(a) All criminal justice agencies within the state shall submit to ALEA periodically, at a time and in such a form as prescribed by the commission, information regarding only the cases within its jurisdiction. The report shall be known as the “Alabama Uniform Crime Report” and shall include crimes reported and otherwise processed during the reporting period.

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 41-9-631

  • 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.
  • 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) The report shall contain the number and nature of offenses committed, the disposition of offenses, and other information as the commission shall specify relating to the method, frequency, cause, and prevention of crime.