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Alabama · Through Act 2026-611

Ala. Code § 13A-6-142: Violation of a Domestic Violation Protection Order; Penalties.

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  1. Title 13A Criminal Code.
  2. Chapter 6 Offenses Involving Danger to the Person.
  3. Article 7A Domestic Violence Protection Order Enforcement Act.

(a) A person commits the crime of violation of a domestic violence protection order if the person knowingly commits any act prohibited by a domestic violence protection order or willfully fails to abide by any term of a domestic violence protection order.

(b) A violation of a domestic violence protection order is a Class A misdemeanor which shall be punishable as provided by law. A second conviction for violation of a domestic violence protection order, in addition to any other penalty or fine, shall be punishable by a minimum of 30 days imprisonment which may not be suspended. A third or subsequent conviction is a Class C felony.

(c) In addition to any other fine or penalty provided by law, the court shall order the defendant to pay an additional fine of fifty dollars ($50) for a violation of a domestic violence protection order to be distributed to the Domestic Violence Trust Fund, established by Section 30-6-11.

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