32-5-171
Section 32-5-171 Arrest without warrant; issuance of traffic citation. (a) A law enforcement
officer as defined in Section 36-21-40, may arrest, at the scene of a traffic accident, any
driver of a vehicle involved in the accident if upon personal investigation, including information
from eyewitnesses, the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person by violating
Section 32-5A-191 contributed to the accident. He or she may arrest such a person without
a warrant although he or she did not personally see the violation. (b) A law enforcement officer,
as defined in Section 36-21-40, subsequent to a traffic accident, may issue a traffic citation
to a driver of a vehicle involved in the accident when, based on personal investigation, the
officer has prima facie evidence demonstrating grounds to believe that the person has committed
any offense under Chapter 5, 5A, 6, 7, or 7A of Title 32. (Acts 1971, No. 1942, p. 3137; Acts
1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-201, p. 379; Act 2016-292,...
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40-12-265
Section 40-12-265 Mutilation or alteration of tags; replacement tags; use of improper tags.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to mutilate or alter, for the purpose of deception,
any motor vehicle tag, plate, or validation stamp or to use upon any motor vehicle any tags,
plates, or validation stamps in imitation of or substitution for authorized issued tags, plates,
or validation stamps. It shall be the duty of all sheriffs, police officers, state troopers,
license inspectors, deputy license inspectors, and field agents of the Department of Revenue
to arrest any person violating the provisions of this section, and upon conviction of any
such person a fine of not less than $25 nor exceeding $100 shall be imposed for each offense.
The license inspector shall receive a fee of $1.50 for making such arrest, which arrest fee
shall be collected as a part of the costs in any such action before a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) In case the tag, plate, or validation stamp becomes so...
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15-22-76
Section 15-22-76 Discharge; arrest for violation of parole, with or without warrant; brought
before parole officer; hearing; serving sentence upon revocation. Upon the expiration of the
period of parole the parolee shall be discharged. At any time during the period of parole
the parolee may be arrested for the violation of any condition of his parole, and after a
hearing by the board his parole shall be subject to revocation. Any parole officer, police
officer or other law enforcement officer may arrest a parolee with or without a warrant for
the violation of any condition of his parole. In case of an arrest without a warrant, the
arresting officer shall have a written statement by a parole officer setting forth that parolee
has, in the judgment of the parole officer, violated the conditions of his parole. Such statement
shall be sufficient warrant for the detention of said parolee until he can be brought before
a parole officer. Such parole officer, after advising said parolee in...
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15-9-43
Section 15-9-43 Arrest without warrant - When accused to be admitted to bail; conditions of
bail. Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged is shown to be an offense punishable
by death or life imprisonment under the laws of the state in which it was committed, the district
or circuit court judge must admit the person arrested to bail by bond or undertaking, with
sufficient sureties and in such sum as he deems proper, for his appearance before him at a
time specified in such bond or undertaking, and for his surrender, to be arrested upon the
warrant of the Governor of this state. (Acts 1931, No. 482, p. 559; Code 1940, T. 15, §63.)...

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16-47-11
Section 16-47-11 Police officers - Extended jurisdiction. (a) Any police officer appointed
pursuant to the provisions of this section or Section 16-22-1, is a peace officer whose authority
extends to any place in the state; provided, that the primary duty of any such police or peace
officer shall be the enforcement of the law on property owned or leased by the institution
of higher education employing said peace officers; provided further, that he shall not otherwise
act as a peace officer in enforcing the law except: (1) When in pursuit of any offender or
suspected offender who is charged with the commission of a crime while on the premises of
said institution; or (2) To make arrests otherwise lawfully for crimes committed, or for which
there is probable cause to believe have been committed, within his presence or within the
boundaries of said property owned or leased. (b) The provisions of this section granting authority
to police officers at institutions of higher learning in the...
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31-2A-9
Section 31-2A-9 (Article 9.) Imposition of restraint. (a) Arrest is the restraint of a person
by an order, not imposed as a punishment for an offense, directing him or her to remain within
certain specified limits. Confinement is the physical restraint of a person. (b) An enlisted
member may be ordered into arrest or confinement by any commissioned officer by an order,
oral or written, delivered in person or through other persons subject to this code. A commanding
officer may authorize warrant officers, petty officers, or noncommissioned officers to order
enlisted members of the commanding officer's command or subject to the commanding officer's
authority into arrest or confinement. (c) A commissioned officer, a warrant officer, or a
civilian subject to this code or to trial thereunder may be ordered into arrest or confinement
only by a commanding officer to whose authority the person is subject, by an order, oral or
written, delivered in person or by another commissioned officer. The...
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15-6-21
Section 15-6-21 Arrest warrant. (a) If on examination by the circuit, district or municipal
court judge, it appears that there is reason to fear the commission of any offense by the
person complained of, such judge must issue a warrant directed to any lawful officer of the
state, containing the substance of the complaint and commanding such officer forthwith to
arrest the person complained of and bring him before him or some other judge having jurisdiction
of the matter. (b) The warrant may be after the following form: "State of Alabama, ___
County. To any lawful officer of the state: Complaint on oath having been made before me that
C. D. had threatened to assault and beat A. B. (or is about) to (here set forth particularly
the offense threatened or about to be committed) on the person or property of ______, you
are hereby commanded forthwith to arrest said C. D. and bring him before me (or some other
judge having jurisdiction of the matter, setting forth his name and office)....
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25-4-146
Section 25-4-146 Certain employees of Department of Labor constituted peace officers to enforce
unemployment compensation law and other specified state criminal laws. (a) Employees of the
Department of Labor classified as unemployment insurance claims investigators and those supervisors
charged with the direct enforcement of the fraud provisions of the Alabama Unemployment Compensation
Law, as designated in writing by the Secretary of the Department of Labor, are hereby constituted
peace officers of the State of Alabama with full and unlimited police powers and jurisdiction
as any other state police officers in this state, to enforce the provisions of the Alabama
Unemployment Compensation Law and those provisions of state criminal law relating to forgery,
larceny, embezzlement, and fraud when the offense of forgery, larceny, embezzlement, or fraud
is directly related to a check issued by the Department of Labor or a check issued in conjunction
with a program administered by the...
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37-2-153
Section 37-2-153 Powers. (a) A railroad policeman may exercise the same powers of arrest and
the right to bear firearms that may be exercised by any state, municipal or other police officer
in this state, but only with respect to offenses committed against property owned or in the
possession of the railroad by which he is employed or for any offense committed on such property.
(b) The authority of any person appointed under the provisions of this division to act as
such policeman shall immediately cease whenever such person ceases to be an agent, servant
or employee of the corporation applying for the appointment under this division. (Acts 1911,
No. 77, p. 36; Code 1923, §§9995, 9996, 10000; Code 1940, T. 48, §§217, 219; Acts 1975,
No. 517, §3.)...
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9-11-9
Section 9-11-9 Violations of fish and game laws - Service and return of warrant as to firms
or corporations. In cases of violation of any of the provisions of the game and fish laws
or the rules and regulations based thereunder by any person, firm or corporation, the warrant
of arrest may be read to the president, secretary or manager of such firm or corporation in
this state or to any general or local agent thereof in any county where the action or indictment
is pending; and, upon the return of such warrant so served, the corporation shall be deemed
in court and subject to jurisdiction thereof, and any fine imposed may be collected by execution
against the property of said corporation; provided, however, that this section shall not be
so construed as to except or exempt from prosecution any agent or employee of such corporation.
(Acts 1935, No. 240, p. 632, § 53; Code 1940, T. 8, §52.)...
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