Terms Used In Alabama Code 31-2A-76b

  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

The determination of lack of mental capacity or mental responsibility shall be determined pursuant to Alabama state law as well as rules of the Department of Defense of the United States and the laws of the United States governing the Armed Forces of the United States as required under Section 272 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.