{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-6-82","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 13A-6-82","heading":"School Employee Having Sexual Contact with a Student Who Is Under the Age of 19 Years or Is a Protected Person Under the Age of 22 Years.","body":"(a) A person commits the crime of a school employee having sexual contact with a student under the age of 19 years or having sexual contact with a student who is a protected person, as defined in Section 15-25-1, under the age of 22 years if he or she is a school employee and engages in sexual contact, as defined by Section 13A-6-60, with a student or student protected person, regardless of whether the student is male or female. Consent is not a defense to a charge under this section. The crime of a school employee having sexual contact with a student or student protected person is a Class C felony.\n(b) A person commits the crime of a school employee soliciting a sex act with a student under the age of 19 years or soliciting a sex act with a student who is a protected person, as defined in Section 15-25-1, under the age of 22 years if he or she is a school employee and solicits, persuades, encourages, harasses, or entices a student or student protected person to engage in a sex act including, but not limited to, sexual intercourse, sodomy, or sexual contact, as defined by Section 13A-6-60. The crime of soliciting a student or a student protected person to perform a sex act is a Class A misdemeanor.","path":["Title 13A Criminal Code.","Chapter 6 Offenses Involving Danger to the Person.","Article 4A Sexual Offenses by School Employees Involving a Student."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=13A-6-82","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"813b74b635465e8cb51a6089af7ff5acca054f68b8cca34708c0cf81dab2fb7c","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-6-81","next":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-6-82.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}