(a) No person shall drive his or her motor vehicle off the premises of an establishment where gasoline is offered for retail sale after dispensing gasoline into the fuel tank of his or her motor vehicle if the person fails to remit payment or make an authorized charge for the gasoline that was dispensed.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class A misdemeanorup to 1 yearup to $6,000
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 13A-8-170

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) The driver’s license of a person convicted for a second or subsequent offense of violating this section shall be suspended as follows:

(1) On a second conviction, the driver’s license of the person shall be suspended for a period of six months.
(2) On a third or subsequent conviction, the driver’s license of the person shall be suspended for a period of one year.
(d) The person shall submit the driver’s license to the court upon conviction and the court shall forward the driver’s license to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.