Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB108 Compare Versions

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3	3	SB108
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5	5	By Senator Weaver
6	6	RFD: Judiciary
7	7	First Read: 05-Feb-25
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15	15	SYNOPSIS:
16	16	This bill would establish the crime of mail
17	17	theft, which is committed when a person takes mail
18	18	addressed to another person from the addressee's
19	19	mailbox or other premises without the effective consent
20	20	of the addressee and with the intent to deprive the
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22	22	This bill would establish criminal penalties for
23	23	a violation based on the amount of mail stolen.
24	24	This bill would establish heightened criminal
25	25	penalties if the defendant committed the mail theft
26	26	with the intent to obtain personally identifing
27	27	information to defraud the victim.
28	28	A BILL
29	29	TO BE ENTITLED
30	30	AN ACT
31	31	Relating to crimes and offenses; to establish the crime
32	32	of mail theft; and to provide criminal penalties for
33	33	violations.
34	34	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
35	35	Section 1. (a) As used in this section, the following
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66	66	terms have the following meanings:
67	67	(1) MAIL. A letter, postcard, package, bag, or other
68	68	sealed article to which either of the following apply:
69	69	a. Is delivered by the United States Postal Service, a
70	70	common carrier, or a delivery service and has not yet been
71	71	received by the person to whom it is addressed.
72	72	b. Has been left in a location for delivery by the
73	73	United States Postal Service, a common carrier, or a delivery
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75	75	(2) SENSITIVE PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. The
76	76	term as defined under Section 8-38-2, Code of Alabama 1975.
77	77	(b) A person commits the crime of mail theft if both of
78	78	the following occur:
79	79	(1) The person takes mail addressed to another person
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81	81	(2) The person acts without the effective consent of
82	82	the addressee and with the intent to deprive the addressee of
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84	84	(c)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
85	85	mail theft is a Class A misdemeanor.
86	86	(2) Mail theft is a Class D felony if mail is
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88	88	(3) Mail theft is a Class C felony if mail is
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90	90	(d) If it is established that a person committed mail
91	91	theft under subsection (b) with the intent to obtain the
92	92	sensitive personally identifying information to defraud the
93	93	addressee, the person shall be punished as follows:
94	94	(1) If mail is unlawfully taken from less than 10
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124	124	(1) If mail is unlawfully taken from less than 10
125	125	addresses, the person shall be guilty of a Class C felony.
126	126	(2) If mail is unlawfully taken from more than 10 or
127	127	more addresses, the person shall be guilty of a Class B
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129	129	Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
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