{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-2-7","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 13A-2-7","heading":"Consent.","body":"(a) In general. - The consent of the victim to conduct charged to constitute an offense or to the result thereof is a defense if such consent negatives a required element of the offense or precludes the infliction of the harm or evil sought to be prevented by the law defining the offense.\n(b) Consent to bodily harm. - When conduct is charged to constitute an offense because it causes or threatens bodily harm, consent to such conduct or to the infliction of such harm is a defense only if:\n(1) The bodily harm consented to or threatened by the conduct consented to is not serious; or\n(2) The conduct and the harm are reasonably foreseeable hazards of joint participation in a lawful athletic contest or competitive sport; or\n(3) The consent establishes a justification for the conduct under Article 2 of Chapter 3 of this title.\n(c) Ineffective consent. - Unless otherwise provided by this Criminal Code or by the law defining the offense, assent does not constitute consent if:\n(1) It is given by a person who is legally incompetent to authorize the conduct; or\n(2) It is given by a person who by reason of immaturity, mental disease or defect, or intoxication is manifestly unable and known by the actor to be unable to make a reasonable judgment as to the nature or harmfulness of the conduct; or\n(3) It is given by a person whose consent is sought to be prevented by the law defining the offense; or\n(4) It is induced by force, duress or deception.","path":["Title 13A Criminal Code.","Chapter 2 Principles of Criminal Liability.","Article 1 Culpability."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=13A-2-7","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"bdfd51789cc9d1c51eb9f5abdb70c026b16a108932df7ff2dcb08b5594a9e0dc","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-2-6","next":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-2-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}