Alabama § 2-17-32 - Interference with Person Engaged in Performance of Official Duties Under Chapter, Etc.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 2-17-32 — Interference with Person Engaged in Performance of Official Duties Under Chapter, Etc., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2-17-32. Interference with Person Engaged in Performance of Official Duties Under Chapter, Etc.
Any person who forceably assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates or interferes with any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this chapter shall be fined not more than $5,000.00 or imprisoned for not more than three years or both. Whoever, in the commission of such acts, uses a deadly or dangerous weapon shall be fined not more than $10,000.00 or imprisoned not more than 10 years or both.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 2-17-32 ("Interference with Person Engaged in Performance of Official Duties Under Chapter, Etc.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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