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Alabama · Through Act 2026-611

Ala. Code § 13A-2-3: Requirements for Criminal Liability in General and for Offenses of Strict Liability and of Mental Culpability.

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  1. Title 13A Criminal Code.
  2. Chapter 2 Principles of Criminal Liability.
  3. Article 1 Culpability.

The minimum requirement for criminal liability is the performance by a person of conduct which includes a voluntary act or the omission to perform an act which he is physically capable of performing. If that conduct is all that is required for commission of a particular offense, or if an offense or some material element thereof does not require a culpable mental state on the part of the actor, the offense is one of “strict liability.” If a culpable mental state on the part of the actor is required with respect to any material element of an offense, the offense is one of “mental culpability.”

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