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2024 Code of Alabama
Title 13A - Criminal Code.
Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals.
Article 4 - Obscenity and Related Offenses.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 13A-12-130 - Public Lewdness.
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AL Code § 13A-12-130 (2024)
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Section 13A-12-130
Public Lewdness.
(a) A person commits the crime of public lewdness if:
(1) He exposes his anus or genitals in a public place and is reckless about whether another may be present who will be offended or alarmed by his act; or
(2) He does any lewd act in a public place which he knows is likely to be observed by others who would be affronted or alarmed.
(b) Public lewdness is a Class C misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §6325.)
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