Ala. Code § 32-7A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7A / Section 32-7A-4
Section 32-7A-4 Liability Insurance Required
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall operate, register, or maintain registration of, and no owner shall permit another person to operate, register, or maintain registration of, a motor vehicle designed to be used on a public highway unless the motor vehicle is covered by a liability insurance policy, a commercial automobile liability insurance policy, motor vehicle liability bond, or deposit of cash.

(b)(1) For motor vehicles registered in this state, all of the following shall apply:

a. The liability insurance policy or commercial automobile liability insurance policy shall be issued in amounts no less than the minimum amounts set for bodily injury or death and for destruction of property under Section 32-7-6(c).

b. The motor vehicle liability bond shall be in the amount of not less than the minimum amounts of liability coverage for bodily injury or death and for destruction of property under Section 32-7-6(c). The bond shall be conditioned on the payment of the amount of any judgment rendered against the principal in the bond or any person responsible for the operation of the principal’s motor vehicle with his or her express or implied consent, arising from injury, death, or damage sustained through the use, operation, maintenance, or control of the motor vehicle within the State of Alabama.

c. The deposit of cash with the State Treasurer shall be in the amount of not less than the minimum amounts set for bodily injury or death and for destruction of property under Section 32-7-6(c).

(2) For motor vehicles registered in another state, the liability insurance policy, commercial automobile liability insurance policy, motor vehicle liability bond, or deposit of cash shall conform to the requirements of the laws of the state of registration.

(c) Only an insurer authorized to do business in this state shall issue a policy pursuant to this section for any vehicle subject to registration under Chapter 12 of Title 40. Nothing in this section shall deprive an insurer of any policy defense available at common law.

(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), any insurance policies issued by non-admitted insurance companies procured through Alabama licensed surplus lines insurance brokers, pursuant to Section 27-10-20 for the amounts prescribed under Section 32-7-6(c), shall be deemed to be in compliance with this chapter if the brokers are licensed with the Department of Insurance and the brokers transfer all required insurance information in the manner and frequency as prescribed by the department.
Ala. Code § 32-6-591 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-591
Section 32-6-591 Distribution of Proceeds
Status: in_force

The net proceeds of the additional revenues derived from sales of the distinctive plates, less administrative costs including the costs of production incurred by the Revenue Department in producing the plates, shall be distributed by each judge of probate or license commissioner to the state Comptroller. The first two thousand dollars ($2,000) received by the state Comptroller in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, shall be used to satisfy the appropriation specified in Section 4 of Act 97-546. Thereafter, the state Comptroller shall distribute the proceeds monthly to the Sistas Can Survive Coalition for the purpose of providing free mammograms to underserved persons through the Mammogram for Life Campaign.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-300 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-300
Section 32-5A-300 Determinations Requiring Suspension of Driving Privileges; Basis for and Finality of Determination
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, or his or her agent, shall suspend the driving privilege of any person upon a determination that the person drove or was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while the amount of alcohol in the blood of the person was above the legal limit.

(b) The secretary, or his or her agent, shall suspend the driving privilege of any person upon a determination that the person refused a test to determine the drug or alcohol content in the blood of the person as provided in Section 32-5-192.

(c) The secretary, or his or her agent, shall make a determination pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) based on the report of a law enforcement officer required in Section 32-5A-301, and this determination shall be final unless an administrative review is requested under Section 32-5A-306 or a hearing is held under Section 32-5A-307.

(d) The determination of these facts by the secretary, or his or her agent, is independent of the determination of the same or similar facts in the adjudication of any criminal charges arising out of the same occurrence.
Ala. Code § 32-3-3 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 32-3-3
Section 32-3-3 Problems to Be Specifically Studied
Status: in_force

The State Safety Coordinating Committee shall study specifically the problems of interstate and intrastate highway safety; the feasibility and advisability of the adoption of interstate highway safety compacts; the adoption of uniform laws and ordinances, uniform signs, signals and markings; the means of obtaining more uniform enforcement of traffic laws, the use of motor vehicle safety equipment; and the problem of engineering safety control in roads and highways.
Ala. Code § 32-6-592 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-592
Section 32-6-592 Transfer of Plates
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The distinctive license plates shall not be transferable between motor vehicle owners.

(2) If the owner of a vehicle bearing the distinctive plates sells, trades, exchanges, or otherwise disposes of the motor vehicle, the plates shall be retained by the owner to whom issued and returned to the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county, who shall receive and account for the plates.

(3) If the owner acquires by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise, a vehicle for which no standard plates have been issued during the current license period, the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county shall, upon being furnished by the owner proper certification of the acquisition of the vehicle and the payment of the motor vehicle license tax due upon the vehicle, authorize the transfer of the distinctive license plates previously purchased by the owner to the vehicle, which plates shall authorize the operation of the vehicle for the remainder of the then current license period.

(4) If the owner of the distinctive license plates acquires by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise, a vehicle for which standard plates have been issued during the current license year, the judge of probate or license commissioner shall, upon proper certification of the owner and being furnished by the owner the standard plates previously issued for the vehicle, authorize the owner of the newly acquired vehicle to place the distinctive license plates previously purchased on the vehicle and use the plates for the remainder of the then current license period. The notice of transfer of ownership shall be recorded by the judge of probate or the license commissioner.

(b) Any person acquiring by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise, any vehicle bearing the distinctive plates may, upon certification of the fact to the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county and the payment of the fee now required by law, purchase standard replacement plates for the vehicle which shall authorize the operation of the vehicle by the new owner for the remainder of the license period.
Ala. Code § 32-5-51 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-51
Section 32-5-51 Towing or Hauling Disabled Vehicle
Status: in_force

No provision of this chapter shall prevent a motor vehicle from hauling or towing a disabled vehicle while on the highway to a point for the purpose of making repairs; provided, that such motor vehicle otherwise complies with the requirements of this chapter and is in charge of a responsible driver; a drawbar or other connection between any two such vehicles shall not exceed 15 feet in length, and there shall be displayed at the rear of the last vehicle a red flag or other signal or cloth not less than 12 inches in length and width and lighted as required by Section 32-5-240. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in Section 32-5-311.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-245 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-245
Section 32-5A-245 Headgear and Shoes Required for Motorcycle or Motorcycle Driven Cycle Riders; Approval of Headgear; Juvenile Riders; Sale of Helmets
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall operate or ride upon a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle unless he or she is wearing protective headgear that complies with standards established by Section 32-12-41.

(b) No person shall operate or ride upon a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle unless he or she is wearing shoes.

(c)(1) This section shall not apply to persons riding within an enclosed cab.

(2) This section does not apply to the operator of an autocycle, as defined under Section 32-6A-1.

(d) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency may approve or disapprove protective headgear and may adopt and enforce rules establishing standards and specifications for the approval thereof. The secretary shall publish lists of all protective headgear which have been approved by him or her.

(e) No person shall knowingly permit or allow any juvenile for whom he or she is a parent or guardian to operate or ride upon a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle while not wearing a protective helmet of the kind authorized by Section 32-12-41.

(f) No person shall knowingly permit or allow any juvenile for whom he or she is a parent or guardian to operate or ride upon a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle while not wearing shoes.

(g) No manufacturer, retailer, or other person shall sell or offer for sale motorcycle helmets that fail to comply with the standards established by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency pursuant to this section.
Ala. Code § 32-7A-12 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7A / Section 32-7A-12
Section 32-7A-12 Suspension of Registration
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall suspend the vehicle registration of any motor vehicle determined to be in violation of Section 32-7A-4, including any motor vehicle operated in violation of Section 32-7A-16 by an operator other than the owner of the vehicle. Neither the fact that, subsequent to the date of verification or violation, the owner acquired the required liability insurance policy nor the fact that the owner terminated ownership of the motor vehicle shall have any bearing upon the required suspension.

(b) The registration of any motor vehicle registered in this state shall be suspended upon the department receiving notice of the conviction of the operator of the motor vehicle in another state of an offense which, if committed in this state, would constitute a violation of Section 32-7A-4. Until it is terminated, any suspension under this chapter shall remain in force even if the registration is renewed or a new registration is acquired for the motor vehicle contrary to Section 32-7A-17.

(c) In the case of a first violation, the department shall terminate the suspension upon payment by the owner of a reinstatement fee of two hundred dollars ($200) in a manner as prescribed by the department and submission of proof of current insurance as prescribed by the department to either the vehicle owner’s county license plate issuing official, the circuit clerk of any county, or the Administrative Office of Courts. Upon a first violation, the owner’s name and identifying information shall be provided to the director by the department, for the purpose of requiring the owner to purchase and maintain insurance pursuant to Section 32-7-13 or Section 32-7-31, or both, for a period of one year.

(d) In the case of a second or subsequent violation by a person having ownership interest in a motor vehicle or vehicles within the preceding two registration years, or a violation of Section 32-7A-16(b)(2), the department shall terminate the suspension upon payment by the owner of a reinstatement fee of four hundred dollars ($400) in a manner as prescribed by the department and submission of proof of current insurance as prescribed by the department to the vehicle owner’s county license plate issuing official, the circuit clerk of any county, or the Administrative Office of Courts. In the case of a second or subsequent violation, the owner’s name and identifying information shall be provided to the director by the department, for the purpose of the director requiring the owner to purchase and maintain insurance pursuant to Section 32-7-13 or Section 32-7-31, or both, for a period of two registration years. Upon conviction of a second offense the violator shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(e) The registrant shall not be subject to the reinstatement fees provided in subsections (c) and (d) and the suspension shall be terminated if it can be verified that liability coverage was in effect on the insurance verification date.

(f) In accepting the reinstatement fee and proof of current insurance, the owner’s county license plate issuing official, the circuit clerk of any county, or the Administrative Office of Courts shall be responsible for notifying and forwarding, not later than the next business day, any required documentation concerning the reinstatement of motor vehicle registration or registrations to the department in the manner prescribed by the department.

(g) Except as provided in subsections (h) and (j), a portion of the fees received under this section by the department shall be used by the department exclusively for the operation and management of the mandatory liability insurance law and this article. After the payment of the expenses, the remaining funds shall be deposited into the General Fund; provided, if the fees are collected by the owner’s county license plate issuing official, the official shall remit the fee to the department, except for 15 percent of the fee, which shall be retained by the official and distributed 50 percent to the county license plate issuing official and 50 percent to the county general fund. The retained fees distributed to the county license plate issuing official shall be deposited into a special fund designated as the Special Licensing Officials’ Fund. The special fund shall be used for taxpayer education of the requirements of this chapter and the improvement of the equipment and operations in the office of the licensing official charged with motor vehicle registration and titling responsibilities and shall be in addition to the amount budgeted for the office of the official. Fees deposited into the special fund shall be disbursed at the sole discretion of the license plate issuing official and shall be audited by the Examiners of Public Accounts. Such moneys in the special fund shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) at the end of any fiscal year, provided however that balances in excess of the twenty-five thousand dollar ($25,000) cap may be carried over on a monthly basis prior to the close of each fiscal year. Any excess moneys shall accrue to the county general fund. License plate issuing officials shall remit the balance of the funds to the department in the manner prescribed by the department on or before the 20th day of the month following the month of collection.

(h) If the reinstatement fees are collected by the Administrative Office of Courts, it shall remit the fee to the department, except for 15 percent of the fee, which shall be retained in its entirety by the Administrative Office of Courts. If the reinstatement fees are collected by the circuit clerk, it shall remit the fee to the department, except for 15 percent of the fee, which shall be retained by the circuit clerk and distributed evenly between the circuit clerk’s office and the Administrative Office of Courts. Any portion of the reinstatement fee due to the Administrative Office of Courts shall be deposited into the Advanced Technology and Data Exchange Fund established pursuant to Section 12-19-290. Any portion of the reinstatement fee due to the circuit clerk shall be deposited into the Clerk’s Fund established pursuant to Section 12-17-225.4(2).

(i) Refunds of reinstatement fees, less the retained fees, shall be granted in cases of duplicate payment, or as approved by the department. Anyone who is denied a refund of the reinstatement fee may appeal the denial to the Alabama Tax Tribunal pursuant to Section 40-2A-7.

(j) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (g), 15 percent of the net proceeds received by the department shall be deposited by the department into the Alabama Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund, as authorized by Section 36-21-66.

(k) It shall be unlawful for the vehicle owner’s county license plate issuing official to fail to collect such reinstatement fees, when due. Additionally, the reinstatement fee shall not be waived by the court when the vehicle owner cannot produce evidence that a valid liability insurance policy was in effect on the date a citation was issued for violation of this chapter.

(l) The terms circuit clerk and circuit clerk’s office as used in any part of this chapter shall also include any district clerk or district clerk’s office that functions separately from the office of the circuit clerk pursuant to Section 12-17-161.
Ala. Code § 32-6-502 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-502
Section 32-6-502 Transfer of Plates or Tags
Status: in_force

The distinctive license plates or tags issued pursuant to this division shall not be transferable between motor vehicle owners, and in the event the owner of a vehicle bearing the distinctive plates sells, trades, exchanges, or otherwise disposes of the motor vehicle, the tags or plates shall be retained by the owner to whom issued and returned to the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county, who shall receive and account for the tags or plates as provided in this section. In the event the owner acquires by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise, a vehicle for which no standard tags or plates have been issued during the current license period, the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county shall, upon being furnished by the owner proper certification of the acquisition of the vehicle and the payment of the motor vehicle license tax due upon the vehicle, authorize the transfer of the distinctive license tags or plates previously purchased by the owner to the vehicle, which tags or plates shall authorize the operation of the vehicle for the remainder of the current license period. In the event the owner of the distinctive license tag or plate acquires by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise, a vehicle for which a standard plate has been issued during the current license year, the judge of probate or license commissioner shall, upon proper certification of the owner and upon delivery to the official of the standard plate previously issued for the vehicle, authorize the owner of the newly acquired vehicle to place the distinctive license tags or plates previously purchased on the vehicle and use the tags or plates for the remainder of the current license period. The notice of transfer of ownership shall be recorded by the judge of probate or the license commissioner.

Any person acquiring by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise, any vehicle formerly bearing the distinctive tags or plates may, upon certification of the fact to the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county and the payment of the fee now required by law, purchase standard replacement plates for the vehicle which shall authorize the operation of the vehicle by the new owner for the remainder of the license period.
Ala. Code § 32-5-54 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-54
Section 32-5-54 Keep to the Right in Crossing Intersections or Railroads
Status: in_force

In crossing an intersection of highways or in the intersection of a highway by a railroad right-of-way, the driver of a vehicle shall at all times cause such vehicle to travel on the right half of the highway unless such right half is obstructed or impassable.
Ala. Code § 32-2-43 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-43
Section 32-2-43 Duties of Members of Reserve
Status: in_force

The duties of a state trooper reserve officer shall be limited to assisting the Department of Public Safety in the performance of its regularly constituted duties and shall serve under the immediate supervision of a lawful Department of Public Safety officer.
Ala. Code § 32-9B-7 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9B / Section 32-9B-7
Section 32-9B-7 Teleoperation Systems; Requirements
Status: in_force

A commercial motor vehicle equipped with a teleoperation system registered in this state shall meet all of the following requirements:

(1) Is in compliance with applicable federal law.

(2) Is certified in accordance with federal regulations in 49 C.F.R. Part 567 as being in compliance with applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards and shall bear the required certification label or labels, including reference to any exemption granted under applicable federal law.

(3) Is capable of being operated in compliance with the applicable traffic and motor vehicle laws of this state, regardless of whether the vehicle is operated by a remote driver, including, without limitation, applicable laws concerning the capability to safely navigate and negotiate railroad crossings.

(4) Is covered by motor vehicle liability coverage in an amount of not less than two million dollars ($2,000,000).

(5) Is able to achieve a reasonably safe state, such as bringing the vehicle to a stop, if a failure of the teleoperation system occurs that renders the remote driver unable to perform the entire dynamic driving task for the vehicle.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-195 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-195
Section 32-5A-195 Cancellation, Suspension, or Revocation of Driver’s License; Grounds, Procedure, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency is authorized to cancel any driver’s license upon determining that the licensee was not entitled to the issuance thereof or that the licensee failed to give the correct or required information in his or her application. Upon cancellation, the licensee must surrender the license so cancelled. If the licensee refuses to surrender the license, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state given to a nonresident shall be subject to suspension or revocation by the secretary in like manner and for like cause as a driver’s license issued may be suspended or revoked.

(c) The secretary, upon receiving a record of the conviction in this state of a nonresident driver of a motor vehicle of any offense, may forward a certified copy of the record to the motor vehicle administrator in the state where the person so convicted is a resident.

(d) When a nonresident’s operating privilege is suspended or revoked, the secretary shall forward a certified copy of the record of the action to the motor vehicle administrator in the state where the person resides.

(e) The secretary may suspend or revoke the license of any resident of this state or the privilege of a nonresident to drive a motor vehicle in this state upon receiving notice of the conviction of the person in another state of any offense therein which, if committed in this state, would be grounds for the suspension or revocation of the license of a driver.

(f) The secretary may give effect to conduct of a resident in another state as is provided by the laws of this state had the conduct occurred in this state.

(g) Whenever any person is convicted of any offense for which this chapter makes mandatory the revocation of the license of the person by the agency, the court in which the conviction is had shall require the surrender to it of any driver’s license then held by the person convicted and the court shall forward the same together with a record of such conviction to the secretary.

(h) Every court having jurisdiction over offenses committed under this article or any other law of this state or municipal ordinance adopted by a local authority regulating the operation of motor vehicles on highways, shall forward to the secretary within five days a record of the conviction of any person in the court for a violation of any laws other than regulations governing standing or parking, and may recommend the suspension of the driver’s license of the person convicted.

(i) For the purposes of this article, the term conviction shall mean a final conviction. Also, for the purposes of this article, an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure a defendant’s appearance in court, a plea of nolo contendere accepted by the court, the payment of a fine, a plea of guilty, or a finding of guilt of a traffic violation charge shall be equivalent to a conviction regardless of whether the penalty is rebated, suspended, or probated.

(j) The secretary shall revoke the license of any driver upon receiving a record of the driver’s conviction of any of the following offenses:

(1) Manslaughter or homicide by vehicle resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle, including a person who is adjudicated as a youthful offender based on an underlying charge of manslaughter or homicide by vehicle, but there shall be no disclosure, other than to courts and law enforcement agencies by any entity or person of any information, documents, or records relating to the youthful offender’s arrest, conviction, or adjudication of or finding of delinquency related to the manslaughter or homicide by vehicle.

(2) Upon a first conviction of driving or being in actual physical control of any vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or under the influence of a controlled substance to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving or under the combined influence of alcohol and a controlled substance to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving, the revocation shall take place only when ordered by the court rendering the conviction.

(3) Upon a second or subsequent conviction within a 10-year period, of driving or being in actual physical control of any vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or under the influence of a controlled substance to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving or under the combined influence of alcohol and a controlled substance to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving.

(4) Any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used.

(5) Failure to stop, render aid, or identify himself or herself as required under the laws of this state in the event of a motor vehicle accident resulting in the death or personal injury of another.

(6) Perjury or the making of a false affidavit or statement under oath to the secretary under this article or under any other law relating to the ownership or operation of motor vehicles.

(7) Conviction upon three charges of reckless driving committed within a period of 12 months.

(8) Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle belonging to another which act does not amount to a felony.

(k) The secretary may suspend the license of a driver without preliminary hearing upon a showing by its records or other sufficient evidence that the licensee:

(1) Has committed an offense for which mandatory revocation of license is required upon conviction;

(2) Has been convicted with such frequency of serious offenses against traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles as to indicate a disrespect for traffic laws and a disregard for the safety of other persons on the highways;

(3) Is an habitually reckless or negligent driver of a motor vehicle, such fact being established by a record of accidents or by other evidence;

(4) Is incompetent to drive a motor vehicle;

(5) Has permitted an unlawful or fraudulent use of such license;

(6) Has committed an offense in another state which if committed in this state would be grounds for suspension or revocation;

(7) Has been convicted of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; or

(8) Has been convicted of racing on the highways.

(l) Upon suspending the license of any person as provided in this section, the secretary shall immediately notify the licensee in writing and upon his or her request shall afford him or her an opportunity for a hearing as early as practicable, not to exceed 30 days after receipt of the request in the county where the licensee resides unless the secretary and the licensee agree that the hearing may be held in some other county. The hearing shall be before the secretary, or his or her duly authorized agent. Upon the hearing, the secretary, or his or her duly authorized agent, may administer oaths and may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses in the production of relevant books and papers and may require a reexamination of the licensee. Upon the hearing, the secretary, or his or her duly authorized agent, shall either rescind its order of suspension or, upon a showing of good cause, may continue, modify, or extend the suspension of the licensee or revoke the license. If the license has been suspended as a result of the licensee’s driving while under the influence of alcohol, the secretary, or his or her agent conducting the hearing, shall take into account, among other relevant factors, the licensee’s successful completion of any duly established “highway intoxication seminar,” “DWI counterattack course,” or similar educational program designed for problem drinking drivers. If the hearing is conducted by a duly authorized agent instead of by the secretary, the action of the agent shall be approved by the secretary.

(m) At the end of the period of suspension a license surrendered to the secretary pursuant to subsection (n), the license shall be returned to the licensee.

(n) The secretary, upon cancelling, suspending, or revoking a license, shall require that the license be surrendered to and be retained by the secretary. Any person whose license has been cancelled, suspended, or revoked shall immediately return his or her license to the secretary. If the licensee refuses to surrender the license, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(o) Any resident or nonresident whose driver’s license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been suspended or revoked as provided in this section shall not operate a motor vehicle in this state under a license or permit issued by any other jurisdiction or otherwise during the suspension or after the revocation until a new license is obtained when and as permitted under this article.

(p) Any person denied a license or whose license has been cancelled, suspended, or revoked by the secretary except where the cancellation or revocation is mandatory under this article shall have the right to file a petition within 30 days thereafter for a hearing in the matter in the circuit court in the county where the person resides. In the case of cancellation, suspension, or revocation of a nonresident’s operating privilege, in the county where the main office of the secretary is located. The court is vested with jurisdiction and it shall be its duty to set the matter for hearing upon 30 days’ written notice to the secretary and to take testimony and examine into the facts of the case and to determine whether the petitioner is entitled to a license or is subject to suspension, cancellation, or revocation of license under this section.
Ala. Code § 32-6-151 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-151
Section 32-6-151 Promulgation of Rules and Regulations by Department of Revenue
Status: in_force

The State Department of Revenue shall make such rules and regulations as necessary to insure compliance with all state license laws relating to use and operation of a private passenger or pleasure motor vehicle which must be complied with before these tags or plates in lieu of the regular Alabama license tags or plates may be obtained and such rules and regulations as necessary to provide for the application for and issuance of such special tags or plates.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-55 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-55
Section 32-5A-55 Riding in House Trailers
Status: in_force

No person or persons shall occupy a house trailer while it is being moved upon a public highway.
Ala. Code § 32-6-492 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-492
Section 32-6-492 Transfer of Plates or Tags
Status: in_force

The distinctive license plates or tags issued pursuant to this division shall not be transferable between motor vehicle owners, and in the event the owner of a vehicle bearing the distinctive plates sells, trades, exchanges, or otherwise disposes of the motor vehicle, the tags or plates shall be retained by the owner to whom issued and returned to the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county, who shall receive and account for the tags or plates as provided in this section. In the event the owner acquires by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise, a vehicle for which no standard tags or plates have been issued during the current license period, the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county shall, upon being furnished by the owner proper certification of the acquisition of the vehicle and the payment of the motor vehicle license tax due upon the vehicle, authorize the transfer of the distinctive license tags or plates previously purchased by the owner to the vehicle, which tags or plates shall authorize the operation of the vehicle for the remainder of the current license period. In the event the owner of the distinctive license tag or plate acquires by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise a vehicle for which a standard plate has been issued during the current license year, the judge of probate or license commissioner shall, upon proper certification of the owner and upon delivery to the official of the standard plate previously issued for the vehicle, authorize the owner of the newly acquired vehicle to place the distinctive license tags or plates previously purchased on the vehicle and use the tags or plates for the remainder of the current license period. The notice of transfer of ownership shall be recorded by the judge of probate or the license commissioner.

Any person acquiring by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise any vehicle formerly bearing the distinctive tags or plates may, upon certification of the fact to the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county and the payment of the fee now required by law, purchase standard replacement plates for the vehicle which shall authorize the operation of the vehicle by the new owner for the remainder of the license period.
Ala. Code § 32-7-9 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-9
Section 32-7-9 Application to Nonresidents, Unlicensed Drivers, Unregistered Motor Vehicles and Accidents in Other States
Status: in_force

(a) In case the operator or the owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident within this state has no license or registration or is a nonresident, he shall not be allowed a license or registration until he or she has complied with the requirements of this chapter to the same extent that would be necessary if, at the time of the accident, he or she had held a license and registration.

(b) When a nonresident’s operating privilege is suspended pursuant to Section 32-7-6 or Section 32-7-8, the director shall transmit a certified copy of the record of such action to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registration certificates in the state in which such nonresident resides, if the law of such other state provides for action in relation thereto similar to that provided for in subsection (c) of this section.

(c) Upon receipt of such certification that the operating privilege of a resident of this state has been suspended or revoked in any such other state pursuant to a law providing for its suspension or revocation for failure to deposit security for the payment of judgments arising out of a motor vehicle accident, under circumstances which would require the director to suspend a nonresident’s operating privilege had the accident occurred in this state, the director shall suspend the license of such resident if he or she was the operator and all of his or her registrations if he or she was the owner of a motor vehicle involved in such accident. Such suspension shall continue until such resident furnishes evidence of his or her compliance with the law of such other state relating to the deposit of such security.
Ala. Code § 32-6-17 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-17
Section 32-6-17 Cancellation, Suspension, or Revocation - Reinstatement; Fees
Status: in_force

(a) Any person whose driving license has been cancelled, suspended, or revoked under Section 32-5A-195 or any other provision of Alabama law by the Director of Public Safety or by any court of competent jurisdiction shall, upon application for reinstatement of the driving license, pay to the Director of Public Safety the following fees:

(1) For cancellations, suspensions, or revocations for any drug or alcohol related offenses, a fee of two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275), two hundred dollars ($200) of which shall be deposited into the Department of Public Safety Highway Traffic Safety Fund and seventy-five dollars ($75) of which shall be deposited into the State General Fund.

(2) For revocations not related to drug or alcohol offenses, a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175), one hundred dollars ($100) of which shall be deposited into the Department of Public Safety Highway Traffic Safety Fund and seventy-five dollars ($75) of which shall be deposited into the State General Fund.

(3) For cancellations and suspensions not related to drug or alcohol offenses, a fee of one hundred dollars ($100), twenty-five dollars ($25) of which shall be deposited into the Department of Public Safety Highway Traffic Safety Fund and seventy-five dollars ($75) of which shall be deposited into the State General Fund.

(4) No fee shall be collected from a person whose driver’s license has been suspended for medical reasons set out in rules promulgated by the director.

(b) An additional fifty dollars ($50) is imposed if the cancelled, suspended, or revoked license is not voluntarily surrendered within 30 days of a cancellation, suspension, or revocation notice. Upon receipt of the reinstatement fee, clearance for relicensing shall be provided. The second and any subsequent clearance for relicensing for this action shall be provided for a fee of five dollars ($5). Upon reinstatement, the licensee shall obtain a duplicate license with a new photograph and current personal data. Except as provided in subsection (a), any sums collected by the director under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund and shall not be returned to the applicant for reinstatement of his or her license, notwithstanding what action the director may take on the person’s application for reinstatement of the driving license.

(c) The Department of Public Safety shall notify by mail any person whose license has been suspended, cancelled, or revoked. The cost of the mailing may be added to the fee.
Ala. Code § 32-9-6 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 32-9-6
Section 32-9-6 Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures
Status: in_force

All fines and forfeitures collected upon conviction or upon forfeiture of bail of any person charged with a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter constituting a misdemeanor, shall be, within 30 days after such fine or forfeiture is collected, forwarded to the State Treasurer. All amounts received from such fines or forfeitures shall be credited to the State General Fund. Failure, refusal, or neglect to comply with the provisions of this section shall constitute misconduct in office and shall be ground for removal therefrom. All fines and forfeitures collected by district courts or municipal courts for violation of ordinances, whether for acts constituting violations of the provisions of this chapter or not, shall be paid into the treasury of such municipality in which the same were collected.
Ala. Code § 32-6-12.1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-12.1
Section 32-6-12.1 Limited Driving Permits
Status: in_force

(a) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall develop and implement a Class D hardship driver license program with specified and limited driving privileges for inmates in work release programs or community corrections programs and for persons released from incarceration from the Department of Corrections. Each person released from a period of confinement from the Department of Corrections, immediately following his or her release, shall be eligible to apply for a hardship driver license with specified and limited driving privileges from the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and shall be subject to rules, terms, regulations, restrictions, and eligibility requirements established by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, as well as subject to payment of a fee not to exceed the cost of production and issuance of the hardship driver license.

(b) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall develop and implement a Class D hardship driver license program with specified and limited driving privileges for a person with a suspended or revoked license who can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the agency that he or she does not pose a risk to public safety and cannot obtain reasonable transportation as further provided in this section. Any person with a suspended or revoked license who can fully demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the agency that he or she cannot obtain reasonable transportation shall be eligible to apply for a hardship driver license with specified and limited driving privileges from the agency and shall be subject to rules, terms, regulations, restrictions, and eligibility requirements established by the agency, as well as subject to payment of a fee not to exceed the cost of production and issuance of the hardship driver license.

(c) A person whose hardship driver license has been revoked shall not be eligible to apply for a driver’s license until at least six months from the date the license was revoked.

(d) A person who has been adjudicated or convicted of driving under the influence, pursuant to Section 32-5A-191, shall not be eligible for a hardship driver license.

(e) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall promulgate such rules, regulations, restrictions, and eligibility requirements as are necessary to implement the provisions of this section. Additionally, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall collaborate with the Board of Pardons and Paroles to implement the provisions of this section.
Ala. Code § 32-9-32 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 32-9-32
Section 32-9-32 Scales
Status: in_force

The Director of the Department of Transportation is authorized to designate, furnish instructions to, prescribe rules and regulations for the conduct of, and to supervise official stations for determining the weight of motor vehicles at such points as it may be deemed necessary. Such designated weighing devices shall be checked by the weights and measures division of the Department of Agriculture and Industries and certified to be correct within the tolerances prescribed under the rules and regulations established by the state Department of Agriculture and Industries, and checks shall be made at such points as is deemed necessary by the weights and measures division of the Department of Agriculture and Industries. All stations shall comply with the requirements of the director and shall be available for the use of all officers in the enforcement of this chapter. The expense of weighing such motor vehicles shall be paid out of any funds made available for the use of the state highway patrol. If it is found that any motor vehicle is being operated in violation of this chapter, the expenses of such weighing shall be taxed as part of the costs for the prosecution of such violation. A certificate issued by the chief of the division of weights and measures of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, signed by such official, under oath, and countersigned by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, in which the chief of the division of weights and measures certifies that scales, or weighing devices, have been checked and approved as required under the provisions of this section and Section 32-9-31 and found to be correct, within prescribed tolerances, shall be received in any court as prima facie evidence of the fact that the scales or weighing devices designated and identified in such certificate have been checked and approved for accuracy in accordance with the requirements of this section and Section 32-9-31; provided, that such certificate must show that the scales or weighing devices were checked for accuracy within a period of four months (120 days) prior to the date on which the motor vehicle was weighed to determine whether such vehicle was being operated in violation of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 32-6-312 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-312
Section 32-6-312 Plates Not Transferable Between Owners; Return of Plates; Transfer to Other Vehicle
Status: in_force

The distinctive license plates issued pursuant to this division shall not be transferable as between motor vehicle owners, and in the event the owner of a vehicle bearing such distinctive plates shall sell, trade, exchange, or otherwise dispose of same, such plates shall be retained by the owner to whom issued and by him or her returned to the probate judge or license commissioner of the county, who shall receive and account for same in the manner stated below. In the event such owner shall acquire by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise a vehicle for which no standard plates have been issued during the current license period, the probate judge or license commissioner of the county shall, upon being furnished by the owner thereof proper certification of the acquisition of such vehicle and the payment of the motor vehicle license tax due upon such vehicle, authorize the transfer to the vehicle of the distinctive license plates previously purchased by such owner, which plates shall authorize the operation of the vehicle for the remainder of the then current license period. In the further event the owner of such distinctive plates shall acquire by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise a vehicle for which standard plates have been issued during the current license year, the probate judge or license commissioner shall, upon proper certification of such owner and upon delivery to such official of the standard plates previously issued for such vehicle, authorize the owner of such newly-acquired vehicle to place the distinctive plates previously purchased by him or her upon such vehicle and use same thereon for the remainder of the then current license period. Such notice of transfer of ownership shall be made of record by the probate judge or the license commissioner.

Any person acquiring by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise any vehicle formerly bearing such distinctive plates shall be authorized, upon certification of such fact to the probate judge or license commissioner of the county and the payment of the fee now required by law, to purchase standard replacement plates for such vehicle which shall authorize the operation of such vehicle by the new owner for the remainder of the license period.
Ala. Code § 32-6-332 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-332
Section 32-6-332 Transferability
Status: in_force

The distinctive license plates or tags issued pursuant to this division shall not be transferable between motor vehicle owners, and in the event the owner of a vehicle bearing the distinctive plates sells, trades, exchanges, or otherwise disposes of the motor vehicle, the tags or plates shall be retained by the owner to whom issued and returned to the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county, who shall receive and account for the tags or plates as provided in this section. In the event the owner acquires by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise a vehicle for which no standard tags or plates have been issued during the current license period, the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county shall, upon being furnished by the owner proper certification of the acquisition of the vehicle and the payment of the motor vehicle license tax due upon the vehicle, authorize the transfer of the distinctive license tags or plates previously purchased by the owner to the vehicle, which tags or plates shall authorize the operation of the vehicle for the remainder of the then current license period. In the event the owner of the distinctive license tags or plates acquires by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise a vehicle for which standard plates have been issued during the current license year, the judge of probate or license commissioner shall, upon proper certification of the owner and upon delivery to the official of the standard plates previously issued for the vehicle, authorize the owner of the newly-acquired vehicle to place the distinctive license tags or plates previously purchased for the vehicle and use the tags or plates for the remainder of the then current license period. The notice of transfer of ownership shall be recorded by the judge of probate or the license commissioner.

Any person acquiring by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise any vehicle formerly bearing the distinctive tags or plates may, upon certification of the fact to the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county and the payment of the fee now required by law, purchase standard replacement plates for the vehicle which shall authorize the operation of the vehicle by the new owner for the remainder of the license period.
Ala. Code § 32-8-34 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-34
Section 32-8-34 Designated Agents of Department; Bond of Title Service Providers
Status: in_force

(a) Each judge of probate, commissioner of licenses, director of revenue, or other county official in this state authorized and required by law to issue motor vehicle license plates shall by virtue of his or her office be a designated agent of the department. Judges of probate, commissioners of licenses, directors of revenue, or other licensing officials may perform their duties under this chapter either personally or through any of their deputies.

(b) Every dealer, as defined in this chapter, shall be a designated agent of the department. The dealers shall perform their duties under this chapter personally, through any of their officers or employees, or through a title service provider; provided, that the dealer shall enter into a bond with a corporate surety authorized to do business in this state as surety thereon, payable to the State of Alabama in a sum as provided in Section 40-12-398, conditioned on the faithful performance of their duties under this chapter. No dealer appointed under this subsection as a designated agent shall process title applications on behalf of another dealer unless both dealerships are owned by the same entity.

(c) The department may appoint other persons in this state as its designated agents. Such agents shall perform their duties under this chapter either personally, through any of their officers or employees, or through a title service provider. An appointee shall enter into a bond as provided in subsection (b). Full-time bonded employees of the Department of Revenue may serve as designated agents without additional bond. A qualified designated agent of the department located outside of this state may continue as a designated agent of the department as long as he or she complies with the requirements of this chapter.

(d) Each title service provider shall enter into a bond with a corporate surety authorized to do business in this state as a surety, thereon payable to the state in a sum provided in Section 40-12-398, conditioned on the faithful performance of their duties under this chapter.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-176.1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-176.1
Section 32-5A-176.1 Construction Zone Moving Violations
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits a construction zone moving violation if, while operating a motor vehicle, he or she commits any violation of Chapter 5 or this chapter under all of the following conditions:

(1) The person is in a construction zone designated by the Department of Transportation or a political subdivision of the state.

(2) Construction or maintenance workers are present and performing construction or maintenance work.

(3) There are work zone traffic control devices, traffic controls, or warning signs present to notify motorists and pedestrians of construction or maintenance workers in the area.

(b) The Department of Transportation may set the speed limits in urban and rural construction zones along state and interstate highways and the county commission of a county may set the speed limits in urban and rural construction zones along county roads or highways. The construction zone speed limits shall be posted on the department’s standard size speed limit signs at least one hundred feet in advance of the entrance to a construction zone. Law enforcement authorities shall enforce construction zone speed limits.

(c) Upon conviction of a construction zone moving violation, the operator of the motor vehicle shall be assessed a fine of the greater of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or double the amount prescribed by law outside a construction zone.

(d) Warning signs shall be placed at the entrance of the construction zone and shall warn of additional fines for committing a moving violation within a construction zone. The signs shall also state that the additional fines are applicable only when construction personnel are present.

(e) The Department of Transportation may adopt and implement administrative rules and procedures to enforce this section and to ensure the safety of private and public construction and maintenance personnel working in designated construction zones on state and interstate highways. A county commission may promulgate and implement administrative rules and procedures as it deems necessary to enforce this section on county roads and highways, provided the rules and procedures are not in conflict with those set by the Department of Transportation.

(f) A person subject to a penalty pursuant to this section may not be assessed additional court costs on conviction.

(g) Fines assessed under this section shall be collected and distributed as other fines for moving violations are collected and distributed, as provided by law.
Ala. Code § 32-19-2 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 19 / Section 32-19-2
Section 32-19-2 Operation of Shared Micromobility Device Systems
Status: in_force

(a) A shared micromobility device system may not operate or deploy shared micromobility devices on the public highways or bikeways of the state without first obtaining authorization or permission from the applicable county or municipality in which the shared micromobility device system will be operated.

(b) Every person riding a shared micromobility device shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the rider of a bicycle in this title, except as to specific provisions in this section and except as to those specific provisions in this title which by their nature can have no application.

(c) A person may not park a shared micromobility device on a sidewalk in a manner that impedes the normal or reasonable movement of pedestrian or other traffic or in violation of county or municipal parking regulations.

(d) A shared micromobility device is not a motor vehicle and is not subject to the provisions of this title relating to insurance, license plates, registration, operator’s licenses, or certificates of title.

(e) A shared micromobility device shall be labeled with visible language identifying its use in a shared micromobility device system.

(f) The owner or operator of a shared micromobility device system shall procure and keep in full force a commercial liability insurance policy with minimum limits of one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence, insuring against bodily injury, including death, and property damage caused by the negligence or wantonness of the owner or operator of a shared micromobility device system.

(g) Counties and municipalities may regulate the operation of shared micromobility devices. The authorization or permission from the applicable county or municipality may be conditioned on certain requirements, including, but not limited to:

(1) Minimum insurance requirements that may be in addition to the mandatory insurance requirements under subsection (f).

(2) Age requirements of users.

(3) Safety rules and maintenance requirements.

(4) Such other requirements as the county or municipality deems advisable.
Ala. Code § 32-7A-25 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7A / Section 32-7A-25
Section 32-7A-25 Construction
Status: in_force

This chapter is supplemental to other laws relative to motor vehicles and a liability insurance policy, commercial automobile liability insurance policy, liability insurance bond, or deposit of cash, and insofar as possible shall be construed in pari materia with such laws.
Ala. Code § 32-12-20 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 12 / Section 32-12-20
Section 32-12-20 Definition; Parent or Guardian Not to Authorize or Permit Violations
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to do any act forbidden or to fail to perform any act required by this chapter. The parent of any child and the guardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly permit any such child or ward to violate any of the provisions of this chapter. As used herein, the term motor-driven cycle shall include every motorcycle weighing when fully equipped less than 200 pounds and every bicycle with motor attached, excluding an electric bicycle, and every motor scooter.
Ala. Code § 32-6-21 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-21
Section 32-6-21 Examination Fee
Status: in_force

(a) Every applicant for an original driver license, temporary instruction and learner permit, and motor driven cycle operator license, shall pay an examination fee of five dollars ($5) to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency upon applying to the officer, state trooper, or duly authorized agent of the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, or to one of them where there is more than one designated by the secretary. The five dollar ($5) fee shall be required prior to each examination. No driver license examination fee shall be charged to a qualified student, as defined in Section 16-28-40(b)(2), for his or her first examination.

(b) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall issue proper receipts for the examination fee and shall properly transmit all monies received by the agency for deposit in the State General Fund.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-37 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-37
Section 32-5A-37 Interference with Official Traffic-Control Devices or Railroad Signs or Signals
Status: in_force

No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof.
Ala. Code § 32-5-192 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-192
Section 32-5-192 Implied Consent; When Tests Administered; Suspension of License or Permit to Drive, Etc., for Refusal to Submit to Test
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Any person who operates a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state shall be deemed to have given consent, subject to this division, to a chemical test or tests of his or her blood, breath, or oral fluid for the purpose of determining the content of any impairing substance or substances within a person’s system, if lawfully arrested for any offense arising out of acts alleged to have been committed while the person was driving a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state in violation of Section 32-5A-191.

(2) The test or tests shall be administered at the direction of a law enforcement officer having reasonable grounds to believe that the person was in violation of Section 32-5A-191, while driving a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state.

(3) The law enforcement agency that employs the officer shall designate which test or tests shall be administered. The person shall be told that his or her failure to submit to a chemical test or tests will result in the suspension of his or her privilege to operate a motor vehicle for a minimum of 90 days. If the person objects to a blood test, the law enforcement agency shall designate that one of the other tests be administered.

(b) Any person who is dead, unconscious, or who is otherwise in a condition rendering him or her incapable of refusal, shall be deemed not to have withdrawn the consent provided by subsection (a) and the test or tests may be administered, subject to this division.

(c)(1) If a person under arrest refuses upon the request of a law enforcement officer to submit to a chemical test or tests designated by the law enforcement agency as provided in subsection (a), none shall be given, unless a court order has been obtained ordering the person to submit to a chemical test or tests.

(2) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, upon the receipt of a sworn report of the law enforcement officer that he or she had reasonable grounds to believe the arrested person had been driving a motor vehicle upon the public highways of this state in violation of Section 32-5A-191 and that the person refused to submit to the test upon the request of the law enforcement officer, shall suspend his or her driving privilege as defined in Section 32-5-191 as provided in Section 32-5A-304.

(3) If the person is acquitted of violating Section 32-5A-191, the secretary, in his or her discretion, may reduce the period of suspension.

(d)(1) Upon suspending the driving privilege, the secretary or his or her duly authorized agent shall immediately notify the person in writing of the suspension and upon a request filed by the person, the secretary shall provide a hearing in the same manner as provided in Section 32-5A-307; except, that the scope of the hearing for the purposes of this section shall determine all of the following:

a. Whether a law enforcement officer had reasonable grounds to believe the person had been driving a motor vehicle upon the public highways of this state in violation of Section 32-5A-191.

b. Whether the person was placed under arrest.

c. Whether he or she refused to submit to the test upon request of the officer.

(2) Whether the person was informed that the privilege to drive would be suspended or denied if he or she refused to submit to the test shall not be an issue.

(3) The secretary shall order that the suspension or determination that there should be a denial of issuance either be rescinded or sustained.

(e) If the suspension or determination that there should be a denial of issuance is sustained by the secretary or his or her authorized agent upon the hearing, the person whose driving privilege has been suspended shall have the right to file a petition in the appropriate court to review the final order of suspension or denial by the secretary, or his or her duly authorized agent, in the same manner as provided in Section 32-5A-307.

(f) Upon a determination that a nonresident’s privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been suspended, the secretary shall provide, in writing, the action taken by this state to the motor vehicle administrator of the state of the person’s residence and to any state in which he or she has a license.
Ala. Code § 32-9B-2 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9B / Section 32-9B-2
Section 32-9B-2 Applicability; Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise provided by this chapter, an automated commercial motor vehicle and a teleoperation system, including any commercial use or operation of either, are governed exclusively by this chapter.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Transportation is the sole and exclusive state agency with jurisdiction over automated commercial motor vehicles and teleoperation systems that may implement this chapter.

(c) A political subdivision of this state or a state agency may not impose requirements, including taxes or performance standards, related specifically to the operation of a teleoperation system or automated commercial motor vehicle in addition to the requirements of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 32-8-87 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-87
Section 32-8-87 Dismantling, Destroying, Changing Identity of Vehicle; Certificate Requirements; Insurance Claims; “Total Loss”; Removal of Identification Numbers, Plates, Etc.; Transfer of Salvage Vehicles; Inspections; “Component Parts”; Rebuilt Vehicles; Flood Vehicles; Online Verifications
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Each owner of a motor vehicle and each person mentioned as owner in the last certificate of title who scraps, dismantles, destroys, or changes the motor vehicle in such a manner that it is not the same motor vehicle described in the certificate of origin or certificate of title shall as soon as practicable cause the certificate of origin or certificate of title, if any, and any other documents or information required by the department to be mailed or delivered to the department for processing.

(2) The department, with the consent of any holder of liens noted on the surrendered certificate, shall enter a cancellation upon its records. Upon cancellation of a certificate of origin or certificate of title in the manner prescribed by this section, the department shall cancel all certificates of origin or certificates of title in that chain of title. A certificate of title for the vehicle shall not again be issued except upon application containing the information the department requires, accompanied by a certificate of inspection in the form and content as specified in this section.

(3) No motor vehicle for which a salvage or junk certificate has been issued by this state or any other state shall be driven or operated on the highways or other public places of this state. A vehicle which is in this state and for which a salvage certificate has been issued, and the vehicle is being restored to its operating condition which existed prior to the event which caused the salvage certificate of title to issue, may be moved to and from repair points as necessary by the rebuilder to complete the restoration or may be moved as permitted by the department for inspection or for any other purpose. A valid Alabama dealer license plate shall be displayed on the vehicle during its movement. A person who violates this subdivision shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(b)(1)a. When the frame or engine is removed from a motor vehicle and not immediately replaced by another frame or engine, or when an insurance company has paid money or made other monetary settlement as compensation for a total loss of any motor vehicle, the motor vehicle shall be considered to be salvage.

b. The owner of every motor vehicle in which the total loss or salvage has occurred and which has a current title issued in this state or the vehicle is located in this state at the time of title application or branding or both, or the owner is an Alabama resident, within 72 hours after the total loss or salvage occurs, shall make application for a salvage certificate of title and forward to the department the certificate of origin or certificate of title to the motor vehicle and the department shall process the certificate of origin or certificate of title in a manner prescribed by law or rule.

c. An insurance company that pays money or makes other monetary settlement as compensation for total loss of a motor vehicle shall at the time of payment or monetary settlement obtain the vehicle’s properly assigned certificate of origin or certificate of title and, as soon as practicable after receiving it, shall forward it along with the application for a salvage certificate, to the department for processing.

d. In the event the payment or monetary settlement was made because of the theft of the vehicle, which shall be considered a total loss as defined in this section, the insurance company shall forward the vehicle’s properly assigned certificate of origin or certificate of title, as provided herein, to the department as soon as practicable after the vehicle is recovered.

(2) When a stolen motor vehicle has been reported to the department in compliance with this section and is later recovered, and for which a salvage certificate has been issued, the owner recorded on the salvage certificate shall assign that certificate to the purchaser. A person who violates this subsection shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(c) If an insurance company acquires a motor vehicle in settlement of an insurance claim and holds the vehicle for resale and procures the certificate of origin or certificate of title from the owner or lienholder within 15 days after delivery of the vehicle to the insurance company, and if the vehicle was not a total loss as defined by subsection (d), the insurance company need not send the certificate of origin or certificate of title to the department but, upon transferring the vehicle to another person, other than by the creation of a security interest, the insurance company shall complete an affidavit of acquisition and disposition of the motor vehicle on a form prescribed by the department and deliver the certificate of origin or certificate of title, affidavit, and any other documents required by the department to the transferee at the time of delivery of the motor vehicle.

(d)(1) For the purposes of this section, a total loss occurs when an insurance company or any other person pays or makes other monetary settlement to a person when a vehicle is damaged and the damage to the vehicle is greater than or equal to 75 percent of the fair retail value of the vehicle prior to damage as set forth in a current edition of a nationally recognized compilation of retail values, including automated databases.

(2) The compensation for total loss as defined in this subsection shall not include payments by an insurer or other person for medical care, bodily injury, vehicle rental, or for anything other than the amount paid for the actual damage to the motor vehicle. A vehicle that has sustained minor damage as a result of theft or vandalism shall not be considered a total loss.

(3) Any person acquiring ownership of a damaged motor vehicle that meets the definition of total loss for which a salvage title has not been issued shall apply for a salvage title, other than a scrap metal processor acquiring the vehicle for purposes of recycling into metallic scrap for remelting purposes only. This application shall be made before the vehicle is further transferred, but in any event, within 30 days after ownership is acquired.

(e) It shall be unlawful for the owner of any junkyard, salvage yard, or automotive dismantler and parts recycler or his or her agents or employees to have in their possession any motor vehicle that is junk or salvage or a total loss when the manufacturer’s vehicle identification number plate or plates, authorized replacement vehicle identification number plate or plates, or serial plate or plates have been removed, unless previously required to be removed by a statute or law of this state or another jurisdiction. A person who violates this subsection shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(f) It shall be unlawful for a person to possess, sell or exchange, offer to sell or exchange, or to give away any certificate of origin, certificate of title, salvage certificate of title, manufacturer’s identification number plate, authorized replacement vehicle identification number plate, serial plate, or motor vehicle license plate of any motor vehicle that has been scrapped, dismantled, or sold as junk or salvage or as a total loss in violation of this subsection. An individual who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(g) The department may issue a salvage certificate of title for a fee of fifteen dollars ($15), on a form prescribed by the department, which shall provide for assignments of the salvage certificate of title. The salvage certificate of title shall replace a certificate of origin or certificate of title required to be surrendered by this section. The department shall prescribe necessary forms and procedures to comply with this subsection.

(h) It shall be unlawful for a person to sign as assignor or for a person to have in his or her possession a salvage certificate of title that has been signed by the owner as assignor without the name of the assignee and other information called for on the form prescribed by the department. A person who violates this subsection, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(i) Every owner of a salvage or junk motor vehicle who sells or transfers the vehicle to any person shall provide at the time of the sale or transfer a properly executed assignment and warranty of title to the transferee in the space provided therefor on the salvage certificate of title or junk certificate of title or as the department prescribes. A person who willfully violates this subsection shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(j)(1) The department may issue a certificate of title to any motor vehicle for which a salvage certificate has been issued by this or any other state, and the vehicle has, in this state, been completely restored to its operating condition which existed prior to the event which caused the salvage certificate of title to issue, provided that all requirements of this section have been met.

(2) The department may issue a certificate of title for any motor vehicle for which a salvage certificate of title has been issued by this or any other state or when the department has evidence that a salvage title should have been issued by this or any other state, and the vehicle has been completely restored outside of this state to its operating condition which existed prior to the event which caused the salvage certificate of title to be issued, provided the department is satisfied that the vehicle was rebuilt in the other state in accordance with that state’s salvage rebuilding laws.

(3) Any motor vehicle for which a certificate of title has been issued by any state with the notation of junk, parts car, parts only, nonrebuildable, or when a certificate of destruction or bill of sale has been issued for transfer of the vehicle with similar language shall be considered to be a junk vehicle and shall not be titled in this state.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, no certificate of title may be issued for any vehicle where the frame or the majority of the major component parts were obtained from a junk vehicle.

(k) Every owner of a salvage motor vehicle designated a 1975 year model and all models subsequent thereto which is in this state and which has been restored in this state to its operating condition which existed prior to the event which caused the salvage certificate of title to issue shall make application to the department for an inspection of the vehicle in the form and content as determined by the department. Each application for inspection of a salvage vehicle which has been so restored shall be accompanied by all of the following:

(1) The outstanding salvage certificate or out-of-state title previously issued for the salvage vehicle.

(2) Notarized bills of sale evidencing acquisition of all major component parts, listing the manufacturer’s vehicle identification number of the vehicle from which the parts were removed if parts contain or should contain the manufacturer’s vehicle identification number, used to restore the vehicle and bills of sale evidencing acquisition of all minor component parts. Notarization shall not be required on bills of sale for minor component parts; provided, that a notarized bill of sale that lists the manufacturer’s vehicle identification number of the vehicle from which the parts were removed, if parts contain or should contain the manufacturer’s vehicle identification number, shall be required for a transmission.

(3) Evidence that the owner is a licensed motor vehicle rebuilder, as defined in Section 40-12-390, unless otherwise exempt from the licensing requirement by Chapter 12 of Title 40. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where an owner acquires an Alabama salvage certificate of title to his or her own vehicle from his or her insurance company in settlement of a claim, a prior registration or other documentation that shows that the owner owned the vehicle prior to the salvage title being issued may be submitted in lieu of a rebuilder’s license.

(4) A written affirmation by the owner stating all of the following:

a. The actions taken to restore the vehicle to its operating condition which existed prior to the event which caused the salvage certificate to issue.

b. That the owner personally inspected the completed vehicle and it complies with all safety requirements set forth by the State of Alabama and any rules adopted thereunder.

c. That the identification numbers of the restored vehicle and its parts have not, to the knowledge of the owner, been removed, destroyed, falsified, altered, or defaced.

d. That the salvage certificate document or out-of-state title certificate attached to the application has not to the knowledge of the owner been forged, falsified, altered, or counterfeited.

e. That all information contained on the application and its attachments is true and correct to the knowledge of the owner.

f. An acknowledgment that the owner, as specified in subsection (r), shall be required to post a bond in accordance with Section 32-8-36 in the event that the owner cannot provide any information required in this subsection or any other information specified by the department.

(l) The application fee for each inspection of a restored vehicle shall be seventy-five dollars ($75), payable to the department in a manner as prescribed by the department, and shall accompany the application.

(1) All application fees and title fees received by the department pursuant to this subsection shall be applied toward the personnel and maintenance costs of the vehicle inspection program and the vehicle inspection program shall be conducted by the office of investigations and inspections of the department. Upon receipt of the application for inspection, application fee of seventy-five dollars ($75), its supporting documents, and title fee of fifteen dollars ($15), payable to the department in a manner as prescribed by the department, the department shall require an inspection to be made of the title and the vehicle by qualified agents or law enforcement officers of the department.

(2) The inspection and certification shall include an examination of the vehicle and its parts to determine that the identification numbers of the vehicle or its parts have not been removed, falsified, altered, defaced, destroyed, or tampered with; that the vehicle information contained in the application for certificate of title and supporting documents is true and correct; and that there are no indications that the vehicle or any of its parts are stolen. The certification shall not attest to the roadworthiness or safety condition of the vehicle.

(m) Component parts are defined as:

(1) PASSENGER VEHICLES.

a. Major components:

1. Motor or engine.

2. Trunk floor pan or rear section and roof.

3. Frame or any portion thereof, except frame horn, or, in the case of a unitized body, the supporting structure which serves as the frame, except when it is a part of the trunk floor pan, or rear section and roof.

4. Cowl, firewall, or any portion thereof.

5. Roof assembly.

b. Minor components:

1. Each door allowing entrance to or egress from the passenger compartment.

2. Hood.

3. Each front fender or each rear fender when used with a rear section and roof.

4. Deck lid, tailgate, or hatchback, whichever is present.

5. Each quarter panel.

6. Each bumper.

7. T-tops, moon roof, or whichever is present.

8. Transmission or transaxle.

(2) TRUCK, TRUCK TYPE, OR BUS TYPE VEHICLE.

a. Major components:

1. Motor or engine.

2. Transmission or transaxle.

3. Frame or any portion thereof, except frame horn, or, in the case of a unitized body, the supporting structure which serves as the frame.

4. Cab.

5. Cowl or firewall or any portion thereof.

6. Roof assembly.

7. Cargo compartment floor panel or passenger compartment floor pan.

b. Minor components:

1. Each door.

2. Hood.

3. Grill, except on one ton or smaller trucks.

4. Each bumper.

5. Each front fender.

6. Roof panel and rear cab panel.

7. Each rear fender or side panel.

8. Pickup box.

9. Body or bed.

(3) MOTORCYCLE: COMPONENT PARTS.

a. Engine or motor.

b. Transmission or transaxle.

c. Frame.

d. Front fork.

e. Crankcase.

(n) A salvage vehicle that has been restored in this state to its operating condition which existed prior to the event which caused the salvage certificate of title to issue shall be issued a certificate of title which shall contain the word “rebuilt.”

(o)(1) Each salvage vehicle restored or rebuilt in this state which is required to be inspected by the department pursuant to subsection (l) and for which a certificate of title may be issued pursuant to subsection (n) shall be issued a decal, plate, or other emblem as prescribed by the department to reflect that the vehicle is rebuilt. The decal, plate, or other emblem shall be attached to the vehicle in a place and in a manner prescribed by the department.

(2) A person who willfully removes, mutilates, tampers with, obliterates, or destroys a decal, plate, or other emblem issued and attached to a salvage vehicle pursuant to this subsection is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(p) Each person who sells, exchanges, delivers, or otherwise transfers any interest in any vehicle for which a title bearing the designation salvage or rebuilt has been issued shall disclose in writing the existence of this title to the prospective purchaser, recipient in exchange, recipient by donation, or recipient by other act of transfer. The disclosure, which shall be made at the time of or prior to the completion of the sale, exchange, donation, or other act of transfer, shall contain the following information in no smaller than 10 point type: “This vehicle’s title contains the designation salvage or rebuilt.”

(q)(1) Any motor vehicle for which an insurance company has paid a total loss due, in part, to being damaged by water shall be deemed a flood vehicle. The motor vehicle’s certificate of title and every subsequent certificate of title shall contain the designation “flood vehicle.”

(2) Each person who sells, exchanges, donates, delivers, or otherwise transfers any interest for which a certificate of title bearing the designation flood vehicle has been issued shall disclose in writing the existence of this designation to the prospective purchaser, recipient in exchange, recipient by donation, or recipient by other act of transfer. The disclosure shall be made at the time of or prior to the completion of the sale, exchange, donation, delivery, or other act of transfer and shall contain the following information in no smaller than 10 point type: “The certificate of title of this motor vehicle contains the designation flood vehicle.”

(r) If an owner acquires a salvage vehicle for which a previous insurer or owner did not properly obtain a salvage title from this or any other state or the vehicle was rebuilt by a rebuilder who is no longer licensed as a rebuilder, the current owner may proceed as provided in subsection (k) and apply for an inspection of the vehicle. In any case where the department has determined that an insurer or prior owner did not properly obtain a salvage certificate of title, a prior registration or other documentation that shows that the owner owned the vehicle prior to the notification by the department may be submitted in lieu of a rebuilder’s license.

(s)(1)a. A licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler as defined in Section 40-12-410, secondary metals recycler as defined in Section 13A-8-30, who acquires a motor vehicle for the purpose of dismantling it or recycling it into metallic scrap for melting purposes, or any person who crushes a motor vehicle acquired from anyone other than a licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler or a secondary metal recycler, except as provided in subdivision (2), shall surrender any certificate of title received to the department for cancellation in a manner as prescribed by the department. A notice of cancellation shall be submitted and a receipt of the notice shall be obtained from the department prior to crushing the vehicle or dismantling the vehicle or recycling it into metallic scrap for remelting purposes. A licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler or secondary metals recycler shall file the notice electronically and the department, at the time of filing, shall provide the filer with an electronic notice of receipt. The licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler or secondary metals recycler shall maintain the properly assigned original certificate of title when the notice is filed electronically. The department shall verify through its records that the title is the current title of the motor vehicle and that the vehicle is not reported as stolen prior to issuing the receipt.

b. Each licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler, secondary metals recycler, and any other person who crushes a motor vehicle shall maintain records of every motor vehicle crushed or acquired for the purpose of dismantling it or recycling it into metallic scrap for remelting purposes. The records shall be maintained by these parties for a period of not less than five years and shall include the vehicle identification number, name and address of the seller, copy of the seller’s state issued driver license or identification card, the date of sale, and a copy of the certificate of title surrendered to the department. In the event that a person crushes a vehicle or vehicles on behalf of the owner but does not acquire the vehicle or vehicles, that person shall maintain a record of the vehicle identification number, and the name and address of the entity for whom the vehicles were crushed, as well as a copy of the person’s state issued driver license or identification card, or state issued tax ID number if the entity is not a natural person. For purposes of this chapter, a crushed motor vehicle as defined in Section 40-12-116 shall not be deemed a motor vehicle or vehicle; provided, however, that any person who is responsible for transforming a motor vehicle into a crushed motor vehicle is responsible for complying with this section.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title to the contrary, if the owner or authorized agent of the owner of a motor vehicle has not obtained a title in his or her name for the motor vehicle to be transferred, he or she may sign a sworn statement that, in addition to the foregoing conditions, the vehicle is worth one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less and is at least 12 model years old. The statement described in this subsection may be used only to transfer such a motor vehicle to a licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler as defined in Section 40-12-410 or secondary metals recycler as defined in Section 13A-8-30 and shall be used in lieu of a certificate of title when the motor vehicle is being dismantled or recycled into metallic scrap. The department, in consultation with the above industries, shall adopt a form for the statement which shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following information:

a. A statement that the motor vehicle shall never be titled again and that it must be dismantled or scrapped.

b. A description of the motor vehicle including the year, make, model, and vehicle identification number.

c. The license plate number and state of issue of any vehicle transporting the motor vehicle being sold.

d. The name, address, and driver license number of the seller.

e. A certification by the seller that the seller is lawfully in possession of the vehicle and the seller is the current owner of the vehicle and the seller never obtained a title to the motor vehicle in his or her name.

f. A certification that the motor vehicle meets all of the following requirements:

1. Is worth one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less.

2. Is at least 12 model years old.

3. Is not subject to any recorded security interest or lien.

g. An acknowledgment, made under penalties of perjury, that the seller realizes this information will be filed with the department and that it is a Class C felony to knowingly falsify any information on this statement.

h. The seller’s signature and the date of the transaction.

i. The name and address of the business acquiring the vehicle.

j. The unique registration number provided by the Administrator of the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System known as the NMVTIS ID Number.

k. A certification by the business, made under penalties of perjury, that one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less was paid to acquire the vehicle.

l. The business agent’s signature and date along with a printed name and title if the agent is signing on behalf of a corporation.

m. The unique tracking number provided by a Department of Revenue system that indicates that the automotive dismantler and parts recycler or secondary metals recycler has utilized that system to verify that the vehicle is not currently reported as stolen and that there is no recorded lien or notice of a lien on file or that the department has no record of the vehicle. A licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler or secondary metals recycler shall file the notice electronically, and the department shall provide the filer with an electronic notice of receipt. This statement shall be invalid without this tracking number and without the purchaser’s NMVTIS ID Number.

n. An acknowledgment by the automotive dismantler and parts recycler or secondary metals recycler that the motor vehicle will not be crushed or shredded for a period of 48 hours not including Saturday and Sunday after the initial filing with the department of the notice required in this subsection and receipt of the notice.

(3) The automotive dismantler and parts recycler or secondary metals recycler shall electronically deliver the statement required under this subsection to the department within 72 hours of the completion of the transaction, requesting that the department cancel the certificate of title and registration. A transmission of the identical information, in the identical format as prescribed by the department, shall be sent by the automotive dismantler and parts recycler or secondary metals recycler to the sheriff of the county, or the chief of police if located in a municipality, if requested by the sheriff or chief of police. The transmittal shall be completed and a receipt of the notice, generated at the time of the transmittal, shall be obtained from the department before dismantling the vehicle or recycling it into metallic scrap for remelting purposes. In addition, the automotive dismantler and parts recycler or secondary metals recycler shall maintain the original signed documents required by this subsection for a period of not less than five years. An automotive dismantler and parts recycler or secondary metals recycler who has complied with the requirements of this section shall be immune from, and held harmless from, any claims related to liens which were not recorded or a notice of lien was not recorded, or stolen vehicles not reported, at the time that the vehicle was purchased and the inquiry made and documented with the unique tracking number issued by the department.

(4) Any person who knowingly and willfully violates this subsection, or any person who falsifies the statement required under this subsection, or any person who knowingly and willfully sells a vehicle upon which there is an unsatisfied lien, shall be guilty of a Class C felony. In addition to any punishment rendered, each person convicted shall be subject to the laws regarding restitution.

(5) Any motor vehicle used to transport another motor vehicle or crushed motor vehicle illegally sold under this section may be seized by law enforcement and is subject to forfeiture ordered by the court; provided, however, that no motor vehicle used by any person in the transaction of a sale of such motor vehicle shall be subject to forfeiture unless the owner or other person in charge of the motor vehicle is a consenting or knowing party to the commission of a crime, and a forfeiture of the motor vehicle is subject to the rights of any lienholder who holds a perfected security interest in the motor vehicle so long as the lienholder had no knowledge of or consented to the act. Whenever property is forfeited under this subsection by order of the court, it shall be sold and the proceeds distributed, pro rata after payment of all property expenses relating to the forfeiture and sale, including any court ordered restitution to the owner of the vehicle, satisfaction of any liens associated with the vehicle sold in violation of this section, and any losses incurred by the automotive dismantler and parts recycler or secondary metals recycler to the general fund of the state or any county or municipality whose department, office, or agency contributed to the investigation of the acts resulting in forfeiture, based upon the contribution, including expenses, of the department, office, or agency, as determined by the court.

(t) The department shall provide a system for a real-time online verification of motor vehicle titles, liens, and stolen vehicle status which can be accessed by an automotive dismantler and parts recycler or a secondary metals recycler. The system shall be capable of transmitting the information from the statement required pursuant to subsection (s) either online or by bulk electronic transmission and shall provide a unique tracking number on a receipt at the time of the submission that indicates that the automotive dismantler and parts recycler or a secondary metals recycler has used the system and that at the time of the inquiry, the vehicle was not reported as stolen and that there were no recorded liens or notices of liens on file associated with the vehicle, or that the department has no record of the vehicle. The charge assessed for the transmittal of the statement required by subsection (s) to the automotive dismantler and parts recycler or secondary metals recycler shall be five dollars ($5) per submittal. In lieu of a per submittal charge, an automotive dismantler and parts recycler or a secondary metals recycler may pay an annual fee of five hundred dollars ($500) for all submittals and inquiries made during that fiscal year. The fee shall be paid on a fiscal year basis, beginning October 1 of each fiscal year. Every automotive dismantler and parts recycler, secondary metals recycler, or person or company licensed pursuant to Section 40-12-116, shall pay the annual fee for each location or license. Any fees collected under this section shall be retained by the department for use solely by the Motor Vehicle Division of the department for training and technological and processing improvements.
Ala. Code § 32-6-113 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-113
Section 32-6-113 Licensing Year; Estimate of Number of Plates Required
Status: in_force

Such distinctive plates or tags shall be prepared and furnished for the licensing year commencing October 1 each year. The Adjutant General shall furnish the Commissioner of Revenue annually with an estimate of the number of such distinctive plates or tags required in each of the several counties of the state.
Ala. Code § 32-7C-25 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7C / Section 32-7C-25
Section 32-7C-25 Fares
Status: in_force

A TNC may charge a fare for the services provided to a TNC rider. If a fare is collected from a rider, the TNC shall disclose to the rider the fare or fare calculation on its digital network. If the fare is not disclosed to the rider before the beginning of the prearranged ride, the rider shall have the option to receive an estimated fare before the beginning of the prearranged ride.
Ala. Code § 32-2-5 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-5
Section 32-2-5 What Laws Director to Enforce
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Director of the Department of Public Safety, and he shall have power to do all that is necessary to administer and enforce:

(1) All laws contained in this title, as the same may now or hereafter be amended;

(2) All other laws relating or pertaining to the operation or movement of vehicles on the public highways of this state;

(3) Such other laws as the Department of Public Safety has heretofore administered and enforced.
Ala. Code § 32-6-70 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-70
Section 32-6-70 Issuance of Special Tags
Status: in_force

Owners of motor vehicles who are residents of the State of Alabama and who hold valid amateur radio station or citizen’s band radio licenses issued by the Federal Communications Commission, upon application, accompanied by proof of ownership of such amateur radio station or citizen’s band radio license, complying with the state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and upon the payment of the regular license fee for tags, as provided by law, and the payment of an additional fee of $3.00, shall be issued license plates, as provided by law, for private or pleasure motor vehicles, upon which, in lieu of the numbers as prescribed by law, shall be inscribed the official amateur radio station or citizen’s band radio call letters of such applicant as assigned by the Federal Communications Commission.
Ala. Code § 32-6-49.61 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-49.61
Section 32-6-49.61
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE (CDL). A license issued to an individual in accordance with the requirements of this article, which authorizes the individual to drive a class of commercial motor vehicles.

(2) COMMERCIAL LEARNER PERMIT (CLP). A permit issued to an individual by a state or other jurisdiction of domicile, in accordance with the standards contained in 49 C.F.R. Part 383, which, when carried with a valid driver license issued by the same state or jurisdiction, authorizes the individual to operate a class of a commercial motor vehicle when accompanied by a holder of a valid CDL for purposes of behind-the-wheel training.

(3) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE. The term as defined under Section 32-6-49.3.

(4) FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. Any jurisdiction other than a state, territory, province, or possession of the United States.

(5) PUBLIC DOCUMENT. a. All official books, papers, exhibits, or records of any type required by law to be created by or received and retained in a governmental office or agency, affording notice or information to the public or constituting a memorial of an act or transaction of a public office or public servant.

b. A license, certificate, permit, seal, title, letter of patent, or similar document issued by a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a foreign government engaged in a reciprocal treaty or memorandum of understanding with the United States.
Ala. Code § 32-8-62 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-62
Section 32-8-62 Procedure When Owner Creates Security Interest
Status: in_force

If an owner creates a security interest in a vehicle:

(1) The owner shall immediately execute the application in the space provided therefor on the certificate of title, or on a separate form the department prescribes to name the lienholder on the certificate showing the name and address of the lienholder and the date of his security agreement, and cause the certificate, application and the required fee to be delivered to the lienholder.

(2) The lienholder shall immediately cause the certificate, application and required fee to be mailed or delivered to the department.

(3) Upon request of the owner or subordinate lienholder, a lienholder in possession of the certificate of title shall either mail or deliver the certificate to the subordinate lienholder for delivery to the department, or, upon receipt from the subordinate lienholder of the owner’s application and the required fee, mail or deliver them to the department with the certificate. The delivery of the certificate does not affect the rights of the first lienholder under his security agreement.

(4) Upon receipt of the certificate of title, application and the required fee, the department shall either endorse on the certificate or issue a new certificate containing the name and address of the new lienholder, and mail the certificate to the first lienholder named in it.
Ala. Code § 32-6-36 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-36
Section 32-6-36 Application of Article IV of Compact to Offenses Enumerated in Section 32-6-16
Status: in_force

Article IV of the compact, set forth in Section 32-6-31, shall apply to those offenses enumerated in Section 32-5A-195, and any suspension therefor shall be governed by the provisions of this section.
Ala. Code § 32-15A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 15A / Section 32-15A-4
Section 32-15A-4
Status: in_force

When the owner of a vehicle registers as a shared vehicle owner on a peer-to-peer car sharing program, and before the owner makes a vehicle available for peer-to-peer car sharing on the peer-to-peer car sharing program, the peer-to-peer car sharing program shall notify the owner that, if the vehicle has a lien against the vehicle, the use of the vehicle through the peer-to-peer car sharing program, including use without physical damage coverage, may violate the terms of the contract with the lienholder.
Ala. Code § 32-20-42 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 32-20-42
Section 32-20-42 Requirements Upon Creation of Security Interest
Status: in_force

If an owner creates a security interest in a manufactured home:

(1) The owner shall immediately execute the application in the space provided therefor on the certificate of title, or on a separate form the department prescribes to name the lienholder on the certificate showing the name and address of the lienholder and the date of his or her security agreement, and cause the certificate, application, and the required fee to be delivered to the lienholder.

(2) The lienholder shall immediately cause the certificate, application, and required fee to be mailed or delivered to the department.

(3) Upon request of the owner or subordinate lienholder, a lienholder in possession of the certificate of title shall either mail or deliver the certificate to the subordinate lienholder for delivery to the department, or, upon receipt from the subordinate lienholder of the owner’s application and the required fee, mail or deliver them to the department with the certificate. The delivery of the certificate does not affect the rights of the first lienholder under his or her security agreement.

(4) Upon receipt of the certificate of title, application, and the required fee, the department shall either endorse on the certificate or issue a new certificate containing the name and address of the new lienholder, and mail the certificate to the first lienholder named in it.
Ala. Code § 32-6-280 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-280
Section 32-6-280 (Amended by 2026-243) Issuance of Distinctive Plates; List of Eligible Retired Professional Firefighters; Identification; Fees; Use of Plates or Tags
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-243, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2027. SEE ACTS FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) Professional firefighter means a paid member of a paid or part-paid fire department of a city, town, county, or other subdivision of the state, including the chief, assistant chief, warden, engineer, captain, firemen, and all other officers and employees of the department who actually engage in fire fighting or rendering first aid at the scene of an accident. (2) Retired professional firefighter means a retired member of a paid or part-paid fire department of a city, town, county, or other subdivision of the state, including the chief, assistant chief, warden, engineer, captain, firemen, and all other officers and employees of the department who actually engaged in fire fighting or rendering first aid at the scene of an accident. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, retired professional firefighter includes a retired professional firefighter who is a resident of this state and who has retired from a professional fire department in another state and otherwise meets the requirements of this section. (b)(1) Notwithstanding Sections 32-6-64, 32-6-67, and 32-6-68, a retired professional firefighter, upon application and subject to the provisions of this section, may be issued a distinctive motor vehicle license plate as identification as a retired professional firefighter, and a professional firefighter, upon application and subject to this section, may be issued a distinctive motor vehicle license plate as identification as a professional firefighter. (2) In addition to the proper numbers, words, and insignias used on the standard license plate issued for motor vehicles, the distinctive plates so issued for a retired professional firefighter shall have a design created by the state association of professional firefighters in coordination with the Mobile Retired Firefighters and Paramedics Association and the Tuscaloosa Retired Firefighters Association, and the distinctive license plate so issued for a professional firefighter shall have a design created by the state association of professional firefighters. (c)(1) The distinctive license plates provided herein shall be approved by the Commissioner of Revenue and shall be issued through the judge of probate, license commissioner, or other license issuing official of the several counties of the state in the same manner as are other motor vehicle license plates and the officers shall be entitled to their regular fees for the service. (2) By December 1 of each year, the Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission shall submit to the judge of probate, the license commissioner, or other license issuing official of each county a list of eligible retired professional firefighters retired from paid or part-paid fire departments under this section. The Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission shall also add to the list any retired professional firefighter retired from a paid or part-paid fire department in another state who submits proof to the commission of eligibility pursuant to this division. The Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission shall also submit to the judge of probate, the license commissioner, or other license issuing official of each county a list of eligible professional firefighters from paid or part-paid fire departments. (3) Any person who joins a paid or part-paid fire department after December 1 of any year or any person who is omitted from the list prepared as described in subdivision (2) may obtain a distinctive license plate by presenting to the license issuing official proof of his or her membership in a paid or part-paid fire department by means of a certificate signed by the chief of the department on a form prescribed by the Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission. (4) Upon the initial application for a retired professional firefighter distinctive license plate under this section, an applicant for a distinctive plate provided in this section shall present to the judge of probate, the license commissioner, or other license issuing official of the county, proof of his or her retirement from a fire department that is included on the list provided by the Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission. Proof of the person’s retirement from a fire department included on the list from the Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission is not required for renewal of the distinctive plate. (5) Upon the applicant submitting proof of his or her identification, the professional firefighter shall be issued the requested number of distinctive license plates upon the payment of the regular fee for license plates, as provided by law, but shall not be required to pay the three dollar ($3) fee. (6) Upon the applicant submitting proof of his or her identification, the retired professional firefighter shall be issued the requested number of distinctive license plates upon the payment of the regular license fee for plates, as provided by law, but shall not be required to pay the three dollar ($3) fee. (7) The distinctive license plates so issued shall be used only upon and for personally owned, private passenger vehicles, to include station wagons and pick-up trucks, registered in the name of the retired professional firefighter or professional firefighter making application therefor, and when so issued to the applicant shall be used upon the vehicle for which issued in lieu of the standard license plates normally issued for the vehicle. (8)a. In addition to any other fees provided for by law, an annual additional fee of one dollar ($1.00) is added to the cost of the retired professional firefighter and the professional firefighter distinctive license plates provided for in this division, effective January 1, 2022. The annual additional fee collected pursuant to this section shall be distributed by each licensing official to the state Comptroller. The state Comptroller shall distribute the net proceeds monthly as follows: 1. Fifty cents ($.50) shall be deposited into a fund managed by the Alabama Joint Fire Council and shall be used for the purpose of expanding and maintaining the Alabama Firefighter Memorial located in Tuscaloosa. 2. Fifty cents ($.50) shall be distributed to the Alabama Joint Fire Council to be used for expenses associated with the Firefighter Peer Support Program. b. The funds generated by this fee shall be subject to audit from either the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts or an independent certified public accountant once every three calendar years effective January 1, 2022. (9) Anyone who is proven to have either falsely obtained or certified an individual to obtain a distinctive retired professional firefighter license plate or a distinctive professional firefighter license plate shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished according to law. (d) Retired professional firefighters distinctive license plates as provided by this section shall be prepared and furnished for the licensing year commencing January 1, 2012, and thereafter as is provided by law for the issuance of other license plates. Professional firefighters distinctive license plates as provided by this section shall be prepared and furnished for the licensing year commencing January 1, 2016, and thereafter as is provided by law for the issuance of other license plates. (e) The Department of Revenue may adopt any rules necessary to administer this section.

(a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) Professional firefighter means a paid member of a paid or part-paid fire department of a city, town, county, or other subdivision of the state, including the chief, assistant chief, warden, engineer, captain, firemen, and all other officers and employees of the department who actually engage in fire fighting or rendering first aid at the scene of an accident.

(2) Retired professional firefighter means a retired member of a paid or part-paid fire department of a city, town, county, or other subdivision of the state, including the chief, assistant chief, warden, engineer, captain, firemen, and all other officers and employees of the department who actually engaged in fire fighting or rendering first aid at the scene of an accident. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, retired professional firefighter includes a retired professional firefighter who is a resident of this state and who has retired from a professional fire department in another state and otherwise meets the requirements of this section.

(b)(1) Notwithstanding Sections 32-6-64, 32-6-67, and 32-6-68, a retired professional firefighter, upon application and subject to the provisions of this section, may be issued a distinctive motor vehicle license plate as identification as a retired professional firefighter, and a professional firefighter, upon application and subject to this section, may be issued a distinctive motor vehicle license plate as identification as a professional firefighter.

(2) In addition to the proper numbers, words, and insignias used on the standard license plate issued for motor vehicles, the distinctive plates so issued for a retired professional firefighter shall have a design created by the state association of professional firefighters in coordination with the Mobile Retired Firefighters and Paramedics Association and the Tuscaloosa Retired Firefighters Association, and the distinctive license plate so issued for a professional firefighter shall have a design created by the state association of professional firefighters.

(c)(1) The distinctive license plates provided herein shall be approved by the Commissioner of Revenue and shall be issued through the judge of probate, license commissioner, or other license issuing official of the several counties of the state in the same manner as are other motor vehicle license plates and the officers shall be entitled to their regular fees for the service.

(2) By December 1 of each year, the Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission shall submit to the judge of probate, the license commissioner, or other license issuing official of each county a list of eligible retired professional firefighters retired from paid or part-paid fire departments under this section. The Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission shall also add to the list any retired professional firefighter retired from a paid or part-paid fire department in another state who submits proof to the commission of eligibility pursuant to this division. The Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission shall also submit to the judge of probate, the license commissioner, or other license issuing official of each county a list of eligible professional firefighters from paid or part-paid fire departments.

(3) Any person who joins a paid or part-paid fire department after December 1 of any year or any person who is omitted from the list prepared as described in subdivision (2) may obtain a distinctive license plate by presenting to the license issuing official proof of his or her membership in a paid or part-paid fire department by means of a certificate signed by the chief of the department on a form prescribed by the Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission.

(4) Upon the initial application for a retired professional firefighter distinctive license plate under this section, an applicant for a distinctive plate provided in this section shall present to the judge of probate, the license commissioner, or other license issuing official of the county, proof of his or her retirement from a fire department that is included on the list provided by the Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission. Proof of the person’s retirement from a fire department included on the list from the Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission is not required for renewal of the distinctive plate.

(5) Upon the applicant submitting proof of his or her identification, the professional firefighter shall be issued the requested number of distinctive license plates upon the payment of the regular fee for license plates, as provided by law, but shall not be required to pay the three dollar ($3) fee.

(6) Upon the applicant submitting proof of his or her identification, the retired professional firefighter shall be issued the requested number of distinctive license plates upon the payment of the regular license fee for plates, as provided by law, but shall not be required to pay the three dollar ($3) fee.

(7) The distinctive license plates so issued shall be used only upon and for personally owned, private passenger vehicles, to include station wagons and pick-up trucks, registered in the name of the retired professional firefighter or professional firefighter making application therefor, and when so issued to the applicant shall be used upon the vehicle for which issued in lieu of the standard license plates normally issued for the vehicle.

(8)a. In addition to any other fees provided for by law, an annual additional fee of one dollar ($1.00) is added to the cost of the retired professional firefighter and the professional firefighter distinctive license plates provided for in this division, effective January 1, 2022. The annual additional fee collected pursuant to this section shall be distributed by each licensing official to the state Comptroller. The state Comptroller shall distribute the net proceeds monthly as follows:

1. Fifty cents ($.50) shall be deposited into a fund managed by the Alabama Joint Fire Council and shall be used for the purpose of expanding and maintaining the Alabama Firefighter Memorial located in Tuscaloosa.

2. Fifty cents ($.50) shall be distributed to the Alabama Joint Fire Council to be used for expenses associated with the Firefighter Peer Support Program.

b. The funds generated by this fee shall be subject to audit from either the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts or an independent certified public accountant once every three calendar years effective January 1, 2022.

(9) Anyone who is proven to have either falsely obtained or certified an individual to obtain a distinctive retired professional firefighter license plate or a distinctive professional firefighter license plate shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished according to law.

(d) Retired professional firefighters distinctive license plates as provided by this section shall be prepared and furnished for the licensing year commencing January 1, 2012, and thereafter as is provided by law for the issuance of other license plates. Professional firefighters distinctive license plates as provided by this section shall be prepared and furnished for the licensing year commencing January 1, 2016, and thereafter as is provided by law for the issuance of other license plates.

(e) The Department of Revenue may adopt any rules necessary to administer this section.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-191.4 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-191.4
Section 32-5A-191.4 Ignition Interlock Devices
Status: in_force

(a) As used in Section 32-5A-191, the term, “ignition interlock device” means a constant monitoring device that prevents a motor vehicle from being started at any time without first determining the equivalent blood alcohol level of the operator through the taking of a breath sample for testing. The system shall be calibrated so that the motor vehicle may not be started if the blood alcohol level of the operator, as measured by the test, reaches a blood alcohol concentration level of 0.02.

(b) The ignition interlock device shall be installed, calibrated, and monitored directly by trained technicians who shall train the offender for whom the device is being installed in the proper use of the device. The use of a mail in or remote calibration system where the technician is not in the immediate proximity of the vehicle being calibrated is prohibited. The Department of Forensic Sciences shall promulgate rules for punishment and appeal for ignition interlock providers relating to violation of this subsection.

(c) The department shall formulate and promulgate rules for the proper approval, installation, and use of ignition interlock devices. Additionally, the department shall maintain and make public the list of approved ignition interlock devices.

(d) The department may adopt in whole or relevant part the guidelines, rules, regulations, studies, or independent laboratory tests performed or relied upon by other states, their agencies, or commissions.

(e) The department shall promulgate rules regulating approved ignition interlock providers related to areas of consumer coverage. The rules shall address areas of consumer coverage and shall provide for a two-year period from July 1, 2014, to allow provider compliance.

(f) The department shall charge an application fee of two thousand dollars ($2,000) to any ignition interlock provider to evaluate the instrument. Any ignition interlock provider whose ignition interlock device is approved by the department shall be permitted to install and calibrate its approved device in Alabama. Each year during the month of April, the department may receive applications and instruments to review for approval.

(g) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall be responsible for enforcing the rules promulgated by the department related to ignition interlock devices and providers. The agency shall promulgate rules regulating the inspection and enforcement of approved ignition interlock providers and any associate service locations.

(h) In the absence of negligence, wantonness, or willful misconduct, no person or employer or agent of a person who installs an ignition interlock device pursuant to Section 32-5A-191 shall be liable for any occurrence related to the device, including, but not limited to, occurrences resulting from or related to a malfunction of the device or use of, misuse of, or failure to use the device or the vehicle in which the device was installed.

(i)(1) When the court imposes the use of an ignition interlock device as required by Section 32-5A-191, the court shall require that the person provide proof of installation of a device to the court or a probation officer within 30 days of the date the defendant becomes eligible to receive an ignition interlock-restricted license from the agency. If the person fails to provide proof of installation within that period, absent a finding by the court of good cause for that failure which is entered into the court record, the court may revoke the person’s probation where applicable after a petition to revoke probation has been filed and the defendant has been given notice and an opportunity to be heard on the petition. The court in which the defendant is convicted shall notify the agency that the defendant is restricted to the operation of a motor vehicle only when an approved ignition interlock device is installed and properly operating. Nothing in this subsection shall permit a person who does not own a vehicle or otherwise have an ignition interlock device installed on a motor vehicle to operate a motor vehicle without an approved ignition interlock device installed and properly operating.

(2) Proof of installation for the purpose of this subsection may be furnished by either a certificate of installation or a copy of the lease agreement in the name of the offender for the designated vehicle with an approved ignition interlock device company.

(3) A defendant who is determined by the court to be indigent for the purpose of ignition interlock may have an ignition interlock device installed by an ignition interlock provider as provided in this subsection. Criteria for determining indigency for the purpose of ignition interlock shall be the same criteria as set forth in Section 15-12-5(b) and (c) after the report is complete. The defendant shall execute an affidavit of substantial hardship on a form approved by the Supreme Court. The completed affidavit of substantial hardship and the subsequent order of the court either denying or granting indigency status for the purpose of ignition interlock to the offender shall become a part of the official court record in the case and shall be submitted by the offender to the interlock provider.

(4) Any offender granted indigency status for the purpose of ignition interlock shall not be required to pay the costs associated with installing and maintaining an interlock device nor required to pay any interlock fees charged to a defendant who does not own a vehicle or otherwise have an ignition interlock device installed on a vehicle pursuant to subdivision (6) for the period of any sentence for ignition interlock. The defendant shall pay any fees for any violation of ignition interlock requirements and for any optional services elected by the defendant and for any missing or damaged equipment. This section shall not affect any fees associated with the driver’s license of the defendant.

(5)a. The agency shall require each approved manufacturer to provide a minimum number of indigent defendants with ignition interlock services, including installation, lease, calibration, and removal, at no cost to the indigent defendant. The minimum number of indigent defendants provided services shall be equal to five percent of the total installations provided by the manufacturer during the prior calendar year.

b. The agency shall oversee the administration of indigent services on an annual basis by doing all of the following:

1. Verifying the total number of installations provided by the manufacturer each year.

2. Verifying the number of installations for indigent defendants provided each year by each manufacturer.

3. Conducting random audits of payments based on the list of indigent defendants serviced by each manufacturer.

c. Each manufacturer who fails to meet the five percent threshold for indigent defendants shall be subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each indigent defendant the manufacturer failed to provide services below the five percent threshold. All fines shall be collected by the agency and deposited in the Alabama Ignition Interlock Indigent Fund.

d. The Alabama Ignition Interlock Indigent Fund is created in the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the agency. Except as provided in paragraph e., all of the money in the fund shall be used to reimburse ignition interlock device providers who have installed devices in vehicles of indigent persons pursuant to court orders issued under this section. No provider shall be reimbursed for an interlock device installed without the completed affidavit of substantial hardship and the subsequent order of the court granting indigency status. Payments to interlock device providers pursuant to this subdivision shall be made every three months. If the amount of money in the fund at the time payments are made is not sufficient to pay all requests for reimbursement submitted during that three-month period, the Comptroller shall make payments on a pro rata basis and those payments shall be considered payment in full for the requests submitted. At the end of each fiscal year, all monies above five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) remaining in the Alabama Ignition Interlock Indigent Fund shall be divided as follows:

1. Thirty percent to the Highway Traffic Safety Fund administered by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.

2. Twenty percent to the Alabama Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Trust Fund administered by the Department of Forensic Sciences.

3. Thirty percent to the District Attorney’s Solicitor’s Fund.

4. Twenty percent to the Office of Prosecution Services.

e. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph d., 10 percent of the first five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) collected in the fund each year may be used by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency for any of the following additional purposes on an annual basis:

1. Annual reporting and assessment of manufacturer compliance with indigent service requirements.

2. Notice and collection of any fines for noncompliance.

3. Annual inspection of interlock service centers by the agency.

(6) Any defendant who does not own a vehicle or otherwise have an ignition interlock device installed on a vehicle shall be required to pay seventy-five dollars ($75) per month for the entire period the defendant is required or elects to have an ignition interlock device unless the defendant is determined by the court to be indigent as provided for in subdivision (3) . The defendant shall still serve all license suspension or revocation, or both, during this period. Any monies paid pursuant to this subdivision shall be paid to the court clerk and shall be deposited in the Alabama Impaired Driving Prevention and Enforcement Fund in the State Treasury to be used by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency for impaired driving education and enforcement.

(j) No person who is prohibited from operating a motor vehicle unless it is equipped with an ignition interlock device as provided in Section 32-5A-191 shall knowingly:

(1) Operate, lease, or borrow a motor vehicle unless that vehicle is equipped with a functioning ignition interlock device.

(2) Request or solicit any other person to blow into an ignition interlock device or to start a motor vehicle equipped with the device for the purpose of providing the person so restricted with an operable motor vehicle.

(k)(1) Any person who operates a motor vehicle in violation of subsection (j) shall be immediately removed from the vehicle and taken into custody. The vehicle, regardless of ownership or possessory interest of the operator or person present in the vehicle, except when the owner of the vehicle or another family member of the owner is present in the vehicle and presents a valid driver’s license, shall be impounded by any duly sworn law enforcement officer pursuant to Section 32-6-19(c). If there is an emergency or medical necessity jeopardizing life or limb, the law enforcement officer may elect not to impound the vehicle.

(2) A violation of subsection (j) on the first offense is a Class A misdemeanor. In addition, the time the defendant is required to use an ignition interlock device shall be extended by six months. Upon second conviction of a violation of subsection (j), the sentence shall include a mandatory sentence, which is not subject to suspension or probation, of imprisonment in the county or municipal jail for not less than 48 hours and the time the defendant is required to use an ignition interlock device shall be extended by six months. Upon a third or subsequent conviction of a violation of subsection (j), the sentence shall include a mandatory sentence, which is not subject to suspension or probation, of imprisonment in the county or municipal jail for not less than five days and the time the defendant shall be required to use an ignition interlock device shall be extended by one year.

(l) No person shall blow into an ignition interlock device or start a motor vehicle equipped with the device for the purpose of providing an operable motor vehicle to a person who is prohibited from operating a motor vehicle without an ignition interlock device.

(m) No person shall intentionally attempt to tamper with, defeat, or circumvent the operation of an ignition interlock device.

(n) Any person convicted of a violation of this section other than subsection (j) shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both.
Ala. Code § 32-12-26 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 12 / Section 32-12-26
Section 32-12-26 Revocation of Operator’s License
Status: in_force

The Director of Public Safety shall be authorized to revoke the license of any operator of a motor-driven cycle convicted of violating any of the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 32-12A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 12A / Section 32-12A-6
Section 32-12A-6 Application for Transfer of Ownership
Status: in_force

(a) An application for transfer of ownership may be made to the secretary within 30 days of the date of transfer.

(b) An application for transfer shall be executed by the registered owner and the purchaser using a bill of sale that includes the vehicle serial number.
Ala. Code § 32-6-196 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-196
Section 32-6-196 Replacement Plates
Status: in_force

If a distinctive license plate deteriorates to the point where inscriptions thereon are not discernible, the owner or lessee may obtain a replacement plate free of charge.
Ala. Code § 32-8-47 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-47
Section 32-8-47 Transfer of Ownership - When Department to Issue New Certificate
Status: in_force

(a) The department, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title, with an application for a new certificate of title, the required fee and any other documents required by the department, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner and mail it to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner.

(b) The department, upon receipt of an application for a new certificate of title by a transferee other than by voluntary transfer, with proof of the transfer, the required fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner. If the outstanding certificate of title is not delivered to the department, the department shall make demand therefor from the holder thereof.

(c) A transferor of a vehicle other than a dealer transferring a new vehicle shall deliver to the transferee at the time of the delivery of possession of the vehicle the license plate for the vehicle; provided, that the license plate does not have to be delivered where a provision of law allows such plate to be retained by the owner of the vehicle.

(d) The department shall file every surrendered certificate of title, or a microfilm of every such certificate, for a period of time deemed necessary by it in order to permit the tracing of title of the vehicle designated therein.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-222 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-222
Section 32-5A-222 Bridge and Railroad Signals
Status: in_force

(a) No pedestrian shall enter or remain upon any bridge or approach thereto beyond the bridge signal, gate, or barrier after a bridge operation signal indication has been given.

(b) No pedestrian shall pass through, around, over, or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing or bridge while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.
Ala. Code § 32-1-3 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 32-1-3
Section 32-1-3 When Right to Use Highways May Be Restricted
Status: in_force

Local authorities may by ordinance or resolution prohibit the operation of vehicles upon any highways or impose restrictions as to the weight of vehicles when operated upon any highway under the jurisdiction of and for the maintenance of which such local authorities are responsible, whenever any said highway by reason of deterioration, rain, snow, or other climatic conditions will be seriously damaged or destroyed unless the use of vehicles thereon is prohibited or the permissible weights reduced. Such local authorities enacting any such ordinance or resolution shall erect or cause to be erected and maintained signs designating the provisions of the ordinance or resolution at each end of that portion of any highway affected thereby, and the ordinance or resolution shall not be effective until or unless such signs are erected and maintained. Local authorities may also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles or impose limitations as to the weight thereof on designated highways, which prohibitions and limitations shall be designated by appropriate signs.

The Department of Transportation in respect to state highways or roads designated as part of the state system of primary roads may prescribe loads and weights lower than the limits prescribed in Section 32-9-20 whenever in its or their judgment any road or part thereof, any bridge or culvert shall by reason of deterioration, rain, snow, or other climatic conditions be liable to be damaged or destroyed by vehicles. In such event there shall be erected and maintained proper signs designating the provisions of such additional restrictions, such signs to be placed at each end of that portion of highway affected thereby. After such signs have been erected, the operation of any vehicle contrary to its provisions shall constitute a violation of this title, and such violation shall be punishable as provided in this title.
Ala. Code § 32-5-245 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-245
Section 32-5-245 Reflectors or Similar Warning Devices on Horse-Drawn Wagons and Other Vehicles
Status: reserved

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a horse-drawn wagon, buggy, carriage, or other vehicle upon any public highway, road, or street between sunset and sunrise unless there is affixed to the rear of such vehicle at least two red reflectors or similar warning devices, one on each corner, and to the front of such vehicle one amber reflector or similar warning device on the left-hand front of said vehicle. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by law.

All laws or parts of laws which conflict with this section are repealed, but this section does not repeal the provisions of subsection (e) of Section 32-5-240.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-62 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-62
Section 32-5A-62 Snowmobile Operation Limited
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall operate a snowmobile on any controlled-access highway.

(b) No person shall operate a snowmobile on any other highway except when crossing the highway at a right angle, when use of the highway by other motor vehicles is impossible because of snow, or when such operation is authorized by the authority having jurisdiction over the highway.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-304 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-304
Section 32-5A-304 Period of Suspension; Relation to Section 32-5A-191
Status: in_force

(a) A driving privilege suspension shall become effective 45 days after the person has received a notice of intended suspension as provided in Section 32-5A-303, or is deemed to have received a notice of suspension by mail as provided in Section 32-5A-302 if no notice of intended suspension was served.

(b) The period of driving privilege suspension under this section shall be as follows:

(1) Ninety days if the driving record of a person shows no prior alcohol or drug-related enforcement contacts during the immediately preceding 10 years.

(2) One year if the driving record of a person shows one prior alcohol or drug-related enforcement contact during the immediately preceding 10 years.

(3) Three years if the driving record of a person shows two prior alcohol or drug-related enforcement contacts during the immediately preceding 10 years.

(4) Five years if the driving record of a person shows three or more prior alcohol or drug-related enforcement contacts during the immediately preceding 10 years.

(5) For purposes of this section, “alcohol or drug-related enforcement contacts” shall include all suspensions under this article, any suspension or revocation entered in this or any other state for a refusal to submit to chemical testing under an implied consent law, and any conviction in this or any other state for a violation which involves driving a motor vehicle while having an unlawful percent of alcohol in the blood, or while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or alcohol and drugs except that no more than one alcohol or drug-related contact on any one DUI arrest may be considered by the agency in determining the period of suspension.

(c) If a license is suspended under this section for having 0.08 or more by weight of alcohol in the blood of the person and the person is also convicted on criminal charges arising out of the same occurrence for a violation of Section 32-5A-191, the suspension under this section shall be imposed, giving credit for suspension time served toward the duration of suspension or revocation required under Section 32-5A-191. If a license is suspended under this section for having 0.08 or more by weight of alcohol in the blood of the person and the criminal charge against the person for violation of Section 32-5A-191 is dismissed, nolle prossed, or the person is acquitted of the charge, the secretary shall rescind the suspension order and remove the administrative suspension from the person’s driving record, except for those persons holding a commercial driver’s license, a commercial learner’s license, or a person operating a commercial motor vehicle.
Ala. Code § 32-6-133 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-133
Section 32-6-133 Specifications for Design of Motor Vehicle Tags
Status: in_force

The design of motor vehicle tags for disabled veterans shall be as follows:

The Department of Revenue shall design, or have designed, the “Disabled Veteran” license plate in compliance with all laws and regulations. The plate design shall contain the language “Heart of Dixie.”

Any additional regulations or design specifications needed to implement the provisions of this section shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of Revenue.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-302 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-302
Section 32-5A-302 Determination by Secretary; Notice
Status: in_force

(a) Upon receipt of the report of the law enforcement officer, the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, or his or her agent, shall make the determination described in Section 32-5A-300. If the secretary, or his or her agent, determines that the person is subject to driving privilege suspension, the secretary, or the agent, shall issue a notice of the suspension.

(b) The notice of suspension shall be mailed to the person at the last known address shown on the agency’s record. The notice is deemed received three days after mailing.

(c) The notice of suspension shall clearly specify the reason and statutory grounds for suspension, the effective date of the suspension, the right of the person to request an administrative review and a hearing, the procedure for requesting an administrative review and a hearing, and the date by which a request for an administrative review is required to be made in order to receive a determination prior to the effective date of the suspension.

(d) If the secretary, or his or her agent, determines that the person is not subject to driving privilege suspension, the secretary, or his or her agent, shall notify the person of the determination.
Ala. Code § 32-5-246 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-246
Section 32-5-246 Reflective Devices for Slow-Moving Vehicles - Required; Design
Status: in_force

When operated, propelled, driven, towed, pushed, or otherwise moving over, along, or across any highway in this state, every vehicle which has a maximum potential speed of 25 miles an hour, implement of husbandry, farm tractor, or special mobile equipment shall be identified with a reflective device as follows:

(1) An equilateral triangle in shape at least 16 inches wide at the base and at least 14 inches in height, with a bright red border, at least one and three-quarter inches wide of highly reflective beaded material;

(2) A center triangle, at least 12 1/4 inches on each side of yellow-orange fluorescent material.
Ala. Code § 32-14-20 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 32-14-20
Section 32-14-20 Required
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 32-6-54.1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-54.1
Section 32-6-54.1 Removal of “Heart of Dixie” Language
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provision of Section 32-6-54, any organization that purchases a personalized, distinctive, or vanity license plate may request the Department of Revenue to not place the language “Heart of Dixie” on his or her license plate.
Ala. Code § 32-12-42 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 12 / Section 32-12-42
Section 32-12-42 Duties of Manufacturers
Status: in_force

The manufacturers of motorcycle helmets for sale in Alabama shall meet the following specifications and comply with the following procedures:

(1) All protective helmets shall be required to meet minimum regulations of the USA standards set forth in Z-90 regulations of 1966.

(2) A manufacturer desiring to secure approval of a protective helmet shall submit to the Director of Public Safety, State of Alabama, Montgomery, Alabama 36104, postage prepaid, a test report certified as required in Z-90 basic standards, together with a sample of the helmet for which approval is sought. The director may contract with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators in conducting testing procedures and the giving of approval of helmets submitted.

(3) If, after receipt of the test report from an independent testing laboratory, the Director of Public Safety finds that the helmet meets the requirements, notice of approval of the helmet will be issued.

(4) Each protective helmet approved by the Director of Public Safety shall be labelled on the outside of the helmet above the base of the rear of the helmet with letters or numbers at least one-quarter inch in height, with the manufacturer’s trade name and model number or name, which shall be the same as name or number under which the helmet has been approved.
Ala. Code § 32-10-10 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-10
Section 32-10-10 Garages to Report Accident and Bullet Damage
Status: in_force

The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to which is brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of having been involved in an accident, of which report must be made as provided in Section 32-10-7, or struck by any bullet shall report to the director within 24 hours after such motor vehicle is received, giving the engine number, registration number and the name and address of the owner or operator of such vehicle.
Ala. Code § 32-5-242 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-242
Section 32-5-242 Requirements as to Head Lamps and Auxiliary Driving Lamps
Status: in_force

(a) Visibility distance and mounted height of lamps.

(1) Whenever requirement is hereinafter declared as to the distance from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects visible or within which such lamps or devices shall be visible, the provisions shall apply during the times stated in Section 32-5-240 in respect to a vehicle without load when upon a straight, level, unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions unless a different time or condition is expressly stated.

(2) Whenever requirement is hereinafter declared as to the mounted height of lamps or devices it shall mean from the center of such lamp or device to the level ground upon which the vehicle stands when such vehicle is without a load.

(b) Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. Except as hereinafter provided, the head lamps or the auxiliary driving lamp or the auxiliary passing lamp or combination thereof on motor vehicles other than motorcycles or motor-driven cycles shall be so arranged that the driver may select at will between distributions of light projected to different elevations and such lamps may, in addition, be so arranged that such selection can be made automatically, subject to the following limitations:

(1) There shall be an uppermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of such intensity as to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 350 feet ahead for all conditions of loading.

(2) There shall be a lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam so aimed and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 100 feet ahead; and on a straight level road under any condition of loading none of the high-intensity portion of the beam shall be directed to strike the eyes of an approaching driver.

(3) Every new motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, registered hereafter in this state, which has multiple-beam road-lighting equipment shall be equipped with a beam indicator, which shall be lighted whenever the uppermost distribution of light from the head lamps is in use, and shall not otherwise be lighted. The indicator shall be so designed and located that when lighted it will be readily visible without glare to the driver of the vehicle so equipped.

(c) Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in subsection (a) of Section 32-5-240 the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and limitations:

(1) Whenever a driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within 500 feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver. The lowermost distribution of light or composite beam, specified in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section shall be deemed to avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour and loading.

(2) Whenever the driver of a vehicle follows another vehicle within 200 feet to the rear, except when engaged in the act of overtaking and passing, such driver shall use a distribution of light permissible under this division other than the uppermost distribution of light specified in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section.

(d) Single-beam road-lighting equipment. Head lamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light not supplemented by auxiliary driving lamps shall be permitted on motor vehicles manufactured and sold one year hereafter in lieu of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment herein specified if the single distribution of light complies with the following requirements and limitations:

(1) The head lamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high-intensity portion of the light shall, at a distance of 25 feet ahead, project higher than a level of five inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes, and in no case higher than 42 inches above the level on which the vehicle stands at a distance of 75 feet ahead.

(2) The intensity shall be sufficient to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 200 feet.

(e) Lighting equipment on motor-driven cycles. The head lamp or head lamps upon every motor-driven cycle may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type but in either event shall comply with the requirements and limitations as follows:

(1) Every head lamp or head lamps on a motor-driven cycle shall be of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or a vehicle at a distance of not less than 100 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at any speed less than 25 miles per hour; at a distance of not less than 200 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at a speed of 25 or more miles per hour but less than 35 miles per hour; and at a distance of 300 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at a speed of 35 miles or more per hour.

(2) In the event the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a multiple-beam head lamp or head lamps the upper beam shall meet the minimum requirements set forth above and shall not exceed the limitations set forth in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section.

(3) In the event the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a single-beam lamp or lamps, the lamp or lamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is loaded none of the high-intensity portion of light, at a distance of 25 feet ahead, shall project higher than the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes.

(f) Alternate road-lighting equipment. Any motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified in subsection (a) of Section 32-5-240 when equipped with two lighted lamps upon the front thereof capable of revealing persons and objects 75 feet ahead in lieu of lamps required in subsection (b) or subsection (d) of this section; provided, that at no time shall it be operated at a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour.

(g) Color of clearance lamps, side marker lamps, and reflectors.

(1) Front clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color.

(2) Rear clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall display or reflect a red color.

(3) All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stop light or other signal device, which may be red, amber, or yellow, and except that the light illuminating the license plate or the light emitted by a back-up lamp shall be white.

(h) Mounting reflectors, clearance lamps, and side marker lamps.

(1) Reflectors, when required by subsection (d) of Section 32-5-240 shall be mounted at a height not less than 24 inches and not higher than 60 inches above the ground on which the vehicle stands; except, that if the highest part of the permanent structure of the vehicle is less than 24 inches the reflector at such point shall be mounted as high as that part of the permanent structure will permit.

The rear reflectors on a pole trailer may be mounted on each side of the bolster or load.

Any required red reflector on the rear of a vehicle may be incorporated with the tail lamp, but such reflector shall meet all the other reflector requirements of this chapter.

(2) Clearance lamps shall be mounted on the permanent structure of the vehicle in such a manner as to indicate its extreme width and as near the top thereof as practicable. Clearance lamps and side marker lamps may be mounted in combination provided illumination is given as required herein with reference to both.

(i) Visibility of reflectors, clearance lamps, and marker lamps.

(1) Every reflector upon any vehicle referred to in subsection (d) of Section 32-5-240 shall be of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be readily visible at nighttime from all distances within 500 feet to 50 feet from the vehicle when directly in front of lawful upper beams of head lamps. Reflectors required to be mounted on the sides of the vehicle shall reflect the required color of light to the sides, and those mounted on the rear shall reflect a red color to the rear.

(2) Front and rear clearance lamps shall be capable of being seen and distinguished under normal atmospheric conditions at the times lights are required at a distance of 500 feet from the front and rear, respectively, of the vehicle.

(3) Side marker lamps shall be capable of being seen and distinguished under normal atmospheric conditions at the times lights are required at a distance of 500 feet from the side of the vehicle on which mounted.
Ala. Code § 32-6-620 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-620
Section 32-6-620 Issuance of Distinctive Plates; Fees; Design
Status: in_force

(a) Upon application to the judge of probate, license commissioner, or other issuing official, compliance with motor vehicle registration and licensing laws, payment of regular fees required by law for motorcycle license tags or plates and payment of an annual additional fee of fifty dollars ($50), owners of motorcycles who are residents of Alabama shall be issued distinctive “Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum” motorcycle license tags or plates. The motorcycle tags or plates shall be numbered or personalized. These tags or plates shall be valid for five years and may then be replaced with either conventional, personalized, or new “Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum” motorcycle tags or plates. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the motorcycle tags or plates shall only be printed and issued as long as the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum qualifies for a distinctive license plate category pursuant to Section 32-6-64 for passenger cars, pickup trucks, and self-propelled campers or house cars.

(b) Payment of required license fees and taxes for the years during which a new tag or plate is not issued shall be evidenced as provided in Section 32-6-63.

(c) The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum shall be responsible for the design of the distinctive motorcycle license plate subject to approval by the Commissioner of Revenue and compliance with all laws and regulations.

(d) The annual additional fee for the motorcycle plates shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions of Section 32-6-68. The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum portion of the fee shall be used to defray the operating costs of the museum, a 501(c)3 nonprofit foundation.

(e) The Department of Revenue may promulgate rules and regulations to implement this section.
Ala. Code § 32-6-173 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-173
Section 32-6-173 Transferability of Plates
Status: in_force

The distinctive license plates issued under this division shall not be transferable as between motor vehicle owners, and in the event the owner of a vehicle bearing such distinctive plates shall sell, trade, exchange, or otherwise dispose of same, such plates shall be retained by the owner to whom issued and by him or her returned to the probate judge or license commissioner of the county, who shall receive and account for same in the manner stated below. In the event such owner shall acquire by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise a vehicle for which no standard plates have been issued during the current license period, the probate judge or license commissioner of the county shall, upon being furnished by the owner thereof proper certification of the acquisition of such vehicle and the payment of the motor vehicle license tax due upon such vehicle, authorize the transfer to the vehicle of the distinctive license plates previously purchased by such owner, which plates shall authorize the operation of the vehicle for the remainder of the then current license period. In the further event the owner of such distinctive plates shall acquire by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise a vehicle for which standard plates have been issued during the current license year, the probate judge or license commissioner shall, upon proper certification of such owner and upon delivery to such official of the standard plates previously issued for such vehicle, authorize the owner of such newly-acquired vehicle to place the distinctive plates previously purchased by him or her upon such vehicle and use same thereon for the remainder of the then current license period. Such notice of transfer of ownership shall be made of record by the probate judge or the license commissioner.

Any person acquiring by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise any vehicle formerly bearing such distinctive plates shall be authorized, upon certification of such fact to the probate judge or license commissioner of the county and the payment of the fee now required by law, to purchase standard replacement plates for such vehicle which shall authorize the operation of such vehicle by the new owner for the remainder of the license period.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-240 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-240
Section 32-5A-240 License Requirements of Persons Operating Motorcycles
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to subsection (b), each person operating a motorcycle shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle under this chapter, except as to special regulations in this article and except as to those provisions of this chapter which by their nature can have no application.

(b)(1) Each person operating a motorcycle on any public road, street, or highway in this state shall have successfully passed a motorcycle test designated by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and shall have a motorcycle Class M displayed on his or her driver’s license along with the regular class of the license or have been issued a Class M motorcycle license.

(2) A person may also obtain the Class M license by successfully completing a written motorcycle test designated by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency or by completing an Alabama Traffic Safety Center/Alabama Motorcycle Safety Program, Motorcycle Safety Foundation, Basic Riders Course or Basic Rider Course II.

(3) A person 17 years of age or younger operating a motorcycle shall be subject to the operating hours, exceptions, and suspensions provided in Section 32-6-7.2.
Ala. Code § 32-13-6 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 13 / Section 32-13-6
Section 32-13-6 Deductions from Proceeds
Status: in_force

A person or entity making the sale of the motor vehicle shall deduct from the proceeds of the sale the reasonable cost of repair, towing, storage, and all reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the sale. The person or entity shall also pay the balance remaining to the license plate issuing official of the county in which the sale is made to be distributed to the general fund of the county, except any Class 2 municipality that owns and operates an impound facility and sells the motor vehicles at public auction, the proceeds from the sale shall be retained by the municipality and deposited into the general fund of the municipality; provided, that the costs shall in no event exceed the customary charges for like services in the community where the sale is made.
Ala. Code § 32-6-411 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-411
Section 32-6-411 Establishment of Forest Stewardship Education Fund; Distribution of Proceeds
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby established a separate special revenue trust fund in the State Treasury to be known as the “Forest Stewardship Education Fund,” whose purpose is to promote the professional management of trees and related resources and to educate the general public regarding the contribution that trees and related resources make to the economy and environmental quality of this state.

(b) Proceeds from the additional revenues generated by the fifty dollars ($50) for the “Alabama Forests” tags or plates, less administrative costs, shall be submitted monthly by the Alabama state Comptroller to the Forest Stewardship Education Fund. Receipts collected under the provisions of this division are to be deposited in this fund and used only to carry out the provisions of this division. Such receipts shall be disbursed only by warrant of the state Comptroller upon the State Treasurer, upon itemized vouchers approved by the State Forester; provided that no funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted according to the provisions of Sections 41-4-80 through 41-4-96 and 41-19-1 through 41-19-12, and only in amounts as stipulated in the general appropriations bill or other appropriation bills. The additional fees represent a charitable contribution from the purchaser to the Alabama Forestry Commission. The funds may be used by the Alabama Forestry Commission or may be used through grants from the Alabama Forestry Commission to other organizations.
Ala. Code § 32-9A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9A / Section 32-9A-6
Section 32-9A-6 Interstate Hours of Service Limitation
Status: in_force

(a) The intrastate hours of service limitation applied to the drivers of commercial motor vehicles operating in intrastate transportation within a 150 air-mile radius of their normal work reporting location, following 10 consecutive hours off duty except when prohibited by federal rule or law, shall be the following:

(1) A 12-hour driving limit, provided driving shall be prohibited for any driver of a commercial motor vehicle who has been on duty for more than 15 hours.

(2) Driving shall be prohibited for any driver who has been on duty 70 hours in seven consecutive days.

(b) An intrastate driver is defined by his or her previous seven days in operation.

(c) All motor carriers operating under the variance provided by this section shall have a satisfactory safety rating with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) or be unrated. Subsection (a) shall not apply to a motor carrier with a conditional or unsatisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

(d) All motor carriers operating under the variance provided by this section shall require its drivers to comply with the record of duty provisions under 49 C.F.R. § 395.8. The driver shall retain a copy of each record of duty status for the previous seven consecutive days, which shall be in his or her possession and available for inspection while on duty.
Ala. Code § 32-6-91 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-91
Section 32-6-91 Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The State Department of Revenue shall make such rules and regulations as necessary to insure compliance with all state license laws relating to use and operation of a private or pleasure motor vehicle before issuing special tags to amateur radio operators licensed by the Civil Air Patrol in lieu of the regular Alabama license plates, and such rules and regulations as necessary to provide for the application for and issuance of such special tags.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-267 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-267
Section 32-5A-267 Operation and Regulation of Electric Bicycles
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, an electric bicycle or an operator of an electric bicycle shall be afforded all the rights and privileges, and be subject to all of the duties, of a bicycle or the operator of a bicycle. An electric bicycle shall be deemed a vehicle to the same extent as a bicycle.

(b) An electric bicycle or individual operating an electric bicycle is not subject to the requirements of this title relating to driver’s licenses, registration, certificates of title, off-road vehicles, all-terrain vehicles, motor vehicle dealers, license tags or plates, financial responsibility, or motor vehicle insurance.

(c) On and after January 1, 2022, manufacturers and distributors of electric bicycles shall apply a label that is permanently affixed in a prominent location to each electric bicycle. The label shall contain the classification number, top assisted speed, and motor wattage of the electric bicycle. The label shall be printed in a typeface and font legible to the operator.

(d) A person may not tamper with or modify an electric bicycle so as to change the motor-powered speed capability or engagement of an electric bicycle unless the label indicating the classification required under subsection (c) is replaced after modification.

(e) An electric bicycle shall comply with the equipment and manufacturing requirements for bicycles adopted by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission under 16 C.F.R. Part 1512.

(f) An electric bicycle shall be manufactured so that the electric motor is disengaged or otherwise ceases to propel the electric bicycle when the rider stops pedaling or when the brakes are applied.

(g) An electric bicycle may be ridden in places where bicycles are allowed, including, but not limited to, streets, roadways, highways, shoulders, bicycle lanes, and bicycle or multi-use paths.

(h)(1) Following notice and a public hearing, a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state that has jurisdiction over a bicycle or multi-use path may do both of the following:

a. Prohibit the operation of Class 1 or Class 2 electric bicycles on bicycle or multi-use paths if the entity finds that the prohibition is needed for safety reasons or compliance with other laws or legal obligations.

b. Prohibit the operation of Class 3 electric bicycles on bicycle or multi-use paths.

(2) This subsection does not apply to a trail that is specifically designated as non-motorized and that has a natural surface tread that is made by clearing and grading the native soil with no added surface materials.

(i) An individual under the age of 16 years may not operate a Class 3 electric bicycle. An individual under the age of 16 years may ride as a passenger on a Class 3 electric bicycle if the bicycle is designed to accommodate passengers.

(j) All operators and passengers of Class 3 electric bicycles shall wear a properly fitted and fastened protective bicycle helmet that meets the standards provided by either the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission or the American Society for Testing and Materials, or standards subsequently established by those entities. A violation of this subsection is not admissible as evidence of negligence or negligence per se in any action.

(k) All Class 3 electric bicycles shall be equipped with a speedometer that displays the speed the bicycle is traveling in miles per hour.
Ala. Code § 32-6-12 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-12
Section 32-6-12 Restricted Licenses
Status: in_force

(a) The Director of Public Safety, upon issuing an operator’s license, shall have authority whenever the licensee is afflicted with or suffering from a physical disability to impose restrictions suitable to the licensee’s driving ability with respect to the type of or special mechanical control devices required on a motor vehicle which the licensee may operate or such other restrictions applicable to the licensee as the Director of Public Safety may determine to be appropriate to assure the safe operation of a motor vehicle by the licensee.

(b) The Director of Public Safety in such case may either issue a special restricted license or may set forth such restrictions upon the usual license form.

(c) The Director of Public Safety may, upon receiving satisfactory evidence of any violation of the restrictions of such license, suspend the same, but the licensee shall be entitled to a hearing as upon a suspension under Section 32-5A-195.

(d) It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to operate a motor vehicle in any manner in violation of the restrictions imposed in such a restricted license issued to him or her.
Ala. Code § 32-9-20 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 32-9-20
Section 32-9-20 Schedule of Restrictions
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any individual to drive or move on any highway in this state any vehicle of a size or weight except in accordance with the following:

(1) HEIGHT. No vehicle, semitrailer, or trailer shall exceed in height 13 1/2 feet, including load.

(2) LENGTH. No vehicle shall exceed in length 40 feet; except, that the length of a truck-semitrailer combination, semitrailers, including load, used in a truck tractor-semitrailer combination, shall not exceed 57 feet; semitrailers and trailers, including load, used in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination, shall not exceed 28 1/2 feet each; and motor vehicles designed, used, or maintained primarily as a mobile dwelling, office, or commercial space, commonly called motor homes, shall not exceed 45 feet. Semitrailers exceeding 53 1/2 feet shall only be operated on highways designated pursuant to Section 32-9-1 and shall only be operated when the distance between the kingpin of a semitrailer and the rearmost axle or a point midway between the two rear axles, if the two rear axles are tandem axles, does not exceed 41 feet and if the semitrailer is equipped with a rear underride guard of a substantial construction consisting of a continuous lateral beam extending to within four inches of the lateral extremities of the semitrailer and located not more than 22 inches from the surface as measured with the semitrailer empty and on a level surface. For purposes of enforcement of this subdivision, lengths of semitrailers and trailers refer to the cargo carrying portion of the unit. Truck tractor units used exclusively in combinations transporting motor vehicles may directly carry a portion of the cargo, provided that the combinations are restricted to truck tractor-semitrailer combinations only and provided further that the overall length of these particular combinations shall not exceed 65 feet; except that the overall length of stinger-steered type units shall not exceed 80 feet. No truck tractor-semitrailer combination used exclusively for transporting motor vehicles shall carry any load extending more than four feet beyond the front or six feet beyond the rear of the combination. No other vehicle operated on a highway shall carry any load extending more than a total of five feet beyond both the front and rear, inclusive, of the vehicle.

(3) WEIGHT.

a.1. Axle Weight. The gross weight imposed on the highway by the wheels of any one axle of a vehicle shall not exceed 20,000 pounds, or other weight, if any, as may be permitted by federal law to keep the state from losing federal funds; provided, that inadequate bridges shall be posted to define load limits.

2. For the purpose of this subdivision, an “axle load” shall be defined as the total load transmitted to the road by all wheels whose centers are included between two parallel transverse vertical planes 40 inches apart, extending across the full width of the vehicle.

3. Vehicles and combinations of vehicles shall not operate on the Interstate Highway System of Alabama that have a weight greater than 20,000 pounds carried on any one axle, including the allowable load tolerance, or with a tandem axle weight in excess of 34,000 pounds, including the allowable load tolerance, or overall gross weight on a group of two or more consecutive axles produced by application of the following formula:

W=500 (LN/(N-1) + 12N + 36)

where W = overall gross weight on any group of two or more consecutive axles to the nearest 500 pounds, L = distance in feet between the extreme of any group of two or more consecutive axles, and N = number of axles in the group under consideration; except, that two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of 34,000 pounds each, provided the overall distance between the first and last axles of the consecutive sets of tandem axles is 36 feet or more and the overall gross weight may not exceed 80,000 pounds, including the allowable load tolerance.

b. Gross Weight. Subject to the limit upon the weight imposed upon the highway through any one axle as set forth herein, the total weight with load imposed upon the highway by all the axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles shall not exceed the gross weight given for the respective distances between the first and last axle of the vehicle or combination of vehicles, measured longitudinally to the nearest foot as set forth in the following table:

COMPUTED GROSS WEIGHT TABLE

For various spacings of axle groupings

Distance in feet between first and last axles of vehicle or combination of vehicles

Maximum load in pounds on all the axles

2 axles

3 axles

4 axles

5 axles

6 axles

8 or less

36,000

42,000

42,000

9

38,000

42,500

42,500

10

40,000

43,500

43,500

11

44,000

44,000

12

45,000

50,000

50,000

13

45,500

50,500

50,500

14

46,500

51,500

51,500

15

47,000

52,000

52,000

16

48,000

52,500

58,000

58,000

17

48,500

53,500

58,500

58,500

18

49,500

54,000

59,000

59,000

19

50,000

54,500

60,000

60,000

20

51,000

55,500

60,500

66,000

21

51,500

56,000

61,000

66,500

22

52,500

56,500

61,500

67,000

23

53,000

57,500

62,500

68,000

24

54,000

58,000

63,000

68,500

25

54,500

58,500

63,500

69,000

26

56,000

59,500

64,000

69,500

27

57,000

60,000

65,000

70,000

28

59,000

60,500

65,500

71,000

29

60,000

61,500

66,000

71,500

30

62,000

66,500

72,000

31

63,500

67,000

72,500

32

64,500

68,000

73,500

33

65,000

69,000

74,000

34

65,500

70,000

74,500

35

66,500

71,000

75,000

36

67,000

72,000

76,000

37

68,000

73,000

77,000

38

69,000

74,000

78,000

39

70,000

75,000

79,000

40

71,000

76,000

80,000

41

72,000

77,000

81,000

42

73,000

78,000

82,000

43

74,000

79,000

83,000

44 and over

75,000

80,000

84,000

c. Special Permits. Except as provided by special permits, no vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeding the gross weights specified in paragraph a. or b. shall be permitted to travel on the public highways within the State of Alabama.

d.1. Allowable Load Tolerance. For purposes of enforcing this subdivision, all weights less than or equal to the sum of the weight otherwise prescribed by this subdivision, plus the allowable load tolerance, shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of this section and shall not constitute violations thereof. No evidence shall be admitted into evidence or considered by the trier of fact in any civil action unless the evidence proffered would tend to prove that the weight of the vehicle exceeded the amount provided in this subsection. Nothing in this paragraph shall restrict or affect the right of any defendant to place in evidence such evidence tending to prove the defendant was in compliance with this section.

2. For the purposes of this subdivision, the allowable load tolerance is calculated by multiplying the weight prescribed by this subdivision by one-tenth (.10).

e. Special Trucks.

1. Dump trucks, dump trailers, concrete mixing trucks, fuel oil, gasoline trucks, and trucks designated and constructed for special type work or use shall not be made to conform to the axle spacing requirements of paragraph b., provided that the vehicle shall be limited to a weight of 20,000 pounds per axle plus the allowable load tolerance; and, provided further, that the maximum gross weight of the vehicle shall not exceed the maximum weight allowed by this section for the appropriate number of axles, irrespective of the distance between axles, plus the allowable load tolerance. All axles shall be brake equipped.

2. Trucks delivering asphalt plant mix that do not exceed the maximum allowable gross weight and operate within 50 miles of their home base shall not be required to conform to the requirements of paragraph a.

3. Concrete mixing trucks that operate within 50 miles of their home base and do not exceed the maximum allowable gross weight shall not be required to conform to the requirements of paragraph a.

4. It is a violation if a vehicle named under this paragraph travels upon bridges designated and posted by the Director of Transportation as incapable of carrying the load.

f. Driver Compliance. If the driver of any vehicle can comply with the weight requirements of this section by shifting or equalizing the load on all wheels or axles and does so when requested by the proper authority, the driver shall not be held to be operating in violation of this section.

g. Portable Scales.

1. Portable scales may be used to enforce this section. To determine the weight of each axle, the axles of any vehicle described or commonly referred to as tandem or triaxle rigs or units, that is, vehicles having two or more axles in addition to a steering axle, shall be weighed simultaneously, and the total weight so derived shall be divided by the number of axles weighed in the group to arrive at the per axle weight, except that if any one axle in the group exceeds 20,000 pounds in weight, it shall not exceed the weight of any other axle in the group by more than 50 percent.

2. When portable scales are used to enforce this section and either the axle weight or the gross weight of a vehicle is determined to be in violation of this section, if the operator of the vehicle believes that the determination of a violation is based on inaccuracies of the portable scales, the operator may do either of the following:

(i) Request that an enforcement officer accompany the operator and vehicle to the nearest platform scales certified by the Department of Agriculture and Industries and operated by a bonded operator within a distance of 10 highway miles to verify the accuracy of the portable scales used in determining the axle weight or gross weight of the vehicle. If the axle weights or gross weight of the vehicle is shown by the platform scales to be within the legal limits of this section, including the allowable load tolerance, the operator of the vehicle shall not be held to be in violation of this section.

(ii) Proceed with the vehicle to the nearest platform scales certified by the Department of Agriculture and Industries and operated by a bonded operator within a distance of 100 highway miles to verify the accuracy of the portable scales used in determining the axle weight or gross weight of the vehicle without being accompanied by an enforcement officer. If the axle weights or gross weight of the vehicle is shown by the platform scales to be within the legal limits of this section, including the allowable load tolerance, the operator of the vehicle shall not be held to be in violation of this section upon providing a copy of the platform scale weight ticket and an affidavit, to be established and provided online by the court having jurisdiction over this matter within 48 hours of being weighed by the portable scales. Upon complying with this section, no court costs, fees, or penalties shall apply.

3. When using portable scales to enforce this section, not more than five vehicles may be detained at any one time, including a vehicle being weighed.

h. County Highways. The governing body of a county, by appropriate resolution, may authorize limitations less than those prescribed in this section for vehicles operated upon the county highways of the county.

i. Posted Roads and Bridges. The Department of Transportation may post or limit any road or bridge to weights less than those prescribed by this section. It is the legislative intent and purpose that this section be rigidly enforced by the Department of Transportation, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, any other authorized law enforcement officer of this state, and any county, city, and incorporated town.

j. Agricultural Commodities. Two and three axle vehicles being used exclusively for the purpose of transporting agricultural commodities or products to and from a farm and for agricultural purposes relating to the operation and maintenance of a farm by any farmer, custom harvester, or husbandman may not be made to conform to the axle requirements of paragraph a. or the gross weight requirements of paragraph b.

(4) WIDTH. Vehicles and combinations of vehicles operating on highways shall not exceed a total outside width, including any load thereon, of 102 inches, exclusive of mirrors or other safety devices approved by the Department of Transportation. No passenger vehicle shall carry any load extending beyond the line of the fenders. No vehicle hauling forest products or culvert pipe on any highway shall have a load exceeding 102 inches in width.

(b)(1) Any vehicle utilizing an auxiliary power or idle reduction technology unit in order to promote reduction of fuel use and emissions because of engine idling shall be allowed an additional 400 pounds total to the gross, axle, tandem, or bridge formula weight limits defined in this section.

(2) To be eligible for the exception provided in this subsection, the operator of the vehicle must provide written proof or certification of the weight of the auxiliary power unit (APU) and demonstrate or certify the idle reduction technology is fully functional at all times.

(3) Written proof or certification of the weight of the APU must be available to law enforcement officers if the vehicle is found in violation of applicable weight laws. The weight allowed may not exceed 400 pounds or the actual weight proven or certified, whichever is less.

(4) It is the intent of this subsection to apply at the state highway level the weight limit increase for vehicles using a functioning auxiliary power or idle reduction technology as provided in the Federal Energy Policy Act of 2005.

(c)(1) Any motor vehicle, if operated by an engine fueled primarily by natural gas, may exceed any vehicle weight limit, up to a maximum gross vehicle weight of 82,000 pounds, under this section by an amount that is equal to the difference between:

a. The weight of the vehicle attributable to the natural gas tank and fueling system carried by that vehicle; and

b. The weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling system.

(2) This subsection applies on federal interstate highways to the weight limit increases for vehicles using an EPA certified natural gas engine or an EPA approved conversion unit installed on the vehicle that allows the vehicle to operate primarily on compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as effectuating either of the following:

(1) Permitting size or weight limits on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways in this state in excess of those permitted under 23 U.S.C. § 127. If the federal government prescribes or adopts vehicle size or weight limits greater than or less than those now prescribed by 23 U.S.C. § 127 for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, the increased or decreased limits shall become effective on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways in this state.

(2) Denying the operation of any vehicle or combination of vehicles that could be lawfully operated upon the highways and roads of this state on January 4, 1975.
Ala. Code § 32-6-49.8 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-49.8
Section 32-6-49.8 Commercial Driver License Qualification Standards
Status: in_force

Commercial driver license qualification standards shall be as follows:

(a) Testing.

(1) GENERAL. No person may be issued a commercial driver license unless that person is a resident of this state and has passed a knowledge and skills test for driving a commercial motor vehicle which complies with minimum federal standards established by federal regulation enumerated in 49 C.F.R. Part 383, Subparts G and H, and has satisfied all other requirements of the CMVSA in addition to other requirements imposed by state law or federal regulation. The tests shall be prescribed and conducted by the department.

(2) THIRD-PARTY TESTING. The department may authorize a person, including an agency of this or another state, an employer, a private driver training facility, or other private institution, or a department, agency, or instrumentality of local government to administer the skills test specified by this section, if the test is the same as what would otherwise be administered by the state and the third party has entered into an agreement with this state which complies with requirements of 49 C.F.R. § 383.75.

(b) Waiver of skills test. The department may waive the skills test specified in this section for a commercial driver license applicant who meets the requirements of 49 C.F.R. § 383.77.

(c) Limitations on issuance of license. A commercial driver license may not be issued to a person while the person is subject to a disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle, or while the person’s driver license is suspended, revoked, or cancelled in any state or foreign jurisdiction with reciprocity; nor may a commercial driver license be issued to a person who has a commercial driver license issued by any other state unless the person first surrenders all such licenses, which shall be returned to the issuing state or states for cancellation.

(d) The holder of a valid commercial driver license learner’s permit may drive a commercial motor vehicle only when accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver license valid for the type of vehicle driven who occupies a seat beside the individual for the purpose of giving instruction in driving the commercial vehicle.

(e) A commercial driver license learner’s permit for a particular class or classes of commercial vehicle may be issued to a person who meets all the qualifications required of a person seeking a commercial driver license and has passed the vision and written tests for that class of commercial driver license. Commercial driver license learner’s permits may be issued with any endorsements or restrictions provided for in 49 C.F.R. Part 383. The endorsements or restrictions shall be coded in accordance with the provisions of 49 C.F.R. § 383.153.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-184 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-184
Section 32-5A-184 Speed Limits; Enforcement
Status: in_force

School zone speed limits shall be posted on the State Department of Transportation’s standard size speed limit signs and the times when the reduced speed limits are in effect. Law enforcement authorities shall enforce school zone speed limits.
Ala. Code § 32-8-64 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-64
Section 32-8-64 Release of Security Interest
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vehicle for which the certificate of title is in the possession of the lienholder, he or she shall, within 10 days after demand, execute a release of his or her security interest, in the space provided therefor on the certificate or as the department prescribes, and mail or deliver the certificate and release to the next lienholder named therein, or, if none, to the owner or any person who delivers to the lienholder an authorization from the owner to receive the certificate. The owner, other than a dealer holding the vehicle for resale, shall promptly cause the certificate and release to be mailed or delivered to the department, which shall release the lienholder’s rights on the certificate or issue a new certificate.

(b) Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vehicle for which the certificate of title is in the possession of a prior lienholder, the lienholder whose security interest is satisfied shall within 10 days after demand execute a release in the form the department prescribes and deliver the release to the owner or any person who delivers to the lienholder an authorization from the owner to receive it. The lienholder in possession of the certificate of title shall either deliver the certificate to the owner, or the person authorized by him or her, for delivery to the department, or, upon receipt of the release, mail or deliver it with the certificate to the department which shall release the subordinate lienholder’s rights on the certificate or issue a new certificate.

(c) The department may establish alternative methods for releasing security interests when a lienholder recorded on a certificate of title is no longer in business.

(d) Upon receipt of the releases of security interests mentioned in subsections (a) and (b), the department shall file each release in the manner prescribed by the department and note the same upon the records of notices of security interests maintained by it.
Ala. Code § 32-6-690 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-690
Section 32-6-690 Issuance of Distinctive Plates; Fees; Design
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 32-6-64 and 32-6-67, upon application to the judge of probate or license commissioner, compliance with motor vehicle registration and licensing laws, payment of regular fees required by law for license plates for private passenger or pleasure motor vehicles, and payment of an additional annual fee of fifty dollars ($50), owners of motor vehicles who are residents of Alabama shall be issued distinctive Stop Domestic Violence license plates.

(b) These plates shall be valid for five years.

(c) Payment of required license fees and taxes for years during which a new plate is not issued shall be evidenced as provided in Section 32-6-63.

(d) Officials from the Alabama District Attorneys Association shall design the plate. The design shall be approved by the Department of Revenue and the Legislative Oversight Committee for License Plates prior to production. Section 32-6-54 shall not apply to the plate designed pursuant to this section.

(e) The plates shall be issued, printed, and processed like other distinctive and personalized plates provided for in this chapter.

(f) The net proceeds from the additional revenues derived from the sales of the distinctive motor vehicle license plates, less the fees as provided in Section 32-6-68, shall be distributed to the district attorney for the county in which the plate was issued for the use and benefit of domestic violence prevention programs.