(a) A person may not trespass upon the area within the boundaries of any airport or operate any vehicles upon or drive across any licensed airport, restricted landing area, or other aeronautical facility, unless the areas are used for administrative, inspection, and maintenance purposes and are operated by the municipalities, counties, airport authorities, department personnel, or municipal law enforcement officers having jurisdiction.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class C misdemeanorup to 3 monthsup to $500
Violationup to 30 daysup to $200
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 23-1-386

  • 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
  • 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) A person may not willfully damage, deface, or extinguish any beacon, marker, navigational light, directional sign, or landing area lights provided or erected in the state for the guidance of aircraft.
(c) Violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
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