Ala. Identity Theft Bill

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Laws</U></B></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=398 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Ala. Identity Theft Bill</I></div> <div> The Alabama Identity Theft bill was split into several portions, covering 13A-8-190 to 13A-8-201.  The 2006 chages appear below:</div> <bR> <div> Enrolled, An Act, To amend Section 13A-8-192 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the crime of identity theft; to remove the provision classifying the crime of identity theft as a misdemeanor under certain circumstances and to classify all instances of the crime of identity theft as a Class C felony and to further provide for the statute of limitations; to amend Section 13A-8-198 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the victim of any offense involving identity theft to request the court to enter an order for the public and private records of the victim to be corrected; and to amend Section 13A-8-199 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the statute of limitations for civil actions brought under this chapter.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> "§ 13A-8-192.</div> <bR> <div> "(a) A person commits the crime of identity theft if, without the authorization, consent, or permission of the victim, and with the intent to defraud for his or her own benefit or the benefit of a third person, he or she does any of the following:</div> <div> "(1) Obtains, records, or accesses identifying information that would assist in accessing financial resources, obtaining identification documents, or obtaining benefits of the victim.</div> <div> "(2) Obtains goods or services through the use of identifying information of the victim.</div> <div> "(3) Obtains identification documents in the victim's name.</div> <div> "(b) Identity theft is a Class C felony.</div> <div> "(c) This section shall not apply when a person obtains the identity of another person to misrepresent his or her age for the sole purpose of obtaining alcoholic beverages, tobacco, or another privilege denied to minors.</div> <div> "(d) Any prosecution brought pursuant to this article shall be commenced within seven years after the commission of the offense.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> "§ 13A-8-198.</div> <bR> <div> "(a) Upon a conviction for any crime in violation of this article or conviction of any other offense which the court finds involved identity theft, and at the victim's request, the sentencing court shall issue any orders necessary to correct any public or private record that contains false information as a result of a criminal violation of this article. Any order shall be under seal and may be released only as prescribed by this section. The order shall include the following information:</div> <div> "(1) Information about financial accounts affected by the crime, including, but not limited to, the name of the financial institution, the account number, amount of money involved in the crime, and the date of the crime.</div> <div> "(2) The specific identifying information and identification documents used to commit the crime.</div> <div> "(3) A description of the perpetrator of the crime.</div> <div> "(b) The victim may release the orders as follows:</div> <div> "(1) The victim may submit this order in any civil proceeding to set aside a judgment against the victim involving the specific account and amounts as determined by the criminal sentencing court. The order shall remain sealed in the civil proceeding.</div> <div> "(2) The victim may submit the order to any governmental entity or private business as proof that any financial accounts therein created or altered were a result of the crime and not the actions of the victim.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> "§ 13A-8-199.</div> <bR> <div> "(a) In addition to any other remedies provided by law, a victim who has suffered loss as a result of a criminal violation of this article may bring an action in his or her county of residence or any county in which any part of the crime took place, regardless of whether the defendant who committed the criminal violation was ever actually present in that county, against the defendant to recover the following:</div> <div> "(1) Five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each incident, or three times the actual damages, whichever is greater.</div> <div> "(2) Reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.</div> <div> "(b) The statute of limitations for cases under this section shall be seven years from the earlier of the date of discovery of the offense or the date when the offense reasonably should have been discovered."</div> <div> Section 2. This act shall become effective 30 days following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.</div> <bR> <div> Approved March 6, 2006.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>    <script src="http://hits.icdirect.com/pgTracker.asp?wsID=89&hz=HZ0029&ctr=413"></script> <A href="http://whozOnTop.com"> </A>   </div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>