{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-6-142","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 13A-6-142","heading":"Violation of a Domestic Violation Protection Order; Penalties.","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 13A Criminal Code.","Chapter 6 Offenses Involving Danger to the Person.","Article 7A Domestic Violence Protection Order Enforcement Act."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=13A-6-142","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"5115922a7480f7022c0495f58d1b7196fab3f5a5947bc29c196ada5ac308b98d","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-6-141","next":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-6-143"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}