Policy Database
State Policy
Alabama
Limiting liability of farmer allowing gleaning by nonprofit
Code of Ala. � 6-5-343 (current through Acts 2023-563 and 2023-3 of the First Special Session, with some exceptions, and not including corrections and changes made to the 2023 session laws by the Code Commissioner)
Last Visited 3/26/26
Policy Summary
This law limits the duty of care a farmer owes a person who–as an employee or agent of a nonprofit entity–enters land owned, leased, occupied, or controlled by the farmer, for the purpose of removing any crops remaining in the farmer’s fields following harvest. The duty owed by the farmer is the same duty of care the farmer owes a trespasser. For purposes of this law, a nonprofit entity is an entity that is exempt from federal income tax under 26 U.S.C. Section 501(c)(3).
State
Alabama
Jurisdiction Name
Alabama
Jurisdiction Type
state
Food System Topics
- Gleaning & Food Waste Recovery
