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§ 31-2-126 — Commanders May Incarcerate and Detain Persons Interfering with Performance of Troops; Abatement of Menaces to Health or Safety of Command

Alabama § 31-2-126
JurisdictionAlabama
Title 31Military Affairs and Civil Defense
Ch. 2Military Code

This text of Alabama § 31-2-126 (Commanders May Incarcerate and Detain Persons Interfering with Performance of Troops; Abatement of Menaces to Health or Safety of Command) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Alabama primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Ala. Code § 31-2-126 (2026).

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The commanding officer of troops in the active service of the state shall have the power to incarcerate and detain, until such person can be turned over to the civil authorities, any person guilty of drunkenness, breach of peace, or disorderly conduct, which interferes with the performance of the troops. Such commanding officer shall have the authority to abate any menace to the health or safety of his command.

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Legislative History

(Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §178; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §127.)

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