{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-12-21-165","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 12-21-165","heading":"Incompetent Witnesses.","body":"(a) Persons who have not the use of reason, such as idiots, lunatics during lunacy and children who do not understand the nature of an oath, are incompetent witnesses.\n(b) The court must, by examination, decide upon the capacity of one alleged to be incompetent from idiocy, lunacy, insanity, drunkenness or infancy.","path":["Title 12 Courts.","Chapter 21 Evidence and Witnesses.","Article 1 General Provisions.","Division 2 Witnesses.","Division 2 Competency."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=12-21-165","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"6c72240c9d087cf28314332a66bea47c9f1536da71485f0073cdea940f207959","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-12-21-164","next":"us-al/ala.-code-12-21-166"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}