{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-34-3-25","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 34-3-25","heading":"Encouraging Litigation; Champerty - Receiving Compensation from Attorney.","body":"Any person who shall, before or after an action is brought, receive or agree to receive from any attorney-at-law, firm or partnership of attorneys compensation for services in seeking out, procuring or placing in the hands of an attorney, firm or partnership of attorneys a demand of any kind for an action or compromise shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000 and, in addition, may be punished by imprisonment in the county jail or by hard labor for the county for a term not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court trying the case.","path":["Title 34 Professions and Businesses.","Chapter 3 Attorney-at-Law.","Article 1 General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=34-3-25","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"04cd4194cadf423511daaad81bad88abea3b497f74c1f72437e1663bbf51a62a","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-34-3-24","next":"us-al/ala.-code-34-3-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}