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2022 Code of Alabama
Title 13A - Criminal Code.
Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration.
Article 2 - Escape and Other Offenses Relating to Custody.
Section 13A-10-41 - Resisting Arrest.
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AL Code § 13A-10-41 (2022)
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Section 13A-10-41
Resisting arrest.
(a) A person commits the crime of resisting arrest if he intentionally prevents or attempts to prevent a peace officer from affecting a lawful arrest of himself or of another person.
(b) Resisting arrest is a Class B misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4625.)
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