13A-6-152
Section 13A-6-152 Human trafficking in the first degree. (a) A person commits
the crime of human trafficking in the first degree if: (1) He or she knowingly
subjects another person to labor servitude or sexual servitude. (2) He or she knowingly obtains,
recruits, entices, solicits, induces, threatens, isolates, harbors, holds, restrains, transports,
provides, or maintains any minor for the purpose of causing a minor to engage in sexual servitude.
(3) He or she knowingly gives monetary consideration or any other thing of value to engage
in any sexual conduct with a minor or an individual he or she believes to be a minor. (b)
For purposes of this section, it is not required that the defendant have knowledge of a minor
victim's age, nor is reasonable mistake of age a defense to liability under this section.
(c) A corporation, or any other legal entity other than an individual, may be prosecuted for
human trafficking in the first degree for an act or omission only if an agent
of the...
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13A-6-153
Section 13A-6-153 Human trafficking in the second degree. (a) A person commits
the crime of human trafficking in the second degree if: (1) A person knowingly
benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture or
engagement for the purpose of sexual servitude or labor servitude. (2) A person knowingly
recruits, entices, solicits, induces, harbors, transports, holds, restrains, provides, maintains,
subjects, or obtains by any means another person for the purpose of labor servitude or sexual
servitude. (3) A corporation, or any other legal entity other than an individual, may be prosecuted
for human trafficking in the second degree for an act or omission only if an
agent of the corporation or entity performs the conduct which is an element of the crime while
acting within the scope of his or her office or employment and on behalf of the corporation
or entity, and the commission of the crime was either authorized, requested, commanded, performed,
or...
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13A-6-170
Section 13A-6-170 Posting of National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline
in certain establishments. (a) All persons owning any establishment that requires a liquor
license or alcoholic beverage license, and that does not also have a food or beverage permit,
or both; any hotel that has been cited as a nuisance as defined in Sections 13A-12-110 to
13A-12-122, inclusive; any massage parlor where an employee has been cited with violating
Section 45-13-41, or where the establishment has been cited as a nuisance as defined in Section
6-5-140; any airport, train station, or bus station; and any business that provides entertainment
commonly called stripteasing or topless entertaining or entertainment that has employees who
are not clad both above and below the waist shall post in a location conspicuous to the public
at the entrance of the business or where such posters and notices are customarily posted,
a poster of no smaller than 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size that states the following:...
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16-60-117.1
Section 16-60-117.1 Training on recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
(a) Any trade school or junior college, as defined in Section 16-60-81, offering instruction
in the operation of commercial motor vehicles as part of the driver training school shall
offer, as part of the commercial motor vehicle driving course curriculum, industry specific
training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
(b) The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System shall be responsible for
ensuring the instruction requirements in subsection (a) are met. The board, in conjunction
with organizations that specialize in the recognition and prevention of human trafficking,
shall annually review and update the training to include changes and trends in human
trafficking. (c) Private driver training schools shall use best efforts to incorporate
in the course curriculum the specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting
of human...
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13A-6-156
Section 13A-6-156 Forfeiture of profits or proceeds and interest in property. A person who
commits the offense of human trafficking in the first degree or human
trafficking in the second degree shall forfeit to the State of Alabama any profits
or proceeds and any interest in property that he or she has acquired or maintained that the
sentencing court determines to have been acquired or maintained as a result of committing
human trafficking in the first degree or human trafficking in
the second degree. Any assets seized shall first be used to pay restitution to trafficking
victims and subsequently to pay any damages awarded to victims in a civil action. Any remaining
assets shall go toward the cost of the investigation and prosecution and the remaining assets
shall be remitted to funding the Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Fund. (Act 2010-705, p.
1708, §7.)...
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13A-6-154
Section 13A-6-154 Evidence of certain facts or conditions not deemed a defense. Evidence of
the following facts or conditions shall not constitute a defense in a prosecution for human
trafficking in the first or second degree, nor shall the evidence preclude a finding
of a violation: (1) A human trafficking victim's sexual history or history of
commercial sexual activity. (2) A human trafficking victim's connection by blood
or marriage to a defendant in the case or to anyone involved in the victim's trafficking.
(3) Consent of or permission by a victim of human trafficking or anyone else
on the victim's behalf to any commercial sex act or sexually explicit performance. (4) Age
of consent to sex, an act defined by paragraph b. of subdivision (7) of Section 13A-6-151
of the definition for sexual servitude, legal age of marriage, or other discretionary age.
(5) Mistake as to the human trafficking victim's age, even if the mistake is
reasonable. (Act 2010-705, p. 1708, §5.)...
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13A-6-159
Section 13A-6-159 Affirmative defense. In a prosecution for prostitution, or a sexually explicit
performance defined in this article, of a human trafficking victim for the victim's
illegal acts engaged in or performed as a result of labor servitude or sexual servitude, it
shall be an affirmative defense that the person was a victim of human trafficking.
(Act 2010-705, p. 1708, §10.)...
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13A-6-157
Section 13A-6-157 Civil action by victims; venue; relief awarded. (a) An individual who is
a victim of human trafficking may bring a civil action in the appropriate state
court. (b) Venue for any action brought under this section shall be in the county in which
the offense was committed or in any other county into or through which the person upon whom
it was committed may have been carried in the commission of the offense. If venue is proper
in more than one county, venue shall be in either county. (c) The court may award actual damages,
compensatory damages, punitive damages, injunctive relief, and any other appropriate relief.
A prevailing plaintiff shall also be awarded attorney's fees and costs. Treble damages shall
be awarded on proof of actual damages where defendant's acts were willful and malicious. (d)
The court shall award a prevailing plaintiff attorney's fees and costs. (e) Upon commencement
of any action brought under this section, the clerk of the court shall mail a copy...
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13A-6-158
Section 13A-6-158 Limitation period. (a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (c), an action
for an offense defined by this article where the victim is not a minor shall be brought within
five years from the date the victim was removed or escaped from the human trafficking
situation. (2) Any statute of limitations that would otherwise preclude prosecution for an
offense involving the trafficking of a minor, or the physical or sexual abuse of a
minor, shall be tolled until such time as the victim has reached the age of 19 years. (3)
The running of the statute of limitations shall be suspended where a person entitled to bring
a claim of an offense defined by this article could not have reasonably discovered the crime
due to circumstances resulting from the human trafficking situation, such as
psychological trauma, cultural and linguistic isolation, and the inability to access services.
(b) Any statute of limitation period imposed for the filing of a civil action under this article
will...
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13A-6-180
Section 13A-6-180 Short title. This article and Sections 12-15-701, 13A-12-123, and 15-5-61
shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Human Trafficking Safe Harbor
Act. (Act 2016-282, §1.)...
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