(a) For the purposes of Sections 13A-5-2, 13A-5-6, 14-9-41, 15-18-8, 15-22-27.3, or any other section of the Code of Alabama 1975, a criminal sex offense involving a child shall mean a conviction for any sex offense in which the victim was a child under the age of 12 or any offense involving child pornography.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 15-20A-48

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • 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
(b) For the purpose of Section probation officers – Duties of juvenile probation officers generally; powers of juvenile probation officers as to taking into custody and placing in shelter or detention care of children generally; procedure upon taking into custody of child by j” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2020″ statecd=”AL” title=”12″>12-15-107(a)(7), a juvenile probation officer shall notify the state and either the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of a juvenile sex offender, or the child’s attorney for the juvenile sex offender, of the pending release of the sex offender and provide them with a copy of the risk assessment pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 15-20A-26.
(c) For the purpose of Section jurisdiction – Criminal” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2020″ statecd=”AL” title=”12″>12-15-116(a)(5), a juvenile court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction to try any individual who is 18 years of age or older and violates any of the juvenile criminal sex offender provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of Section 15-20A-27.
(d) For the purpose of Section 13A-5-6(c), an offender is designated a sexually violent predator pursuant to Section 15-20A-19.
(e) For the purpose of Sections 36-18-24(b)(6) and 36-18-25(c)(1), sexual offenses shall include, but not be limited to, those offenses pursuant to Section 15-20A-5.
(f) For the purpose of Section person convicted of crime requiring registration as a sex offender” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2020″ statecd=”AL” title=”32″>32-6-49.24, a person who is registered as a sex offender or convicted of a crime that requires registration as a sex offender is a person who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to this chapter. A crime or offense that requires registration as a sex offender shall include, but not be limited to, those offenses pursuant to Section 15-20A-5.
(g) For the purpose of Sections 38-13-2 and 38-13-4, a sex crime shall also include any offense listed in this chapter pursuant to Section 15-20A-5.
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