If you have been accused of DUI in Anniston, you don’t have to face it alone. Price Law Firm PC will stand with you through each step of your case and fight to protect you from a DUI conviction.
Our firm has been representing clients charged with DUI in the Municipal Court of Anniston, Alabama for many years. Anniston Municipal Court DUI charges are somewhat different from DUI charges in Alabama’s State Courts. Anniston does not have its own specific DUI ordinance. Instead it has an ordinance that makes it a crime against the City of Anniston to do any act that is a misdemeanor under Alabama state law. This ordinance applies in Anniston’s city limits and police jurisdiction. (A copy of the entire ordinance can be found further down this page.) When the Anniston City Police charge you with DUI, they usually charge you with violating this ordinance, not with violating the Alabama’s DUI law directly.
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Anniston’s Ordinances Making DUI Illegal
ANNISTON, ALABAMA CODE OF ORDINANCES
Sec. 17.7. - State law relating to misdemeanors, violations and offenses (which offenses not declared to be felonies, misdemeanors or violations) adopted by reference.
(a) Any person or corporation committing an offense within the corporate limits of the city, or within the police jurisdiction thereof, which is declared by a law or laws of the state now existing or hereafter enacted to be a misdemeanor, shall be guilty of an offense against the city.
(b) Any person or corporation committing an offense within the corporate limits of the city, or within the police jurisdiction thereof, which is declared by a law or laws of the state now existing or hereafter enacted to be a violation, shall be guilty of an offense against the city.
(c) Any person or corporation committing within the corporate limits of the city, or within the police jurisdiction thereof, an offense as defined by Section 13A-1-2 of the Alabama Criminal Code, which offense is not declared by a law or laws of the state now existing or hereafter enacted to be a felony, misdemeanor or violation, shall be guilty of an offense against the city.
(d) Any person found to be in violation of subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or may be imprisoned or sentenced to hard labor for the city for a period not exceeding six (6) months, at the discretion of the court trying the case, unless otherwise provided by subsection (e) of this section. Any corporation found to be in violation of subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), at the discretion of the court trying the case.
(e) Any person found to be in violation of Section 32-5A-191, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, shall upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and/or may be imprisoned or sentenced to hard labor for not more than one (1) year.
(Ord. No. 80-O-1, §§ 1—4; Ord. No. 83-O-35, §§ 1—5, 10-25-83)
If you are looking for a DUI attorney to defend against charges in Anniston City Court or a DUI in the Calhoun County District Court, contact us today!
If you have been accused of DUI in Anniston, you don’t have to face it alone. Price and Flowers Law Firm will stand with you through each step of your case and fight to protect you from a DUI conviction.
Our firm has been representing clients charged with DUI in the Municipal Court of Anniston, Alabama for many years. Anniston Municipal Court DUI charges are somewhat different from DUI charges in Alabama’s State Courts. Anniston does not have its own specific DUI ordinance. Instead it has an ordinance that makes it a crime against the City of Anniston to do any act that is a misdemeanor under Alabama state law. This ordinance applies in Anniston’s city limits and police jurisdiction. (A copy of the entire ordinance can be found further down this page.) When the Anniston City Police charge you with DUI, they usually charge you with violating this ordinance, not with violating the Alabama’s DUI law directly.
If you would like to know more about defending DUI charges in Anniston, Alabama, we would be happy to speak with you. Contact Us Now.
Anniston’s Ordinances Making DUI Illegal
ANNISTON, ALABAMA CODE OF ORDINANCES
Sec. 17.7. - State law relating to misdemeanors, violations and offenses (which offenses not declared to be felonies, misdemeanors or violations) adopted by reference.
(a) Any person or corporation committing an offense within the corporate limits of the city, or within the police jurisdiction thereof, which is declared by a law or laws of the state now existing or hereafter enacted to be a misdemeanor, shall be guilty of an offense against the city.
(b) Any person or corporation committing an offense within the corporate limits of the city, or within the police jurisdiction thereof, which is declared by a law or laws of the state now existing or hereafter enacted to be a violation, shall be guilty of an offense against the city.
(c) Any person or corporation committing within the corporate limits of the city, or within the police jurisdiction thereof, an offense as defined by Section 13A-1-2 of the Alabama Criminal Code, which offense is not declared by a law or laws of the state now existing or hereafter enacted to be a felony, misdemeanor or violation, shall be guilty of an offense against the city.
(d) Any person found to be in violation of subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or may be imprisoned or sentenced to hard labor for the city for a period not exceeding six (6) months, at the discretion of the court trying the case, unless otherwise provided by subsection (e) of this section. Any corporation found to be in violation of subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), at the discretion of the court trying the case.
(e) Any person found to be in violation of Section 32-5A-191, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, shall upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and/or may be imprisoned or sentenced to hard labor for not more than one (1) year.
(Ord. No. 80-O-1, §§ 1—4; Ord. No. 83-O-35, §§ 1—5, 10-25-83)
If you are looking for a DUI attorney to defend against charges in Anniston City Court or a DUI in the Calhoun County District Court, contact us today!
