§ 13A-12-200.12 — Special Operating License for Adult-Only Enterprises; Advertisement; Revocation of License

Alabama § 13A-12-200.12

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 13A: Criminal Code
• Ch. 12: Offenses Against Public Health and Morals
• Art. 4: Obscenity and Related Offenses
• Div. 5: Alabama Anti-obscenity Enforcement Act

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(a) Any business establishment that operates as an “adult bookstore,” “adult movie house,” “adult video store,” or other form of adult-only entertainment enterprise shall obtain in addition to any licenses required by existing law a special operating license, except that a video rental store that does not engage predominantly in and whose principle business is not the sale or rental of adult material, if it is maintained in compliance with Section 13A-12-200.5(2) or is located in an area restricted to adults. Persons who apply for the license shall provide on the application detailed information concerning ownership and financing, and pay an investigation fee of five hundred dollars ($500) to the county or municipality wherein the business establishment will be located.
(b) If granted the license, the local government, in its discretion, may restrict the type of advertisement that the business establishment can display outside the establishment.
(c) The license shall be revoked if the business establishment is convicted of violating this division.

Legislative History

(Act 98-467, p. 893, §8.)