The Alabama Code of Commercial Laws and Consumer protection has been established to protect the interests of consumers from being overridden by merchants and service providers.
- The Code has thirty-three chapters, each of which deals with various matters relating to misrepresentations and issues where the difference of opinion can arise between consumers and merchants.
- It also covers various matters like trademarks and copyrights (Chapter 12, rental agreements (chapter 25), contractual agreements (Chapter 29), Vehicle protection (Chapter 33), etc.
- Further, the code also specifies the treatment of frauds and the applicable penalties or punishments arising from fraudulent transactions.