(a) A person commits the crime of aggravated criminal surveillance if he or she intentionally engages in surveillance of an individual in any place where the individual being observed has a reasonable expectation of privacy, without the prior express or implied consent of the individual being observed, for the purpose of sexual gratification.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class C felony1 to 10 yearsup to $15,000
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-6
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 13A-11-32.1

  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
(b) Aggravated criminal surveillance is a Class C felony.
(c) The statute of limitations begins at the time of discovery of the surveillance.
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