§ 31-5-225 — Fleeing or attempting to elude police officers; penalty

(a) Any driver of a motor vehicle who willfully fails or
refuses to bring his vehicle to a stop, or who otherwise flees
or attempts to elude a pursuing police vehicle, when given
visual or audible signal to bring the vehicle to a stop, is
guilty of a misdemeanor. The signal given by the police officer
may be by hand, voice, emergency light or siren. The officer
giving the signal shall be in uniform, prominently displaying
his badge of office, and his vehicle shall be appropriately
marked showing it to be an official police vehicle.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section,
every person convicted of fleeing or attempting to elude a
police officer shall be punished by a fine of not more than
seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or by imprisonment for
not more than six (6) months, or both.
(c) A driver commits aggravated fleeing or attempting to
elude a police officer if:
(i) The driver has previously been convicted of
fleeing or eluding a police officer under either subsection (a)
of this section or this subsection; or
(ii) In the course of committing a violation under
subsection (a) of this section the driver:
(A) Attempts to cause or intentionally or
knowingly causes bodily injury to any other person; or
(B) Causes property damage to the property of
any other person in an amount exceeding ten thousand dollars
($10,000.00).
(d) Every person convicted of aggravated fleeing or
attempting to elude a police officer shall be guilty of a felony
and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand
dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than five
(5) years, or both.