Terms Used In Alabama Code 31-2-29

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • 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
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Whoever shall wilfully or maliciously destroy, injure, or deface any arms or articles of military property belonging to the United States or the State of Alabama shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding double the value of the property so injured or defaced, or may be imprisoned in jail for not more than one year, either or both.