Mobile loitering enforcement focuses on specific conduct like obstructing passage, drug-related loitering, or trespassing, since vague general-loitering ordinances have been struck down on constitutional grounds.
Mobile cannot enforce general status-based loitering bans after federal court rulings limiting such ordinances on vagueness and First Amendment grounds. Enforcement instead targets specific conduct: obstructing pedestrian or vehicle passage, loitering for drug or prostitution purposes, trespassing on private property after warning, and being in posted park areas after closing. Public intoxication is a separate Alabama state offense. Schools, courthouses, and government facilities may have additional loitering restrictions enforced through trespass rather than general loitering law.
Obstructing passage, loitering with drug-related intent, refusing to leave private property after warning, or being in closed parks risks citations and trespass charges.
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