opportunity to make bail in accordance with the Alabama Rules
of Criminal Procedure. (b) The judge or magistrate may impose conditions of release or bail
on the person to protect the alleged victim of domestic violence or...
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9-11-396
Section 9-11-396 Penalties for violations of provisions of article, etc.; powers of law enforcement
officers, etc., as to enforcement of article, etc.; custody and disposition of equipment,
etc., seized in connection with violations of article, etc.; disposition of moneys arising
from fines and forfeitures. (a) Any person who violates a provision of this article or any
regulation promulgated pursuant to this article or of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of
1972 or regulation promulgated thereunder or who fails to procure or violates the terms of
any permit issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $50.00 nor
more than $500.00 or be imprisoned not more than six months or both. (b) Any officer employed
and authorized by the commissioner or any law enforcement officer of the state or of any municipality
or county within the state shall have authority to conduct searches as provided by law and
to execute a warrant to search for and seize any equipment,...
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