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2018 Code of Alabama
Title 13A - CRIMINAL CODE.
Chapter 6 - OFFENSES INVOLVING DANGER TO THE PERSON.
Article 8 - Human Trafficking.
Section 13A-6-157 - Civil action by victims; relief awarded.
Universal Citation: AL Code § 13A-6-157 (2018)
Section 13A-6-157Civil action by victims; relief awarded.
An individual who is a victim of human trafficking may bring a civil action in the appropriate state court. The court may award actual damages, compensatory damages, punitive damages, injunctive relief, and any other appropriate relief. A prevailing plaintiff shall also be awarded attorney's fees and costs. Treble damages shall be awarded on proof of actual damages where defendant's acts were willful and malicious.
(Act 2010-705, p. 1708, §8.)
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