Theft of Property in the Fourth Degree.
Known as the Alabama Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 13–13 (653 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Brownlee v. Haley (2002)
Most recently applied in 970 F. Supp. 2d 1259 - Woodard v. Town of Oakman (September 2013)
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §3204; Acts 1978, No. 770, p. 1110; Acts 1992, 2nd Ex
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) The theft of property which does not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) in value and which is not taken from the person of another constitutes theft of property in the fourth degree.
(b) Theft of property in the fourth degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.