(a) This section shall only apply in Jefferson County.
(b)(1) No adult or unrelated juvenile criminal sex offender may establish a residence or other living accommodation in a residence where another criminal sex offender whose name appears on the Jefferson County Sheriff’s official published sex offender list resides.
(2) No more than one adult criminal sex offender whose name appears on the Jefferson County Sheriff’s official published sex offender list may establish residence or other living accommodations in any apartment complex unless there is a distance of 100 yards or more from the residence in the apartment complex of any other adult criminal sex offender.
(3) The owner or lessee of the property who knowingly, willingly, or intentionally permits a violation of subdivision (1) or subdivision (2) shall be subject to a civil penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation. When collected, those penalties shall be equally distributed to the Birmingham Police Department Sex Offender Unit and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department Sex Offender Unit.
(4) An owner or lessee of property shall not be in violation of subdivision (1) or subdivision (2) if the sex offender is the spouse or child of the owner or lessee or if the spouse or child is the owner or lessee of the property.
(5) An owner of property shall not be in violation of subdivision (1) or subdivision (2) where the application for a lease or the lease itself provides a signed statement by the lessee that the lessee is not a convicted sex offender.
Last modified: May 3, 2021