Alabama § 32-5-76 Spilling Loads or Litter; Penalty

Alabama Statutes

§ 32-5-76 — Spilling Loads or Litter; Penalty

Alabama § 32-5-76

Title 32Motor Vehicles and Traffic

Ch. 5Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, Etc., Generally

Art. 3Operation of Vehicles Generally

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Ala. Code § 32-5-76 (2026).

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(a)(1) Whoever willfully and knowingly operates, owns, or causes to be operated on any public highway, road, street, or public right-of-way a motor vehicle so loaded with gravel, rock, slag, or bricks, in any manner or in any condition that the contents of the vehicle spill out and cause it to be deposited upon the highway, road, street, or public right-of-way is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor pursuant to Section 13A-7-29, the criminal littering statute.

(2)The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall adopt rules to implement this subsection.

(b)No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose o

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(a)(1) Whoever willfully and knowingly operates, owns, or causes to be operated on any public highway, road, street, or public right-of-way a motor vehicle so loaded with gravel, rock, slag, or bricks, in any manner or in any condition that the contents of the vehicle spill out and cause it to be deposited upon the highway, road, street, or public right-of-way is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor pursuant to Section 13A-7-29, the criminal littering statute.
(2) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall adopt rules to implement this subsection.
(b) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway.
(c)(1) Whoever willfully and knowingly operates, owns, or causes to be operated on a public highway, road, street, or public right-of-way, a motor vehicle in any manner or in any condition that litter is caused or allowed to be deposited upon the highway, road, or street or public right-of-way, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor pursuant to Section 13A-7-29, the criminal littering statute.
(2) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall adopt rules to implement this subsection.
(d) Any agricultural product in its natural state that is unintentionally deposited upon a highway, road, street, or public right-of-way does not constitute litter for purposes of this section or Section 13A-7-29.

Legislative History

(Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §39; Acts 1949, No. 517, p. 754, §9; Acts 1971, No. 1419, p. 2423; Acts 1989, No. 89-661, p. 1314, §1; Act 2001-469, p. 623, §1; Act 2019-530, §1.)