§ 15-3-5 — Offenses Having No Limitation

(a) There is no limitation of time within which a prosecution must be commenced for any of the following offenses:
(1) Any capital offense.
(2) Any felony involving the use, attempted use, or threat of, violence to a person.
(3) Any felony involving serious physical injury or death of a person.
(4) Any sex offense pursuant to Section 15-20A-5 involving a victim under 16 years of age, regardless of whether it involves force, serious physical injury, or death.
(5) Any felony involving arson of any type.
(6) Any felony involving forgery of any type.
(7) Any felony involving counterfeiting.
(8) Any felony involving drug trafficking.
(b) The amendments made by this act shall apply to both of the following:
(1) To all crimes committed after January 7, 1985.
(2) To all crimes committed before January 7, 1985, for which no statute of limitations provided under pre-existing law has run as of January 7, 1985.
(c) Nothing herein shall be construed to mean that the adoption of this act indicates that any former statute of limitations applying to capital offenses is invalid as the result of any decision of any court invalidating the capital punishment statutes of the State of Alabama.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §401; Code 1867, §3949; Code 1876, §4640; Code 1886, §3707; Code 1896, §5067; Code 1907, §7344; Code 1923, §4928; Code 1940, T. 15, §219; Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-14, p. 16, §§1, 2, 4; Act 2019-465, §1.)