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Alabama · Through Act 2026-611

Ala. Code § 13A-11-220: Creating a Hazard.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 13A Criminal Code.
  2. Chapter 11 Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.
  3. Article 10 Miscellaneous Offenses Relating to Public Safety.

(a) A person commits the crime of creating a hazard if:

(1) Having discarded, in any place accessible to children, a container having a compartment of more than one and one half cubic feet capacity and a door or lid that locks or fastens automatically when closed and cannot easily be opened from the inside, he fails to remove the door, lid or locking or fastening device; or

(2) Being the owner or otherwise having possession of land upon which there is an abandoned well, cistern or cesspool of a depth of four feet or more and a top width of 12 inches or more, he fails to fill, cover or fence it with a suitable protective construction.

(b) Creating a hazard is a Class B misdemeanor.

Collected 2026-09-03T14:01:52Z. Source file · JSON

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