THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2025-423, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2025.
Ala. Code § 6-5-338
Immunity of Peace Officers and Tactical Medics from Tort Liability for Conduct in the Line of Duty; Certain Employers of Off-Duty Officers to Maintain Liability Coverage.
Applied in 65 court decisions — leading case Wood v. Kesler (2003)
Most recently applied in April Pipkins v. City of Hoover, Alabama (April 2025)
(Acts 1994, No. 94-640, p. 1200, §§1-3; Act 2016-294, §1; Act 2025-423, §5.)
How often courts cite this section
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.
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.