Ala. Code § 32-6-56 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-56
Section 32-6-56 Powers of Commissioner of Revenue as to Reciprocal Agreements with Other States, Etc., for Registration of Vehicles on an Apportionment or Allocation Basis
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into reciprocal agreements on behalf of this state with the duly authorized representatives of any of the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a state or province of a foreign country or a territory or possession of either the United States or of a foreign country providing for the registration of vehicles on an apportionment or allocation basis.

In exercising the authority granted to him or her by this section, the commissioner is expressly authorized and empowered to enter into and to become a member of the International Registration Plan or such other designation that may, from time to time, be given to such plan, developed by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators.

The commissioner is further authorized and empowered to promulgate and to enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the International Registration Plan or any other agreement entered into under the authority of this section.

If the commissioner enters into the International Registration Plan or into any other agreement under the authority of this section, and if the provisions set forth in the International Registration Plan or other agreements are different from the provisions prescribed by this Code or any rules or regulations promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to the authority granted hereunder to the commissioner, then the agreement provisions shall prevail.

The provisions of this section shall constitute complete authority for the registration of vehicles, including the registration of fleet vehicles, upon an apportionment or allocation basis under the International Registration Plan.
Ala. Code § 32-6-482 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-482
Section 32-6-482 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 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 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 or tags previously purchased by the owner to the vehicle, which plates or tags 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 plates or tags 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 plates or tags previously purchased for the vehicle and use the plates for the remainder of the then current license period. The notice of transfer of ownership shall be made of record by the judge of probate or the license commissioner.

Any person acquiring by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise any vehicle formerly 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 § 32-6-49.22 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-49.22
Section 32-6-49.22 Penalties
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who violates Section 32-6-49.4 shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced or fined, or both, as provided by law.

(b) No person charged with a violation of the commercial driver license laws of this state shall be eligible for any deferred prosecution program, diversion program, or any deferred imposition of judgment program.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-51 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-51
Section 32-5A-51 Limitations on Backing
Status: in_force

(a) The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless such movement can be made with safety and without interfering with other traffic.

(b) The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same upon any shoulder or roadway of any controlled-access highway.
Ala. Code § 32-20-45 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 32-20-45
Section 32-20-45 Disclosure of Information
Status: in_force

A lienholder named in a certificate of title upon written request of the owner or of another lienholder named on the certificate, shall disclose any pertinent information as to his or her security agreement and the indebtedness secured by it.
Ala. Code § 32-6-51 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-51
Section 32-6-51 Rear Tags Required
Status: in_force

Every motor vehicle operator who operates a motor vehicle upon any city street or other public highway of or in this state shall at all times keep attached and plainly visible on the rear end of such motor vehicle a license tag or license plate as prescribed and furnished by the Department of Revenue at the time the owner or operator purchases his license.

Anyone violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished by fine not exceeding $500.00 and, in addition thereto, shall be prohibited from driving a motor vehicle in Alabama for a period of not less than 60 days nor more than six months.
Ala. Code § 32-7A-14 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7A / Section 32-7A-14
Section 32-7A-14 Complicity in Violations
Status: in_force

A person who, whether present or absent, aids, abets, induces, procures, or causes the commission of an act which, if done directly by him or her, would be a felony or a misdemeanor under a provision of this chapter, is guilty of the same felony or misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-86 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-86
Section 32-5A-86 No-Passing Zones
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Transportation and local authorities are hereby authorized to determine those portions of any highway under their respective jurisdictions where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous and may by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway indicate the beginning and end of such zones and when such signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to an ordinarily observant person every driver of a vehicle shall obey the directions thereof.

(b) Where signs or markings are in place to define a no-passing zone as set forth in subsection (a) no driver shall at any time drive on the left side of the roadway within such no-passing zone or on the left side of any pavement striping designed to mark such no-passing zone throughout its length.

(c) This section does not apply under the conditions described in Section 32-5A-80(a)(2), nor to the driver of a vehicle turning left into or from an alley, private road, or driveway.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-52 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-52
Section 32-5A-52 Driving Upon Sidewalk
Status: in_force

No person shall drive any vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway.
Ala. Code § 32-20-28 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 32-20-28
Section 32-20-28 Grounds for Refusal
Status: in_force

The department shall refuse issuance of certificate of title if any required fee is not paid or if the department has reasonable grounds to believe that one of the following exists:

(1) The applicant is not the owner of the manufactured home.

(2) The application contains a false or fraudulent statement.

(3) The applicant fails to furnish required information or documents or any additional information the department reasonably requires.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-134 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-134
Section 32-5A-134 Signals by Hand and Arm or Signal Lamps
Status: in_force

(a) Any stop or turn signal when required herein shall be given either by means of the hand and arm or by signal lamps, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b).

(b) Any motor vehicle in use on a highway shall be equipped with, and the required signal shall be given by, signal lamps when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post to the left outside limit of the body, cab, or load of such motor vehicle exceeds 24 inches, or when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post to the rear limit of the body or load thereof exceeds 14 feet. The latter measurement shall apply to any single vehicle, also to any combination of vehicles.
Ala. Code § 32-18-7 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 18 / Section 32-18-7
Section 32-18-7 Applicable to Residents or Persons Who Maintain Place of Business in City
Status: in_force

Any such city may provide for the inspection of motor vehicles operated upon the streets, alleys, or highways thereof when owned or operated by residents or by persons who maintain a place of business in any such city where so operated.
Ala. Code § 32-20-24 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 32-20-24
Section 32-20-24 Acceptance of Application Where Ownership of Manufactured Home in Question
Status: in_force

If the department is not satisfied as to the ownership of the manufactured home or that there are no undisclosed security interests in it, the department may accept the application but shall do either of the following:

(1) Withhold issuance of a certificate of title until the applicant presents documents reasonably sufficient to satisfy the department as to the applicant’s ownership of the manufactured home and that there are no undisclosed security interests on it.

(2) As a condition of issuing a certificate of title or certificate of cancellation, require the applicant to file with the department a bond in a form prescribed by the department and executed by the applicant, and either accompanied by the deposit of cash with the department or also executed by a person authorized to conduct a surety business in this state. The bond shall be in an amount equal to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for manufactured homes less than 10 model years old and twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for all manufactured homes 10 years old or older and shall be conditioned to indemnify any prior owner and lienholder and any subsequent purchaser of the manufactured home or person acquiring any security interest in it, and their respective successors in interest, against any expense, loss, or damage, including reasonable attorney’s fees, by reason of the issuance of the certificate of title or certificate of cancellation for the manufactured home or on account of any defect in or undisclosed security interest upon the right, title, and interest of the applicant in and to the manufactured home. Any such interested person has a right of action to recover on the bond for any breach of its conditions, but the aggregate liability of the surety to all persons shall not exceed the amount of the bond. The bond, and any deposits accompanying it, shall be returned at the end of three years or prior thereto if the manufactured home is no longer in this state and the currently valid Alabama certificate of title is surrendered to another state, unless the department has been notified of the pendency of an action to recover on the bond.
Ala. Code § 32-6-710 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-710
Section 32-6-710 Issuance of Distinctive Plates; Fees; Design
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 32-6-64, 32-6-67, and 32-6-68, upon the remittance of the ad valorem taxes and license taxes and registration fees as required in Division 4, Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 40, a fleet operator, as defined in Section 40-12-240, shall be issued a fleet license plate in the manner prescribed by the department.

(b) A fleet license plate design issued pursuant to this section shall be valid for five years. The month and year of expiration shall be printed on the plate. Proof of current year registration shall be maintained by the fleet operator in the fleet vehicle and provided electronically by the fleet operator to the operator of the fleet vehicle.

(c) Payment of required license fees and taxes for the years during which a new plate is not issued shall be evidenced in a manner prescribed by the department.

(d) The fleet license plate shall be designed by the department.

(e) This section shall not be construed to invalidate subsection (b) of Section 40-12-252.
Ala. Code § 32-18-8 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 18 / Section 32-18-8
Section 32-18-8 Penalty; Seizure of Motor Vehicle
Status: in_force

Any such city shall have the power to enforce such ordinance by fine, not exceeding $100.00, or imprisonment, not exceeding six months, or both. Each day’s violation of such ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. Such fine or imprisonment may be imposed upon either the owner or operator of any such motor vehicle. Such city shall have authority also to seize and impound any motor vehicle which has not been inspected in accordance with the terms of such ordinance and to hold the same until inspection is made as provided by such ordinance. Any expense incurred in the seizure and impounding of such motor vehicle, together with any storage fees, shall be a first lien on the same; and the city shall have authority to enforce such lien as provided by law.
Ala. Code § 32-1-5 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 32-1-5
Section 32-1-5 Depositing Driver’s License in Lieu of Bail in Certain Cases - Procedure
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever any person lawfully possessed of a chauffeur’s or driver’s license theretofore issued to him or her by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Alabama, or under the laws of any other state or territory, or the District of Columbia of the United States, shall be arrested and charged with any violation of the provisions of this title for which under the provisions of Sections 32-1-4 and 32-5-36 the arresting officer is directed to take a written bond, he or she shall have the option of depositing his or her chauffeur’s or driver’s license so issued to him or her with the arresting officer or the court, in lieu of any other security which may be required for his appearance in any court in this state in answer to such charge lodged in such court.

(b) If such person arrested elects to deposit his or her license as provided, the arresting officer or court shall issue such person a receipt for said license upon a form furnished or prescribed by the Alabama Department of Public Safety, and thereafter, said person shall be permitted to operate a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state during the pendency of the case in which the license was deposited, unless his or her license or privilege is otherwise revoked, suspended, or cancelled.

(c) The clerk or judge of the court, in which the charge is lodged, shall immediately forward to the department the license of the driver deposited in lieu of bail if the driver fails to appear in answer to the charge against him or her. The Director of Public Safety shall upon receipt of a license so forwarded by the court suspend the driver license and driving privilege of the defaulting driver until notified by the court that the charge against such driver has been finally adjudicated.
Ala. Code § 32-12A-14 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 12A / Section 32-12A-14
Section 32-12A-14 Administration of Chapter
Status: reserved

REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-322 EFFECTIVE APRIL 29, 2021.
Ala. Code § 32-6-155 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-155
Section 32-6-155 Operation of Motor Vehicle Bearing Tag or Plate Not Issued Therefor or Transferred Thereto
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle bearing a personalized license tag or plate not issued for or duly transferred to such vehicle. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00 and not more than $200.00 for each offense.
Ala. Code § 32-12-41 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 12 / Section 32-12-41
Section 32-12-41 Specifications
Status: in_force

The protective helmet shall meet the following specifications:

(1) DESIGN. One which is specifically designed for motorcycle riders and motorcycle passenger use.

(2) EXTERIOR SHELL. A hard exterior shell of nonshatterable material, resistant to impact and penetration.

(3) CRADLE. A firmly secured shock absorbent cradle for the head designed to support the helmet and maintain separation between the head and outer shell. Materials used in this portion of protective helmet shall be of durable quality and with characteristics that will not undergo appreciable alteration under the influence of aging or of the circumstances of use to which the helmet is normally subjected. Materials commonly known to cause skin irritation or disease shall not be used for these parts of the assembly which come in contact with the skin.

(4) PADDING. Impact-resistant, absorbent padding or cushioning material of substantial thickness in all areas where the head is in close proximity with or may contact the outer shell.

(5) CHIN STRAP. A permanently attached adjustable chin strap that will hold the helmet securely in place. A rider must at all times, while a motorized vehicle is in motion, have a chin strap firmly in place on or under the chin.

(6) VISOR. Not required, but, if the helmet is so equipped, the visor must be flexible or of a snap on type; however, no external projections shall be more than one-quarter inch above surface of the exterior shell.
Ala. Code § 32-15-6 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 15 / Section 32-15-6
Section 32-15-6 Failure to Redeliver Hired Vehicle; Service of Written Demand
Status: in_force

Any person who, after hiring, leasing or renting a motor vehicle under an agreement in writing, which provides for return of said vehicle to a particular place, or at a particular time, shall abandon such vehicle, or secrete, convert, sell or attempt to sell the same or any part thereof, or who shall fail to return the vehicle to said place within the time specified, and is thereafter personally served with a written demand, or upon whom written demand is thereafter made by registered mail, to return said vehicle to the place specified in the written agreement within 48 hours from the time of the personal service or service by registered mail of such demand, and who fails, except for causes beyond his control to return said vehicle to the lessor within said period, is guilty of a Class C felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or less than one year and one day in a state penitentiary, or shall be fined not more than $5,000.00, or shall be both fined and imprisoned. Service by registered mail shall be deemed to be complete upon deposit in the United States mail of such demand securely wrapped, postpaid and addressed to such person at the address for such person set forth in the written agreement for the hire or use thereof or in the absence of such address to such person’s last known place of residence.
Ala. Code § 32-7C-24 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7C / Section 32-7C-24
Section 32-7C-24 Agent for Service of Process
Status: in_force

A TNC shall maintain an agent for service of process in the state.
Ala. Code § 32-6-461 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-461
Section 32-6-461 Issuance of Distinctive License Tags and Plates
Status: in_force

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 tags or plates for private passenger or pleasure motor vehicles, and payment of an additional annual fee of forty dollars ($40), owners of motor vehicles who are residents of Alabama shall be issued distinctive “Ducks Unlimited” license tags and plates. These tags or plates shall be valid for five years, and may then be replaced with either conventional, personalized, or new “Ducks Unlimited” tags or plates. 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 for in Section 32-6-63. The distinctive “Ducks Unlimited” license tags or plates shall be designed by the Department of Revenue with the advice of the Alabama Ducks Unlimited, Incorporated. The tags or plates shall be issued, printed, and processed like other distinctive and personalized tags or plates provided for in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 32-7C-20 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7C / Section 32-7C-20
Section 32-7C-20 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) COMMISSION. The Public Service Commission.

(2) DIGITAL NETWORK. Digital network, as defined in Section 32-7C-1.

(3) GROSS TRIP FARE. The sum of the base fare charge, distance charge, and time charge for a complete trip at rates published on the TNC’s website. The term does not include any additional fees, including airport or venue fees.

(4) TNC. A transportation network company, as defined in Section 32-7C-1.

(5) TNC DRIVER. A TNC driver as defined in Section 32-7C-1.

(6) TNC RIDER. A TNC rider as defined in Section 32-7C-1.

(7) TNC VEHICLE. A personal vehicle, as defined in Section 32-7C-1.

(8) PREARRANGED RIDE. Prearranged ride, as defined in Section 32-7C-1.
Ala. Code § 32-6-442 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-442
Section 32-6-442 Transfer of Plates or Tags
Status: in_force

The distinctive license tags or plates 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 tags or plates sells, trades, exchanges, or otherwise disposes of the motor vehicle, the tags or plates shall be retained by the owner to whom it was 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 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 for 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 being furnished by the owner to the judge of probate or license commissioner 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 on the vehicle and use the plates for the remainder of the then current license period. The notice of transfer of ownership shall be made on record by the judge of probate or the license commissioner.

Any person acquiring by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise, any vehicle formerly 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 § 32-9C-8 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9C / Section 32-9C-8
Section 32-9C-8 Liability for a Traffic Accident Involving an Ads-Equipped Vehicle
Status: in_force

(a) Liability for a traffic accident involving an ADS-equipped vehicle shall be determined in accordance with applicable state law, federal law, or common law.

(b) The original manufacturer of a vehicle converted by a third party into an ADS-equipped vehicle may not be held liable in, and shall have a defense to and be dismissed from, any legal action brought against the original manufacturer by any individual injured due to an alleged vehicle defect caused by the conversion of the vehicle, or by equipment installed by the converter, unless the alleged defect was present in the vehicle as originally manufactured.
Ala. Code § 32-5-11 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-11
Section 32-5-11 Throwing or Shooting Deadly or Dangerous Missile into Occupied Vehicle
Status: in_force

Whoever willfully throws or shoots a rock, stone, brick or piece of iron, steel or other like metal, or any deadly or dangerous missile or fire bomb, into a motor vehicle that is occupied by one or more persons is guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be imprisoned for not less than one year and a day and shall be fined not less than $500.00.

This section is cumulative.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-175 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-175
Section 32-5A-175 Special Speed Limitation on Motor-Driven Cycles
Status: in_force

No person shall operate any motor-driven cycle at any time from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise nor at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of 1,000 feet ahead at a speed greater than 35 miles per hour unless such motor-driven cycle is equipped with a head lamp or lamps which are adequate to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of 300 feet ahead.
Ala. Code § 32-6-17.2 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-17.2
Section 32-6-17.2 Cancellation, Suspension, or Revocation -- Suspension for Failure to Pay a Fine, Fee, or Court Cost as a Result of a Traffic Violation
Status: in_force

(a) A court may not suspend an individual’s driver license for failure to pay a fine, fee, or court cost as a result of a traffic violation unless the individual fails to make three or more of the required payments if the court’s order permits the payment of fines, fees, or court costs as part of a payment plan.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that, pursuant to Section 150 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, the Supreme Court of Alabama shall amend its rules to conform with this section.

(c) This section shall not apply to an individual holding a commercial driver license or a commercial learner license or to an individual operating a commercial motor vehicle at the time of the traffic violation.
Ala. Code § 32-6-61 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-61
Section 32-6-61 Licensing, Registration, Etc., Staggered - Registration Month; Expiration and Renewal; Proration; Reregistration of Vehicles
Status: in_force

The staggered system for the licensing, registration, and taxation of motor vehicles shall be implemented thusly: The first letter of an individual’s last name shall determine the month in which a vehicle owner shall register his or her vehicle(s), as indicated below:

After the conversion period all owners of private passenger vehicles and pickup trucks of 12,000 pounds and under shall continue to register their vehicles during the month assigned to the first initial of their last name. All license plates issued on a staggered registration basis shall expire on the last day of the month assigned for the purchase or renewal of license registration.

All license plates issued to commercial and fleet vehicles for which licensing, registration, and taxation are due in October and November shall expire on November 30.

During the implementation period and thereafter all licensing, registration, and ad valorem taxation of motor vehicles shall be prorated on a monthly basis, except that the special or additional license plate fees provided in Division 6, commencing with Section 32-6-150, of this chapter shall not be prorated.

In implementing this change of expiration dates, registration fees and ad valorem taxes shall be collected for periods not exceeding 12 months. Anyone acquiring a motor vehicle during his or her designated renewal month shall be subject to the payment of registration fees and ad valorem taxes for the current renewal period, and the renewal period beginning on the first day of the succeeding month.

All persons who acquire a motor vehicle which is located in this state and required to be registered in this state, within 20 calendar days from date of purchase, shall reregister the vehicle with the judge of probate or other county official authorized and required by law to issue license plates, of the county in which the owner resides, if the owner is an individual, or of the county in which the motor vehicle is used or operated if the owner is a firm, corporation, or association. The owner shall be issued a new registration receipt and purchase a license plate or validation decal(s) to the appropriate month assigned for renewal.
Ala. Code § 32-7C-27 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7C / Section 32-7C-27
Section 32-7C-27 Electronic Receipt
Status: in_force

Within a reasonable period of time following the completion of a trip, a TNC shall transmit an electronic receipt to the rider that lists all of the following:

(1) The origin and destination of the trip.

(2) The total time and distance of the trip.

(3) The total fare paid.

(4) The TNC driver’s first name.
Ala. Code § 32-6-153 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-153
Section 32-6-153 Issuance of Identical Tags or Plates
Status: in_force

No two owners will be issued identical tags or plates for the same year. An owner who has procured special personalized prestige tags or plates shall be entitled to have a tag or plate issued for succeeding years bearing the same inscription provided he or she applies therefor within the time prescribed by the Commissioner of Revenue and pays the fee prescribed in Section 32-6-150. However, should the holder of a personalized tag or plate fail within the prescribed time to apply for renewal thereof, then a tag or plate of such design may in subsequent years be issued to any other person applying therefor.
Ala. Code § 32-16-4 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 16 / Section 32-16-4
Section 32-16-4 Penalty
Status: in_force

Any vendor or dealer in used or secondhand motor vehicles who shall violate or fail to observe any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction for such violation, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00, and/or by imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more than six months. The Director of Public Safety and his subordinate officers are hereby authorized and required to enforce, and are charged with the duty of enforcing, the provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-186 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-186
Section 32-5A-186 Fines
Status: in_force

The proceeds from any fines collected pursuant to this article payable to a county or municipality pursuant to state law shall be paid into the public road and bridge fund of the county or the treasury of the municipality in which the offense occurred.
Ala. Code § 32-6-68 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-68
Section 32-6-68 Annual Fee; Distribution of Fees
Status: in_force

(a) Each distinctive license plate issued shall require, in addition to the standard registration fee, an additional annual fee of fifty dollars ($50).

(b) The additional license plate fee as provided for in subsection (a) shall be distributed in the following manner:

(1) Two and one-half percent commission, provided by Section 40-12-269(a)(1).

(2) Manufacturing costs of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) to the Department of Corrections.

(3) Administrative costs of one dollar ($1) to the Department of Revenue.

(4) A state share of five dollars ($5) shall be transmitted to the state Comptroller for deposit in an account maintained by the Department of Senior Services to be used by the department to provide meals to senior citizens under a program to be known as the “John L. Buskey Senior Meals Program.” Funds deposited in the account are continuously appropriated to the department for the purpose of this subdivision.

This subdivision shall not apply to license plates issued pursuant to Sections 32-6-450, 32-6-460, 32-6-470, 32-6-500, 32-6-520, 32-6-560, 32-6-611, and 32-6-680.

(5) The remainder of the additional fee shall be distributed to the sponsoring organization or as otherwise provided under the terms of the application approved by the legislative oversight committee; except that the remainder of the additional fee after the distributions provided in subdivisions (1) through (3) shall be distributed to the State General Fund when a distinctive license plate is for an out-of-state college or university as provided in subsection (e) of Section 32-6-67, or when there is no specified distribution for the additional fee.

Nothing in this section shall apply to standard personalized license plates established pursuant to Section 32-6-150.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-53 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-53
Section 32-5A-53 Obstruction to Driver’s View or Driving Mechanism
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall drive a vehicle when it is loaded, or when there are in the front seat such a number of persons as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle or as to interfere with the driver’s control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.

(b) No passenger in a vehicle shall ride in such position as to interfere with the driver’s view ahead or to the sides, or to interfere with his or her control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
Ala. Code § 32-2-22 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-22
Section 32-2-22 Officers Have Powers of Peace Officers
Status: in_force

Members of the state highway patrol, when duly appointed, shall have the powers of peace officers in this state and may exercise such powers anywhere within the state.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-200 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-200
Section 32-5A-200 Short Title
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-470, § 2, effective May 1, 1998.
Ala. Code § 32-6-351 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-351
Section 32-6-351 Active Reserve Identification Tag
Status: in_force

Effective January 1, 1994, a resident of this state who is an active member of the United States Armed Forces Reserve may obtain a distinctive motor vehicle license tag or tags signifying service in the Armed Forces Reserve upon presenting to the judge of probate or commissioner of licenses an active reserve identification card. The distinctive motor vehicle license tags authorized by this division shall be issued in the same manner, under the same conditions, and for the same fees due, if any, as distinctive motor vehicle tags are issued to active members of the National Guard.
Ala. Code § 32-6-590 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-590
Section 32-6-590 Issuance of Distinctive Plates; Duration; Fees; Design
Status: in_force

(a) 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 Sisters for Life license plates.

(b) These plates shall be valid for five years, and may then be replaced with either conventional, personalized, or new Sisters for Life plates.

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

(d) The Sistas Can Survive Coalition shall design, or have designed, the plate which design shall be approved by the Department of Revenue. Section 32-6-54 shall not apply to the plates 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.
Ala. Code § 32-6-217 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-217
Section 32-6-217 Record of Tags and Certificates; Inspection
Status: in_force

Every designated agent, manufacturer, dealer, or transporter qualifying under Section 32-6-212 shall maintain for one year a record of all temporary license tags and temporary registration certificates issued by him or her and shall maintain any other information pertaining to the issuance of temporary license tags as the department shall require. All records required under this section to be maintained by the designated agent, manufacturer, dealer, or transporter shall be available for inspection and examination by duly authorized representatives of the department upon request.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-260 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-260
Section 32-5A-260 Traffic Laws Apply to Persons Riding Bicycles
Status: in_force

Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by 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.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-115 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-115
Section 32-5A-115 Operation of Vehicles on Approach of Authorized Emergency Vehicles; Signals on Emergency Vehicles; Duty of Emergency Vehicle Driver
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle equipped with at least one lighted lamp and audible signal as is required by law, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as close as possible to, the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway clear of any intersection and shall stop and remain in such position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer.

(b) This section shall not operate to relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with regard for the safety of all persons using the highways.

(c) Authorized emergency vehicles shall be equipped with at least one lighted lamp exhibiting a colored light as hereinafter provided visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of such vehicle and a siren, exhaust whistle, or bell capable of giving an audible signal. The color of the lighted lamp exhibited by police vehicles may be red or blue and the color of the lighted lamp exhibited by the fire department and other authorized emergency vehicles, including ambulances, shall be red. No vehicle other than a police vehicle will use a blue light. An amber or yellow light may be installed on any vehicle or class of vehicles designated by the Director of Public Safety, but such light shall serve as a warning or caution light only, and shall not cause other vehicles to yield the right-of-way. This provision shall not operate to relieve the driver of an emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway nor shall it protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of an arbitrary exercise of such right-of-way.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-174 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-174
Section 32-5A-174 Minimum Speed Regulation
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.

(b) Whenever the Director of Public Safety and the Director of Transportation, with the approval of the Governor, or local authorities within their respective jurisdictions determine on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on any highway or part of a highway consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the directors or such local authority may determine and declare a minimum speed limit below which no person shall drive a vehicle except when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law, and that limit shall be effective when posted upon appropriate fixed or variable signs.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-93 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-93
Section 32-5A-93 Law Enforcement Officers Authorized to Operate Motorized Bicycle, Mopeds, Etc., on Streets, Highways, and Sidewalks
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, or any other provision of law, a sworn officer of any law enforcement agency may operate a motorized bicycle or moped or any two-wheeled or three-wheeled device having fully operative pedals for propulsion by human power or any other device capable of a maximum speed of 45 miles per hour upon the streets and highways of this state and upon sidewalks.

(b) Any vehicles or other devices marked as law enforcement vehicles or devices and operated by sworn law enforcement officers are exempt from all licensing, equipment, and other requirements provided by law in this state for the operation of vehicles upon the streets and highways of this state.
Ala. Code § 32-6-390 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-390
Section 32-6-390 Issuance of Distinctive License Tags or Plates to Members
Status: in_force

(a) A member of the Lions Club International who is the owner of a motor vehicle and a resident of the state may be issued a distinctive license tag or plate which shall be produced and designed by the Alabama Department of Revenue. The member shall make application to the judge of probate or license commissioner, comply with the motor vehicle registration and licensing laws, pay the regular fees required by law for license tags or plates for private passenger or pleasure motor vehicles, and pay an additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25).

(b) The tags or plates shall be issued, printed, and processed like other distinctive and personalized tags and plates provided for in this chapter. The tags or plates shall be valid for five years and may be replaced with either a conventional, personalized, or new “Lions Club” tag or plate at the additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25). 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.
Ala. Code § 32-2-42 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-42
Section 32-2-42 Determination of Fitness of Persons to Serve
Status: in_force

The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall determine the fitness of persons to serve as state trooper reserves.
Ala. Code § 32-13-10 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 13 / Section 32-13-10
Section 32-13-10 False Statements Regarding Sale of Abandoned Motor Vehicle
Status: in_force

(a) A person, with fraudulent intent, may not make a material false statement regarding the sale of an abandoned motor vehicle.

(b) A person in violation of subsection (a) commits a Class C felony.

(c) A person, whether present or absent, who aids, abets, induces, procures, or causes the commission of an act in violation of subsection (a) commits a Class C felony.
Ala. Code § 32-18-6 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 18 / Section 32-18-6
Section 32-18-6 City May Pay for Testing Stations from Earnings or Out of General Fund
Status: in_force

Any such city shall have additional powers to pay for any such testing station or stations operated by it and for the equipment, maintenance, and operation thereof out of past or future earnings of such station or stations or out of the general fund.
Ala. Code § 32-6-62.2 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-62.2
Section 32-6-62.2 Optional Two-Year Registration for Motor Vehicles
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the county commission, in consultation with the local judge of probate or other county license plate issuing official authorized to issue motor vehicle registrations may authorize an optional two-year registration renewal for motor vehicles operated on the public highways of this state.

(b) If a registrant elects to renew his or her motor registration for a two-year period, he or she shall do all of the following:

(1) Pay the local issuance fee. The registrant shall not be required to pay an additional local issuance fee for the second year of registration.

(2) Pay the license taxes, ad valorem tax, and registration fees for each year at the time of the election to renew the registration for two years.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-58.2 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-58.2
Section 32-5A-58.2 Moving Over or Reducing Speed When Approaching Law Enforcement Vehicles, Emergency Vehicles, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall be known as the “John Hubbard Move Over Act.”

(b) When an authorized law enforcement vehicle or emergency vehicle making use of any visual signals is parked, when a wrecker displaying amber rotating or flashing lights is performing a recovery or loading on the roadside or otherwise performing tasks associated with the provision of wrecker services , when a utility service vehicle operated by or on behalf of an entity providing utility services displaying any rotating lights, flashing lights, or other visual signals is parked on the roadside while performing tasks associated with the provision of utility services, when a vehicle displaying flashing lights is parked or engaged in the performance of official duties , including maintenance or activities related to construction or surveying, on or along a road, or when a garbage, trash, refuse, or recycling collection vehicle is actively collecting garbage, trash, refuse, or recycling materials on the roadside, the driver of every other vehicle, as soon as it is safe, shall do the following:

(1) When driving on an interstate highway or other highway with two or more lanes traveling in the direction of the law enforcement vehicle, emergency vehicle, wrecker, utility service vehicle, maintenance, construction, or survey vehicle displaying flashing lights, or garbage, trash, refuse, or recycling collection vehicle, the driver shall vacate the lane closest to the law enforcement vehicle, emergency vehicle, wrecker, utility service vehicle, maintenance, construction, or survey vehicle displaying flashing lights, or garbage, trash, refuse, or recycling collection vehicle, unless otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer. If it is not safe to move over, the driver shall slow to a speed that is at least 15 miles per hour less than the posted speed limit unless otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer.

(2) When driving on a two-lane road, the driver shall move as far away from the law enforcement vehicle, emergency vehicle, wrecker, utility service vehicle, maintenance, construction, or survey vehicle displaying flashing lights, or garbage, trash, refuse, or recycling collection vehicle as possible within his or her lane and slow to a speed that is 15 miles per hour less than the posted speed limit when the posted speed limit is 25 miles per hour or greater or travel at 10 miles per hour when the posted speed limit is 20 miles per hour or less, unless otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer.

(c)(1) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of two hundred dollars ($200) . Upon a second violation of this section, the fine shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250) . Upon a third or subsequent violation, the fine shall be three hundred dollars ($300) and, in addition, the court shall submit a copy of the violation to the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and order the secretary to suspend the driving privileges of the driver for a period of not less than 90 days .

(2) If a driver violates this section while also in violation any of the following sections, the driver shall receive, at a minimum, a fine or sentence double the minimum penalty otherwise provided by law:

a. Section 32-5A-191, relating to driving under the influence.

b. Section 32-5A-190, relating to reckless driving.

c. Section 32-5A-176.1, relating to construction zone moving violations.

d. Section 32-5A-350.1, relating to wireless telecommunications device violations.

e. Section 32-5A-178, relating to racing on public highways.

(d) If a violation of this section is the proximate cause of a collision with an authorized emergency vehicle, wrecker, or other vehicle performing duties as described under subsection (b), the driver shall be punished as follows:

(1) If the collision results in physical injury to any individual, the driver shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(2) If the collision results in serious physical injury to any individual, the driver shall be guilty of a Class C felony.

(3) If the collision results in the death of any individual, the driver shall be guilty of a Class B felony.

(e) Article 4A of Chapter 18 of Title 15, relating to restitution for victims of crimes, shall apply to any collision described under subsection (d).

(f) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall provide an educational awareness campaign informing the motoring public about this section , including information to assist the drivers of motor vehicles to determine the best option of whether to move over or slow down as required under subsection (a) . The agency shall provide information about this section in all newly printed driver license educational materials after January 1, 2025 .

(g) This section shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway.
Ala. Code § 32-20-29 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 32-20-29
Section 32-20-29 Replacement Certificate
Status: in_force

(a) If a certificate of title issued under this chapter or previously issued under Chapter 8 is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed or becomes illegible, the first lienholder or, if none, the owner or legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the department, shall promptly make application for and may obtain a replacement upon furnishing information satisfactory to the department and payment of the applicable transaction fee and commissions as required by this chapter. The replacement certificate of title shall contain the legend, “This is a replacement certificate and may be subject to the rights of a person under the original certificate.” It shall be mailed to the first lienholder named in it, or, if none, to the owner.

(b) A person recovering an original certificate of title for which a replacement has been issued shall promptly surrender the original certificate to the department.
Ala. Code § 32-7B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7B / Section 32-7B-1
Section 32-7B-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Online Insurance Verification System Act.
Ala. Code § 32-6-215 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-215
Section 32-6-215 Fees
Status: in_force

The fee for issuance of each temporary license tag shall be two dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) which shall be collected by the designated agent, manufacturer, dealer, or transporter qualifying under Section 32-6-212. From each fee collected, the designated agent, manufacturer, or dealer shall remit one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) to the department for deposit to the Public Road and Bridge Fund of the State of Alabama and shall remit seventy-five cents ($.75) to the county in which the temporary license tag is issued to be paid into the treasury of the county, provided, that in all counties where the judge of probate is reimbursed on a fee basis instead of on a salary basis, then such seventy-five cents ($.75) shall be paid to the judge of probate.
Ala. Code § 32-14-6 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 32-14-6
Section 32-14-6 Penalty for Violation of Chapter
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 32-7A-11 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7A / Section 32-7A-11
Section 32-7A-11 Online Insurance Verification System - Notification Upon Inability to Verify Existing Insurance; Proof of Coverage; Penalties
Status: in_force

(a)(1) When the department is unable to verify that liability insurance coverage exists for a motor vehicle registered or required to be registered in this state, the department shall send the registrant notice via U.S. mail at the last known address as reflected on the department’s motor vehicle registration records. The notice shall require that the registrant, within 30 calendar days of the date of the notice, provide evidence of continuous liability insurance coverage for the vehicle for the period specified by the department. The registration will be suspended unless either:

a. The registrant responds within the required time frame and the response establishes that the registrant has not had a lapse in liability insurance coverage. The department shall then indicate in its records that the insured is in compliance with this chapter.

b. The registrant responds within the required time frame that, after the registration date, he or she did not operate the vehicle during the lapse in coverage due to the motor vehicle being stored, inoperable, or otherwise unused as prescribed by the department. The registrant may claim the stored or inoperable exemption provided under this subdivision only if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

1. The registrant surrenders the registration and associated license plate to the registrant’s license plate issuing official within 30 days from the date of the notice sent pursuant to this subsection.

2. The registrant has not claimed a stored or inoperable exemption under this subdivision during the current registration period for the registered vehicle.

3. During the lapse in coverage, the registered vehicle was not involved in an accident while operated on a public road or highway.

4. During the lapse in coverage, the registrant or a driver of the registered vehicle was not subject to or issued a citation while operating the registered vehicle on a public road or highway.

(2) If each of the conditions in subdivision (1) is satisfied, the current registration shall be revoked and the department shall update its records to reflect that the registration is revoked for the remainder of the registration period. In the event the motor vehicle for which the registration has been revoked is no longer stored, inoperable, or otherwise unused as prescribed by the department, a new registration and license plate must be obtained prior to operating the vehicle. The department may establish by rule an extension to the 30 day surrender period if the registrant cannot return the license plate for good cause.

(b) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of subsection (a), if the registrant subsequently provides, in a manner as prescribed by the department, proof of subsequent liability insurance coverage for the vehicle during the current registration period, the registration shall be reinstated.

(c) Any operator of a motor vehicle for which the registration has been revoked shall be subject to citation by law enforcement in accordance with Section 32-7A-16.

(d) The notice required under subsection (a) shall include notice of the following:

(1) That the stored or inoperable exemption provided for in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) can be claimed only once during a registration period.

(2) That once this exemption is claimed during a registration period, reinstatement of the vehicle’s registration following any further lapse in coverage during the registration period will require the payment of the reinstatement fees provided under Section 32-7A-12.
Ala. Code § 32-7C-35 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7C / Section 32-7C-35
Section 32-7C-35 Rulemaking Authority
Status: in_force

The commission may adopt rules to implement and enforce this article in accordance with its established rules of practice and procedures, including, but not limited to, rules providing for safety inspections of TNC vehicles and establishing requirements for a distinctive TNC emblem or signage, known as trade dress, to be displayed on the exterior of a TNC vehicle.
Ala. Code § 32-15A-14 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 15A / Section 32-15A-14
Section 32-15A-14
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall expand or restrict in any manner the respective rights, obligations, or limitations of motor vehicle manufacturers and licensed new motor vehicle dealers as set forth in Chapter 20 of Title 8,.

(b) Nothing in this chapter limits the right of an airport authority to regulate and impose fees on peer-to-peer car sharing programs that enable peer-to-peer car sharing at an airport.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-137 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-137
Section 32-5A-137 Stopping, Standing, or Parking Prohibited in Specified Places
Status: in_force

(a) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device, no person shall:

(1) Stop, stand, or park a vehicle:

a. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;

b. On a sidewalk;

c. Within an intersection;

d. On a crosswalk;

e. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings;

f. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;

g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure, upon a highway, or within a highway tunnel;

h. On any railroad tracks;

i. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.

(2) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:

a. In front of a public or private driveway;

b. Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;

c. Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;

d. Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;

e. Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance (when properly signposted);

f. At any place where official signs prohibit standing.

(3) Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers:

a. Within 50 feet of the nearest rail or a railroad crossing;

b. At any place where official signs prohibit parking.

(b) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his or her control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful.
Ala. Code § 32-5-253 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-253
Section 32-5-253 Enforcement of Provisions
Status: in_force

When the director has reason to believe that an approved lighting device being sold commercially does not comply with the requirements of this division, he or she may, after giving 30 days’ previous notice to the person holding the certificate of approval for such device in this state, conduct a hearing upon the question of compliance of the approved device. After such hearing, the director shall determine whether the approved lighting device meets the requirements of this division. If the device does not meet the requirements of this division he or she shall give notice to the person holding the certificate of approval for such device in this state.

If at the expiration of 90 days after such notice the person holding the certificate of approval for such device has failed to satisfy the director that the approved device as thereafter to be sold meets the requirements of this division, the director shall suspend or revoke the approval issued therefor until or unless such device is resubmitted to and retested by an authorized testing agency and is found to meet the requirements of this division, and may require that all such devices sold since the notification following the hearing be replaced with devices that do comply with the requirements of this division. The director may at the time of the retest purchase in the open market and submit to the testing agency one or more sets of such approved devices, and if such device upon such retest fails to meet the requirements of this division, the director may refuse to renew the certificate of approval of such device.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-220 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-220
Section 32-5A-220 Right-of-Way to Blind Persons, Guide Dogs in Training
Status: in_force

The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any blind pedestrian carrying a clearly visible white cane or accompanied by a guide dog, or any person employed by an accredited school for training guide dogs who provides notice through a sign or other method that he or she is training the dog accompanying him or her as a guide dog for the blind.
Ala. Code § 32-5-247 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-247
Section 32-5-247 Reflective Devices for Slow-Moving Vehicles - Mounting
Status: in_force

The device shall be mounted on the rear of the vehicle, implement, or mobile equipment broad base down, not less than three feet nor more than five feet above the ground, measuring to the lowest portion of the device and as near the center of the vehicle, implement, or mobile equipment as practicable.
Ala. Code § 32-20-25 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 32-20-25
Section 32-20-25 Issuance of Certificate
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall examine each application received and, when satisfied that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall issue a certificate of title to the manufactured home on the form prescribed by the department.

(b) The department shall maintain a record of all certificates of title issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter:

(1) Under a distinctive title number assigned to the manufactured home.

(2) Under the manufactured home identification number.

(3) Under the name of the owner.

(4) In the discretion of the department, by any other method the department determines.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-214 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-214
Section 32-5A-214 Pedestrians to Use Right Half of Crosswalks
Status: in_force

Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of crosswalks.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-244 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-244
Section 32-5A-244 Footrests and Handlebars
Status: in_force

(a) Any motorcycle carrying a passenger, other than in a sidecar or enclosed cab, shall be equipped with footrests for such passenger.

(b) No person shall operate any motorcycle with handlebars more than 15 inches in height above that portion of the seat occupied by the operator.
Ala. Code § 32-6-500 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-500
Section 32-6-500 Issuance of Distinctive Tags and Plates
Status: in_force

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 tags or 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 “Alabama Cattlemen’s Foundation” license tags and plates. These tags or plates shall be valid for five years, and may then be replaced with either conventional, personalized, or new “Alabama Cattlemen’s Foundation” tags or plates. 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 for in Section 32-6-63. The Alabama Cattlemen’s Foundation shall design, or have designed, the Alabama Cattlemen’s Foundation tags or plates which design shall be approved by the Alabama Department of Revenue. The tags or plates shall be issued, printed, and processed like other distinctive and personalized tags or plates provided for in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 32-6-251 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-251
Section 32-6-251 Distinctive Design of Plates; Disposition of Proceeds
Status: in_force

The special plates shall be of the same size as regular motor vehicle license plates, distinguished by the letters MOH, LOV, Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, PHM, or AM to be of a different color scheme and design to any other vehicle plate in this state, or POW to be of the same color scheme as other distinguished military plates in this state, whichever distinctive design applies, the nature of which shall be prescribed by a committee to be appointed by the chief legislative sponsors of this division. The net proceeds of the additional revenues from the sales of the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and the Air Medal distinctive military plates, less the administrative costs including the costs of production incurred by the Department of Revenue in producing the plates, shall be distributed by each judge of probate or license commissioner to the state Comptroller. The state Comptroller shall distribute the proceeds into the Alabama Veterans’ Assistance Fund in the State Treasury.
Ala. Code § 32-6-523 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-523
Section 32-6-523 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 Department of Corrections in producing the plates, shall be distributed by each judge of probate or license commissioner to the state Comptroller. Thereafter, the state Comptroller shall distribute the proceeds to the Alabama Realtors Foundation.
Ala. Code § 32-8-45 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-45
Section 32-8-45 Transfer of Ownership - to or from Dealer; Records
Status: reserved

(a) If a dealer buys a vehicle and holds it for resale and procures the certificate of title from the owner or the lienholder within 15 days after delivery to him of the vehicle, he need not send the certificate to the department but, upon transferring the vehicle to another person other than by the creation of a security interest, shall promptly execute the assignment and warranty of title by a dealer, showing the names and addresses of the transferee and of any lienholder holding a security interest created or reserved at the time of the resale and the date of his security agreement, in the spaces provided therefor on the certificate or as the department prescribes, and mail or deliver the certificate to a designated agent with the transferee’s application for a new certificate.

(b) Every dealer shall maintain for five years a record in the form the department prescribes of every vehicle bought, sold or exchanged by him or received by him for sale or exchange, which shall be open to inspection by representatives of the department and law enforcement officers during reasonable business hours.
Ala. Code § 32-5-93 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-93
Section 32-5-93 Speed Limit Between Working Signs
Status: in_force

No driver of a motor vehicle upon any highway of the state shall drive such vehicle at a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour between the warning signs placed on the highway during construction or repairs, when signs are placed not more than 1,000 feet from the place where workmen are actually engaged in construction or repair.
Ala. Code § 32-6-290 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-290
Section 32-6-290 “Retired Military” Defined
Status: in_force

The words “retired military” as used in this division, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, means only those persons who are nondisability retirees from active duty in the Army, or the Navy, or the Marine Corps, or the Air Force, or the Coast Guard of the United States.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-192 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-192
Section 32-5A-192 Homicide by Vehicle or Vessel
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2014-427, §2, effective July 1, 2014.
Ala. Code § 32-20-46 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 32-20-46
Section 32-20-46 Construction with Other Laws
Status: in_force

(a) The method provided in this article of perfecting and giving notice of security interest in manufactured homes required to be titled under the terms of this chapter or titled under the terms hereof, shall be exclusive.

(b) Security interests in manufactured homes required to be titled or which are titled under this chapter, are hereby exempted from the provisions of law which otherwise require the filing or recording of financing statements or of other instruments creating or evidencing security interests.

(c) Security interests in manufactured homes not required to be titled under this chapter or not titled under the terms hereof, which are perfected under any other applicable laws of this state shall not be affected by this chapter but shall continue in all respects to be governed by such other laws of this state.
Ala. Code § 32-6-542 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-542
Section 32-6-542 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 § 32-6-352 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-352
Section 32-6-352 Promulgation of Rules
Status: in_force

The Department of Revenue may promulgate any rules necessary to carry out this division.
Ala. Code § 32-6-234 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-234
Section 32-6-234 Recognition of Official Disability Parking Identification Devices from Other Jurisdictions
Status: in_force

Official disability parking identification devices issued by any other state, district, or territory subject to the laws of the United States, or any foreign jurisdiction shall be recognized in the State of Alabama. Motor vehicles bearing a valid device from those jurisdictions shall be accorded the parking privileges contained within this division until residency is established.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-301 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-301
Section 32-5A-301 Report of Arresting Officer
Status: in_force

(a) A law enforcement officer who arrests any person for a violation of Section 32-5A-191 shall within five days after the day of arrest, excluding weekends and state holidays, hand deliver, mail, or submit electronically to the agency a sworn report of all information relevant to the enforcement action, including information which adequately identifies the arrested person, a statement of the officer’s grounds for belief that the person violated Section 32-5A-191, the results of any chemical test which was conducted, a statement if the person refused to submit to a test, and a copy of the citation or complaint filed with the court.

(b) The report required by this section shall be made on forms supplied by the agency or in a manner specified by rules of the agency.

(c) The agency shall not take action on any report not sworn to and not mailed and postmarked or received by the agency within five days after the day of arrest, excluding weekends and state holidays.
Ala. Code § 32-6-362 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-362
Section 32-6-362 Appropriation to Offset Initial Costs
Status: in_force

As a first charge against revenues collected under this division, to offset its initial costs in administering these collections, there is appropriated to the Department of Revenue for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000). The Legislature shall appropriate to the department for each fiscal year the amount of money necessary to offset any expenses the department incurs in administering and enforcing this division.
Ala. Code § 32-6-47 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-47
Section 32-6-47 Appeal of Suspended, Revoked, Etc., License; No Driving While Appeal Pending
Status: in_force

A person whose driver’s license has been cancelled, suspended, or revoked or whose application for a driver’s license has been denied shall have the right of judicial appeal of such action, as provided under Section 32-5A-195. No person shall be allowed to drive in violation of any cancellation, suspension, revocation, or denial of application while any such appeal is pending.
Ala. Code § 32-6-452 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-452
Section 32-6-452 Transfer of Plates or Tags
Status: in_force

(a) The distinctive license tags or plates 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 tags or plates sells, trades, exchanges, or otherwise disposes of the motor vehicle, the tags or plates shall be retained by the owner to whom it was 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 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 for 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 being furnished by the owner to the judge of probate or license commissioner 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 on the vehicle and use the plates for the remainder of the then current license period. The notice of transfer of ownership shall be made on record by the judge of probate or the license commissioner.

(b) Any person acquiring by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise, any vehicle formerly 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 § 32-5A-283 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-283
Section 32-5A-283 Unlawful for Person to Use Bicycle Under Certain Conditions
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to use a bicycle on a public roadway, public bicycle path, other public rights-of-way, state, city, or county public park under any one of the following conditions:

(1) For any person under the age of 16 years to operate or be a passenger on a bicycle unless at all times the person wears a protective bicycle helmet of good fit, fastened securely upon the head with the straps of the helmet.

(2) For any person to operate a bicycle with a passenger who weighs less than 40 pounds or is less than 40 inches in height unless the passenger is properly seated in and adequately secured in a restraining seat.

(3) For any parent or legal guardian of a person under the age of 16 years to knowingly permit the person to operate or be a passenger on a bicycle in violation of subdivision (1) or (2).
Ala. Code § 32-6-49.62 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-49.62
Section 32-6-49.62
Status: in_force

(a) An individual commits the offense of presenting a false foreign commercial driver license if the individual knowingly:

(1) Makes, presents, or uses a public document with knowledge of the falsity of the public document and with the intent that the public document be taken as a genuine public document; and

(2) Represents that a false public document made, presented, or used under subdivision (1) is a valid commercial driver license or commercial learner permit issued by a foreign government.

(b) A violation of this section is a Class D felony.
Ala. Code § 32-8-68 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-68
Section 32-8-68 Recording and Releasing Security Interests by Electronic Means
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any requirement in this chapter that a lien on a motor vehicle shall be noted on the face of the certificate of title, if there is one lien or more liens or encumbrances on the motor vehicle, the department may electronically transmit the lien to the first lienholder and notify the first lienholder of any additional liens. Subsequent lien satisfactions may be electronically transmitted to the department and shall include the name and address of the person satisfying the lien. If liens and lien releases are processed electronically and the last lien is satisfied, a title will be issued to the owner of the vehicle in a manner prescribed by the department. When a vehicle is subject to an electronic lien, the certificate of title for the vehicle shall be considered to be physically held by the lienholder for purposes of compliance with state or federal odometer disclosure requirements. A duly certified copy of the department’s electronic record of the lien shall be admissible in any civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding in this state as evidence of the existence of the lien.
Ala. Code § 32-5-64 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-64
Section 32-5-64 Persons Under 16 Years of Age Operating Motor Vehicles - Prohibited; Driver Training Programs
Status: in_force

Any person under the age of 16 years who shall drive or operate any motor vehicle upon the public highways of this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be dealt with as provided by the juvenile laws of this state. This section shall not apply to any student enrolled in a driver training program approved by the State Superintendent of Education or the Director of Public Safety while driving or operating a motor vehicle pursuant to the instructional program. However, no student in any driver training program who is under 16 years of age shall drive or operate any motor vehicle unless accompanied by a licensed driver who is 21 years of age or older.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-114 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-114
Section 32-5A-114 Vehicles Entering Highway from Private Road or Roadway
Status: in_force

The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a roadway from any place other than another roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the roadway to be entered or crossed.
Ala. Code § 32-6-49.63 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-49.63
Section 32-6-49.63
Status: in_force

(a) An individual commits the offense of operating a commercial motor vehicle without proper documentation if the individual knowingly:

(1) Holds a valid commercial driver license issued by a foreign government; and

(2) Does not have the additional entry documents required under 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(b)(4) in his or her immediate possession while operating a commercial motor vehicle.

(b)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), a violation of this section is a Class D felony and subject to any of the following:

a. The impounding of the commercial motor vehicle.

b. A one thousand dollar ($1,000) fine for the driver.

c. A two thousand dollar ($2,000) fine for the commercial motor carrier.

(2) A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor if the individual establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that at the time the offense was committed, the individual had been issued the additional entry documents required under 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(b)(4).
Ala. Code § 32-6-64.1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-64.1
Section 32-6-64.1 Manufacture and Distribution of License Plates by Third Party; Funding
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Department of Revenue may contract with a third party to manufacture and distribute license plates and validation decals.

(b) The amount distributed prior to April 8, 2014, to the Department of Corrections relating to license plates and decals for each fiscal year shall not be reduced except by the amount of the cost of material, production, and distribution of license plates which would have been incurred if the plates were produced by the Department of Corrections. Any amounts distributed to the Department of Corrections pursuant to this subsection are continuously appropriated to the Department of Corrections for the operation of the Department of Corrections.

(c) The distribution of a license plate or validation decal pursuant to this section shall not affect the issuance fee of the judge of probate or other license plate issuance official.

(d) In addition to any other fees provided for by law, an additional fee of five dollars ($5) is added to the cost of any distinctive license plate, whether prenumbered or personalized, in the year the license plate is issued, except the fee shall not apply to any veteran or military license plate, and Alabama Gold Star Family license plate issued pursuant to Section 32-6-630, or any replacement license plate issued pursuant to Section 40-12-265. The net proceeds of the additional revenues derived from the fee authorized by this section are appropriated and shall be distributed to the Department of Revenue to offset the cost of manufacturing and administering motor vehicle registration credentials as required under this chapter and Chapter 12 of Title 40. The appropriation as provided in this section shall be in addition to any other appropriation made by the Legislature.

(e) The Department of Revenue may promulgate rules necessary to administer this section.
Ala. Code § 32-6-422 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-422
Section 32-6-422 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 § 32-8-12 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-12
Section 32-8-12 Offenses Constituting Felonies
Status: in_force

A person is guilty of a Class C felony who, with fraudulent intent:

(1) Alters, forges, or counterfeits a certificate of title;

(2) Alters or forges an assignment of a certificate of title, or an assignment or release of a security interest, on a certificate of title or a form the department prescribes;

(3) Has possession of or uses a certificate of title, knowing it has been altered, forged, or counterfeited; or

(4) Uses a false or fictitious name or address, or makes a material false statement, or fails to disclose a security interest, or conceals any other material fact, in an application for a certificate of title.
Ala. Code § 32-8-35 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-35
Section 32-8-35 Application for First Certificate
Status: reserved

(a) The application for the first certificate of title of a vehicle in this state shall be made by the owner to a designated agent, on the form the department prescribes, and shall contain all of the following:

(1) The current legal name, current residence, and current mailing address of the owner.

(2) A description of the vehicle including the following data: Year, make, model, vehicle identification number, type of body, the number of cylinders, color, and whether new or used.

(3) The date of purchase by applicant, the name and address of the person from whom the vehicle was acquired, and the names and addresses of any lienholders in the order of their priority and the dates of their security agreements.

(4) Other information that the department may require.

(b) If the application is for a vehicle purchased from a dealer, it shall contain the name and address of any lienholder holding a security interest created or reserved at the time of the sale and the date of the security agreement. The application shall be signed by the designated agent as well as the owner, and the designated agent shall forward the application to the department in a manner prescribed by the department.

(c) If the application is for a new vehicle, it shall be accompanied by the certified manufacturer’s statement of origin showing proper assignments to the applicant. The manufacturer, upon the shipment of a motor vehicle into this state, shall promptly furnish the dealer with a certified statement of origin.

(d) Each application shall contain or be accompanied by the certificate of a designated agent that the vehicle has been physically inspected by the agent, that the vehicle identification number and descriptive data shown on the application, pursuant to the requirements of subdivision (a)(2), are correct, and that the agent identified the person signing the application and verified the signature.

(e) If the application is for a first certificate of title on a vehicle other than a new vehicle, then the application shall conform with the requirements of this section; except, that in lieu of the manufacturer’s statement of origin, the application shall be accompanied by a copy of the bill of sale of the motor vehicle whereby the applicant claims title or in lieu thereof certified copies of the last two years’ license plates and tax receipts and any other information the department may reasonably require to identify the vehicle and to enable the department to determine the ownership of the vehicle and the existence or nonexistence of security interests in it.

(f) If the application refers to a vehicle last previously registered in another state or country, the application shall contain or be accompanied by all of the following:

(1) Any certificate of title issued by the other state or country.

(2) Any other information and documents as the department may reasonably require to establish the ownership of the vehicle and the existence or nonexistence of security interests in it.

(3) The certificate of a designated agent that the vehicle has been physically inspected by him or her, that the vehicle identification number and descriptive data shown on the application pursuant to subdivision (a)(2) are correct, and any other proof of the identity of the vehicle as the department may reasonably require.

(g) Every designated agent, within 10 calendar days after an application is received by him or her, shall forward to the department, in a manner as prescribed by the department, the fee as provided in Section 32-8-6, and the application, along with any other evidence of title as may have been delivered to the designated agent by the applicant.
Ala. Code § 32-6-292 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-292
Section 32-6-292 Procedure for Issuance; Fees; Limitations
Status: in_force

The distinctive license plates provided for by this division shall be prepared by the Commissioner of Revenue and shall be issued through the probate judge or license commissioner of the several counties of the state in like manner as are other motor vehicle license plates or tags, and, except as herein provided, such officers shall be entitled to their regular fees for such service. Applicants for such distinctive plates shall present to the issuing official proof of their military retirement by proof satisfactory to the commissioner. When the applicant presents proof satisfactory to the commissioner, the retired military person or retired reservist or his or her spouse shall be issued the requested number of distinctive license plates or tags upon the payment of the regular license fee for tags, as provided by law, and the additional payment of a fee of three dollars ($3) for each plate issued. The applicant shall pay the additional three dollars ($3) fee for each additional license plate issued in the future, however in those years in which only a decal is issued the applicant shall pay the regular license fees for tags, as provided by law. The distinctive license plates or tags 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 military person or retired reservist or his or her spouse making application therefor, and when so issued to such applicant shall be used upon the vehicle for which issued in lieu of the standard license plates or license tags normally issued for the vehicle. Upon the death of any retired military license plate recipient, the surviving spouse shall be entitled to retain the distinctive plate, upon the continued payment of the regular taxes and fees required by law, for one private motor vehicle owned by the surviving spouse for the remainder of the lifetime of the surviving spouse or until the remarriage of the spouse.
Ala. Code § 32-5-75 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-75
Section 32-5-75 Loads Which Must Be Fastened by Cables or Chains
Status: in_force

Any person operating a motor vehicle on any highway hauling logs, lumber, pulp wood, tar wood, bale cotton or hay, or other articles that may shift or drop onto the highway is required to fasten such load with steel cables or chains of sufficient size to prevent the load from shifting or dropping onto the highway.
Ala. Code § 32-2-2 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-2
Section 32-2-2 Assistant Director
Status: in_force

There is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety the position of Assistant Director of Public Safety, which position shall be in lieu of that of confidential assistant provided for by Section 36-26-10, which shall be filled by appointment by the Governor, and the appointed person shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and may be removed by the Governor; and the appointment, service, and removal of the assistant director shall not be subject to the state Merit System regulations.

The duties of the Assistant Director of the Department of Public Safety shall include direction and coordination of the activities of the Department of Public Safety, subject to and under the control and supervision of the Director of Public Safety. Such assistant director shall receive an annual salary not to exceed that salary fixed by Sections 36-6-5 through 36-6-7 to be paid from the funds of the Department of Public Safety in the same manner as other state employees are paid.
Ala. Code § 32-5-17 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-17
Section 32-5-17 Nuisance of Casting Light from Motor Vehicle on Real Property at Night; Exceptions; Penalty
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be deemed a nuisance and shall be unlawful for any person, or one or more of a group of persons together, between the hours of sunset and sunrise, to willfully throw or cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, in a continuous and repeated manner, the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light from any motor vehicle or with the aid of any motor vehicle, while the motor vehicle is on any highway or public road and casting the light on any real property. The provisions of this section shall not apply to farmers while checking livestock and repair upon land which they own, lease, or rent, nor to employees of a utility company when such employees are acting within the scope of their employment. The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be empowered to issue exceptional permits for the purpose of wildlife management, research, or education.

(b) Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a Class B misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 32-8-65 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-65
Section 32-8-65 Duty of Lienholder to Disclose Information
Status: in_force

A lienholder named in a certificate of title shall, upon written request of the owner or of another lienholder named on the certificate, disclose any pertinent information as to his or her security agreement and the indebtedness secured by it.
Ala. Code § 32-9C-3 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9C / Section 32-9C-3
Section 32-9C-3 Liability Coverage for Operation of a Fully Autonomous Vehicle
Status: in_force

A fully autonomous vehicle may operate on public roads in this state only if a person submits proof to the Department of Revenue of financial responsibility that the fully autonomous vehicle has single limits liability coverage, by contract of insurance or by qualifying as a self-insurer, of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
Ala. Code § 32-20-47 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 32-20-47
Section 32-20-47 Electronic Transmissions
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any requirement in this chapter that a lien on a manufactured home shall be noted on the face of the certificate of title, if there are one or more liens or encumbrances on the manufactured home, the department may electronically transmit the lien to the first lienholder and notify the first lienholder of any additional liens. Subsequent lien satisfactions may be electronically transmitted to the department and shall include the name and address of the person satisfying the lien. If liens and lien releases are processed electronically and the last lien is satisfied, a title will be issued to the owner of the manufactured home in a manner as prescribed by the department. A duly certified copy of the department’s electronic record of the lien shall be admissible in any civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding in this state as evidence of the existence of the lien.
Ala. Code § 32-6-501 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-501
Section 32-6-501 Distribution of Proceeds
Status: in_force

Proceeds from the additional revenues generated by the fifty dollars ($50), minus the production and administrative costs, for the “Alabama Cattlemen’s Foundation” tags or plates shall be submitted monthly by the Department of Revenue or other appropriate official to the Alabama Cattlemen’s Foundation.
Ala. Code § 32-4-2 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4 / Section 32-4-2
Section 32-4-2 Declaration of Policy; Authority of Governor
Status: in_force

It is the public policy of this state in every way possible to reduce the number of traffic accidents, deaths, injuries, and property damage through the formulation of comprehensive highway and traffic safety programs. The Governor, as the chief executive and highest elected official of this state, is hereby invested with the power and authority to act as the chief administrator in the formulation of such programs on highway and traffic safety.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-242 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-242
Section 32-5A-242 Operating Motorcycles on Roadways Laned for Traffic
Status: in_force

(a) All motorcycles are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle of the full use of a lane. This subsection shall not apply to motorcycles operated two abreast in a single lane.

(b) The operator of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.

(c) No person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.

(d) Motorcycles shall not be operated more than two abreast in a single lane.

(e) Subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to police officers in the performance of their official duties.
Ala. Code § 32-2-81 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-81
Section 32-2-81 Funds - Deposit, Expenditure, and Carry Over
Status: in_force

Any funds created from depreciation, equipment replacement allowance, and salvage value for replacement of law enforcement motor vehicles in the department shall be deposited in the Public Safety Motor Vehicle Replacement Fund created pursuant to Section 32-2-80; however the expenditure of any monies appropriated from this fund shall be budgeted and allotted pursuant to the Budget Management Act and Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41. These funds shall not revert at the end of each fiscal year, but shall be carried over to each succeeding fiscal year.
Ala. Code § 32-7-27 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-27
Section 32-7-27 Money or Securities as Proof
Status: in_force

(a) Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the certificate of the State Treasurer that the person named in the certificate has deposited with him or her $50,000 in cash, or securities that may legally be purchased by savings banks or for trust funds of a market value of $50,000. The State Treasurer shall not accept the deposit and issue a certificate pursuant to this section and the director shall not accept the certificate unless accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments of any character against the depositor in the county where the depositor resides.

(b) The deposit shall be held by the State Treasurer to satisfy, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, any execution on a judgment issued against the person making the deposit, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use of property resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use, or operation of a motor vehicle after the deposit was made. Money or securities so deposited shall not be subject to attachment or execution unless the attachment or execution shall arise out of an action for damages as provided in this subsection.
Ala. Code § 32-2-3 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-3
Section 32-2-3 Divisions - Creation; Age of Law Enforcement Officers or Trainees
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall create divisions within the Department of Public Safety as shall be necessary. The divisions shall include all of the following:

(1) An administrative division.

(2) A highway patrol division.

(3) A driver’s license division.

(4) A service division.

(5) An investigative division, to be named the Alabama Bureau of Investigation.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after July 1, 2006, any person employed by the Department of Public Safety as a law enforcement officer or a trainee to be a law enforcement officer shall be 18 years of age or older.
Ala. Code § 32-7-41 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-41
Section 32-7-41 Chapter Not to Prevent Other Process
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the plaintiff in any civil action from relying for relief upon the other processes provided by law.
Ala. Code § 32-6-512 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-512
Section 32-6-512 Transfer of Plates or Tags
Status: in_force

The distinctive license tags or plates 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 tag or plate sells, trades, exchanges, or otherwise disposes of the motor vehicle, the tag or plate shall be retained by the owner to whom it was issued and returned to the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county, who shall receive and account for the tag or plate as provided in this section. In the event the owner acquires by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise, a vehicle for which no standard tag or plate has 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 and use of the distinctive license tag or plate previously purchased by the owner for the remainder of the current license period of the tag or plate. 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 tag or 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 tag or plate previously issued for the vehicle, authorize the owner of the newly-acquired vehicle to place the distinctive license tag or plate previously purchased on the vehicle and use the tag for the remainder of the then current license period. The notice of transfer of ownership shall be made by record to the judge of probate or the license commissioner.

Any person acquiring by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise, any vehicle formerly bearing the distinctive tag or plate 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 a standard replacement tag or plate for the vehicle which shall authorize the operation of the vehicle by the new owner for the remainder of the license period.
Ala. Code § 32-20-20 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 32-20-20
Section 32-20-20 Application; Manufactured Home Permanently Affixed; Detachment; Records
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in Section 32-20-21 or subsection (b), every owner of a manufactured home which is in this state and for which no certificate of title has been issued by the department, shall make application to a designated agent as herein defined for a certificate of title to the manufactured home, or to each unit thereof if the manufactured home consists of more than one unit.

(b) If a manufactured home subject to titling under this section is permanently affixed to a parcel of real property and the ownership of the manufactured home and real property is identical, the original retail purchaser or lienholder for the original retail purchaser as recorded on the certificate of origin or the titled owner or owners lienholder recorded on the certificate of title may apply for a cancellation of a certificate of origin or certificate of title through a designated agent and obtain from the Alabama Department of Revenue a certificate of cancellation of the certificate of origin or cancellation of the certificate of title to the manufactured home by delivering to the department all of the following:

(1) The certificate of origin or certificate of title to the manufactured home, or each separate certificate of origin or certificate of title if the manufactured home consists of more than one unit or, in lieu thereof, post a bond in accordance with subdivision (2) of Section 32-20-24.

(2) The lien release from the lienholder as recorded on the certificate of title or, in lieu thereof, post a bond in accordance with subdivision (2) of Section 32-20-24.

(3) An affidavit executed by all who have an ownership interest in the manufactured home and the realty to which the manufactured home has become permanently affixed to the effect that the manufactured home is permanently affixed to the realty described in the deed and containing written verification from the judge of probate that the manufactured home has been recorded as being permanently affixed and recorded as real property in that county.

(c) If a manufactured home for which the certificate of origin or certificate of title has been cancelled as provided in this section or previously cancelled under Section 32-8-30, is subsequently detached from the realty to which it became permanently affixed, the current owner or owners must reapply for a new certificate of title, post a bond in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (2) of Section 32-20-24, and pay the required fee specified in Section 32-20-4, for the manufactured home, or if in more than one section, for each component unit.

(d) Any dealer, acting for himself, herself, or another, who sells, trades, or otherwise transfers any manufactured home required to be titled under this chapter who does not comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).

(e) The department shall maintain a record of all certificates of title and certificates of origin that are cancelled pursuant to this section:

(1) Under a distinctive title number if a certificate of title was issued and subsequently cancelled.

(2) Under the manufactured home identification number.

(3) Under the name of the owner on whose behalf the certificate of title or certificate of origin is cancelled.

(4) In the discretion of the department, by any other method the department determines.
Ala. Code § 32-7A-16 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7A / Section 32-7A-16
Section 32-7A-16 Additional Violations
Status: in_force

(a) A person is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor who:

(1) Operates a motor vehicle without a liability insurance policy, a commercial automobile liability insurance policy, a motor vehicle liability insurance bond, or deposit of cash in accordance with this chapter.

(2) With notice of cancellation, recision, abrogation, or termination of insurance, registers, or attempts to register a motor vehicle.

(b) A person shall be guilty of a traffic violation who:

(1) Operates a motor vehicle and upon demand of a law enforcement officer, fails or refuses to present satisfactory evidence of insurance unless a law enforcement officer verifies motor vehicle liability insurance coverage through the online insurance verification system.

(2) Operates a vehicle the registration of which is suspended or revoked pursuant to this chapter.

(3) Operates a motor vehicle and presents evidence of insurance when there is no valid insurance in effect on the motor vehicle as required by this chapter.

(c) A motor vehicle may be impounded at the discretion of a law enforcement officer if the operator fails to provide evidence of registration and insurance as required by this title or Title 40. Evidence of registration and insurance may be verified through the online insurance verification system and other electronic means as necessary.

(d) For the purposes of this chapter, ” operating a motor vehicle ” shall be satisfied whenever it is apparent that the vehicle has traveled any distance upon a public road or highway and a law enforcement officer may have only observed the results of finding the vehicle stopped either on or off the public road or highway, as for example when the vehicle has come to a stop after an accident. Witnessing the operation of the vehicle is not required for a citation to be issued under this chapter.

(e)(1) In no case shall a motor vehicle for which a traffic stop has been conducted or which has been involved in an accident continue to be operated on a public road or highway if the operator of the motor vehicle fails to provide evidence of registration and insurance as required by Section 32-7A-4, this title, or Title 40, and in such event the following shall apply:

a. For a first violation within a two-year registration period, the law enforcement officer shall direct the motor vehicle to be moved to a place of safety away from the roadway.

b. For a second violation within a two-year registration period, the law enforcement officer shall direct an approved towing service to tow the vehicle to a location of the operator’s choice and to release the motor vehicle to the owner, operator, or agent thereof upon payment of any fees associated with the towing, impoundment, and storage of the vehicle.

c. For a third or subsequent violation within a two-year registration period, the law enforcement officer shall cause the vehicle to be impounded. The motor vehicle may not be released to the operator, owner, or agent thereof until the requirements of Section 32-7A-4 are satisfied and all reasonable and customary towing, impoundment, and storage fees are paid.

(2) Any towing service that removes a motor vehicle at the direction of a law enforcement officer shall have a lien on the motor vehicle for all reasonable and customary fees related to the towing, impoundment, and storage of a motor vehicle as provided in Section 32-6-19(c)(2).
Ala. Code § 32-12-24 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 12 / Section 32-12-24
Section 32-12-24 Brakes
Status: in_force

(a) Every motor-driven cycle when operated upon the highway shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold such vehicle.

(b) The Director of Public Safety is authorized to require an inspection of the brakes of any motor-driven cycle and to disapprove any brakes which he finds are not adequate.

(c) All such brakes shall be maintained in good working order.

(d) The Director of Public Safety may refuse to register or he or she may suspend or revoke the registration of any motor-driven cycle when he or she determines that the brakes thereon do not comply with the provisions of this section.

(e) No person shall operate on any highway any motor-driven cycle in the event the Director of Public Safety has disapproved the brake equipment on such cycle or type of cycle.

(f) Every motor-driven cycle when operated upon the highway shall be equipped with at least one brake, which may be operated by hand or foot.

(g) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 32-6-49.10 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-49.10
Section 32-6-49.10 Information on Commercial Driver License; Classifications, Endorsements, Etc.; Expiration and Renewal
Status: in_force

(a) The commercial driver license shall be marked “Commercial Driver License” or “CDL,” and shall be, to the maximum extent practicable, tamper proof. It shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following information:

(1) The name and residential address of the person.

(2) The person’s color photograph.

(3) A physical description of the person including sex, height, weight, and eye and hair color.

(4) Date of birth.

(5) Any other number or identifier, not to include the Social Security number, of the person deemed appropriate by the department.

(6) The person’s signature.

(7) The class or type of commercial motor vehicle or vehicles which the person is authorized to drive together with any endorsements or restrictions.

(8) The name of this state.

(9) The dates between which the license is valid.

(b) Commercial driver licenses may be issued with the following classifications, endorsements, and restrictions as provided below. The holder of a valid commercial driver license may drive all vehicles in the class for which that license is issued, and all lesser classes of vehicles including Class D, except motorcycles (Class M). Vehicles which require an endorsement may not be driven unless the proper endorsement appears on the license.

(1) Commercial driver licenses shall be classified as follows:

Class A - Any combination of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 26,001 pounds or more, provided the GVWR of the vehicle or vehicles being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.

Class B - Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 pounds or more, and any such vehicle towing a vehicle not in excess of 10,000 pounds.

Class C - Any single vehicle with a GVWR of less than 26,001 pounds or any such vehicle towing a vehicle with a GVWR not in excess of 10,000 pounds comprising:

(i) Vehicles designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; and

(ii) Vehicles used in the transportation of hazardous materials which require the vehicle to be placarded under 49 C.F.R., Part 172, Subpart F.

(2) Commercial driver licenses 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 49 C.F.R. § 383.153.

(c) Before issuing a commercial driver license, the department shall obtain driving record information through the Commercial Driver License Information System, the National Driver Register, and from each state in which the person has been licensed.

(d) Within 10 days after issuing a commercial driver license, the department shall notify the Commercial Driver License Information System of that fact, providing all information required to ensure identification of the person.

(e) A commercial driver license issued pursuant to this article expires as set by existing state law.

(f) Renewal procedures for commercial driver licenses shall be as follows: Every person applying for renewal of a commercial driver license shall complete the application form required by subsection (a), providing updated information and required certifications. If the applicant wishes to retain a hazardous materials endorsement, the written test for a hazardous materials endorsement shall be taken and passed.
Ala. Code § 32-8-9 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-9
Section 32-8-9 Forms and Rules
Status: in_force

The department shall provide each designated agent with the forms and rules and regulations provided for in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 32-14-21 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 32-14-21
Section 32-14-21 Qualifications - Operation of Driving School
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 32-6-42 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-42
Section 32-6-42 Responsibilities
Status: in_force

The board shall have the following responsibilities: (1) advise the director on medical criteria relating to the safe operation of motor vehicles; (2) recommend to the director procedures and guidelines for licensing individuals with physical or mental impairment; (3) initiate the development of medically acceptable report forms; (4) direct research of medically impaired individuals; (5) recommend a training course for driver examiners in the medical aspects of licensure; (6) spearhead efforts to orient the general physician population as well as the public in the medical aspects of driver licensure; (7) assist in the development of regional driver license medical advisory boards to be constituted similarly to the board established by this division; and (8) evaluate individual problem cases that require more than one opinion or that cannot be screened out in light of guidelines established by the board. The board may formulate such advice from records and reports or may cause a physical examination and written report to be made by a physician of the applicant’s choice, licensed to practice in this state, or by one or more members of the board. The individual licensed driver or applicant may cause a written report to be forwarded to the board by a physician of his or her choice licensed to practice in this state, and such report shall be given due consideration by the board. The board shall exercise its option of interviewing in person any driver or applicant whose ability to operate a motor vehicle safely cannot be ascertained through written reports or records.
Ala. Code § 32-20-3 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 32-20-3
Section 32-20-3 Powers and Duties of Department
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests, and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out this chapter.

(b) The department may do any of the following:

(1) Make necessary investigations to procure information required to carry out this chapter.

(2) Adopt and enforce reasonable rules to carry out this chapter, including rules that allow alternative methods of proof of satisfaction of liens.

(3) Assign a new identification number to a manufactured home if it has none, or its identification number is destroyed or obliterated, and shall issue a new certificate of title showing the new identification number.

(4) Revoke the authority of a dealer or other person appointed by the department to act as a designated agent under this chapter when the department finds that the dealer or other person has failed to faithfully perform his or her duties under this chapter or has been convicted of violating any felony provisions of this chapter or of Title 40.

(c) The department, in accordance with applicable privacy and confidentially statutes, rules, and regulations, may make available information concerning the status of a title on any manufactured home as reflected by the records in a manner prescribed by the department. The information supplied by the department shall be considered official only if in writing. The department shall charge the fees set forth in Section 32-20-4; provided, that no fee shall be charged to Alabama law enforcement agencies or law enforcement agencies of any other state when the state furnishes like or similar information without charge to the department or to Alabama law enforcement agencies.

(d) Whenever this chapter provides that a written certificate or other document is to be filed with the department, the commissioner may establish procedures for and accept in lieu of the paper document a filing made by electronic means and may waive notarization requirements as otherwise required by this chapter. The department may also establish procedures for the electronic transfer of title and the recording and release of security interests. A filing or transfer by electronic means shall be accepted only if the content of the filing satisfies all of the requirements of this chapter.

(e) The Department of Revenue may adopt rules for the implementation and administration of Act 2021-171.
Ala. Code § 32-6-271 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-271
Section 32-6-271 Distinctive Plates Authorized; Fees. (Amended by 2026-243 and 2026-557)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACTS 2026-243 AND 2026-557, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2027. SEE ACTS FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) A firefighter, upon application and subject to this division, may be issued a distinctive motor vehicle license plate as identification as a firefighter. In addition to the proper numbers, words, and insignias used on the standard license plate issued for motor vehicles, the distinctive plates issued to firefighters shall bear a red Maltese cross emblem on each side to the left and right of the regular tag numbers. The words “Fire Fighter” should be centered at the bottom of the license plate.

(b) 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 firefighter distinctive license plate 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.

(c) 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.
Ala. Code § 32-4-3 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4 / Section 32-4-3
Section 32-4-3 Coordinator of Highway and Traffic Safety - Office Created; Appointment; Term of Office; Duties
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 32-6-540 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-540
Section 32-6-540 Issuance of Distinctive License Plates; Duration; Fees; Design
Status: in_force

(a) 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 thirty-five dollars ($35), owners of motor vehicles who are residents of Alabama shall be issued distinctive Alabama Cotton Producers license plates.

(b) These plates shall be valid for five years, and may then be replaced with either conventional, personalized, or new Cotton Producer license plates.

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

(d) The Alabama Cotton Commission shall design, or have designed, the plate which design shall be approved by the Department of Revenue. Section 32-6-54 shall not apply to the plates 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.
Ala. Code § 32-6-281 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-281
Section 32-6-281 Issuance of Distinctive Plates; Design; Proof of Licensure; Fees; Use of Plates or Tags
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, “emergency medical services provider” or “EMSP” means a paramedic, emergency medical technician - intermediate, advanced emergency medical technician, or emergency medical technician who is currently licensed with the Alabama Department of Public Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services.

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

(2) In addition to the proper numbers, words, and insignias used on the standard license plate issued for motor vehicles, the distinctive plate issued for an EMSP shall have a design created by the Alabama Department of Public Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services.

(c)(1) The distinctive license plate provided in this section 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 or tags and the officers shall be entitled to their regular fees for the service.

(2) Proof of licensure as an EMSP shall be verified using the public license search on the Alabama Department of Public Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services website. Only an active, unexpired EMSP, as verified, may obtain a distinctive EMSP plate.

(3) The distinctive license plate issued under this section 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 EMSP making application for the license plate, and when issued to the applicant shall be used upon the vehicle for which issued in lieu of the standard license plate normally issued for the vehicle.

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

(e) The distinctive plate as provided by this section shall be prepared and furnished for the licensing year commencing January 1, 2020, and thereafter, as is provided by law and shall be issued, printed, and processed like other distinctive and personalized plates provided for in this chapter.

(f) The additional revenues derived from the sale of the distinctive motor vehicle license plates shall be distributed by the state Comptroller as follows: 50 percent to the Alabama Association of Ambulance Services and 50 percent to the Alabama Emergency Medical Services Association.

(g) The Department of Revenue may adopt any rules necessary to administer this section.
Ala. Code § 32-6-481 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-481
Section 32-6-481 Distribution of Proceeds
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the additional revenues generated by the fifty dollar ($50) fee for the Alabama State Defense Force tags and plates, less cost of production and administration, shall be deposited into the State General Fund.
Ala. Code § 32-6-111.1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-111.1
Section 32-6-111.1 Fees; Renewal; Design
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 32-6-64, 32-6-65, 32-6-67, and 32-6-68, 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 tags or plates, unless exempt under provisions of Alabama law, and payment of an additional annual fee of fifty dollars ($50), which shall not be prorated, members of the Alabama National Guard or the Alabama Air National Guard, including retirees, may be issued personalized distinctive National Guard license plates with an inscription as provided in subsection (a) of Section 32-6-150.

(b) The plates shall expire on September 30, of each year, but shall be subject to a grace period for renewal until November 30, of the year.

(c) The plates shall be designed by the Department of Revenue in accordance with Section 32-6-110.

(d) In consultation with the Adjutant General, a National Guard personalized license plate may designate the military rank, command, or unit of a member, which plates may be reassigned from one member to another.
Ala. Code § 32-9-2 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 32-9-2
Section 32-9-2 Towing Cotton Wagons and Module-Movers
Status: in_force

The provisions of any other law or the provisions of any administrative rule, regulation, or order to the contrary notwithstanding, it shall be lawful to tow cotton wagons and module-movers on the highways of the state when the wagons or module-movers are being used to haul cotton from the field to the gin and to return them to the farm from the gin, but it shall not be lawful to tow the cotton wagons on any interstate or limited-access highway in the state; provided, that no more than two wagons shall be attached to one truck, the width of each wagon or module-mover shall not exceed 10 feet, and the overall length of the wagons or module-mover and truck shall not exceed 85 feet.
Ala. Code § 32-7C-29 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7C / Section 32-7C-29
Section 32-7C-29 Tnc Driver Applicant Requirements; Impersonating a Tnc Driver
Status: in_force

(a) Before allowing an individual to accept trip requests through a TNC’s digital network as a TNC driver, all of the following must occur:

(1) The individual shall submit an application to the TNC that includes information regarding his or her address, age, driver’s license, motor vehicle registration, and other information required by the TNC.

(2) The TNC shall conduct, or have a third party conduct, a local and national criminal background check for each applicant that shall include a review of the following:

a. A multistate or multi-jurisdiction criminal records locator or other similar commercial nationwide database with validation (primary source search).

b. The United States Department of Justice National Sex Offender Public Website.

(3) The TNC shall obtain and review, or have a third party obtain and review, a driving history report of each applicant.

(b) The TNC may not permit an individual to act as a TNC driver on its digital network who:

(1) Has had more than three moving violations in the prior three-year period, or one of the following major violations in the prior three-year period:

a. Fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer.

b. Reckless driving.

c. Driving with a suspended or revoked license.

(2) Has been convicted, within the past seven years, of any of the following:

a. A felony.

b. Misdemeanor driving under the influence, reckless driving, hit and run, or any other misdemeanor violent offense or sexual battery.

(3) Is a match in the United States Department of Justice National Sex Offender Public Website.

(4) Does not possess a valid driver’s license.

(5) Does not possess proof of registration for the motor vehicle or vehicles the applicant intends to use to provide prearranged rides.

(6) Does not maintain proof of or does not possess automobile insurance required under Article 1 of this chapter.

(7) Is under the age of 19 years.

(c) (1) Any individual who impersonates a TNC driver without having met the requirements of this section is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

(2) If an individual unlawfully impersonates a TNC driver under subdivision (1) while committing a felony, the unlawful impersonation may be an aggravating factor under Section 12-25-34.2, for sentencing purposes.
Ala. Code § 32-13-2 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 13 / Section 32-13-2
Section 32-13-2 Removal of Motor Vehicles; Liability; Lien on Vehicles Removed; Notice
Status: in_force

(a) A law enforcement officer or, in a Class 1 municipality, a parking enforcement officer or traffic enforcement officer who is not required to be certified by the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission, may cause a motor vehicle to be removed to the nearest garage or other place of safety under any of the following circumstances:

(1) The motor vehicle is left unattended on a public street, road, or highway or other property for a period of at least 48 hours.

(2) The motor vehicle is left unattended because the driver of the vehicle has been arrested or is impaired by an accident or for any other reason which causes the need for the vehicle to be immediately removed as determined necessary by a law enforcement officer.

(3) The motor vehicle is subject to an impoundment order for outstanding traffic or parking violations.

(b)(1) A law enforcement officer, parking enforcement officer, or traffic enforcement officer who, pursuant to this section, causes any motor vehicle to be removed to a garage or other place of safety shall be liable for gross negligence only.

(2) A person removing a motor vehicle or other property at the direction of an owner or owner’s authorized agent, a lessee of real property or the lessee’s authorized agent, or a law enforcement officer, parking enforcement officer, or traffic enforcement officer in accordance with this section shall have a lien on the motor vehicle for a reasonable fee for the removal and for the storage of the motor vehicle.

(c) A law enforcement officer, parking enforcement officer, or traffic enforcement officer who causes the removal of any motor vehicle to a garage or other place of safety pursuant to this section, within five calendar days, shall give written notice of the removal. The notice shall include a complete description of the motor vehicle identification number and license number thereof, provided the information is available, to the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.

(d) An owner or owner’s authorized agent, or a lessee of real property or the lessee’s authorized agent, upon which a motor vehicle has become unclaimed, as provided for in Section 32-8-84, may cause the motor vehicle to be removed to a secure place. Any person or entity removing the vehicle at the direction of the owner or lessee of real property or his or her agent pursuant to this section shall have a lien on the motor vehicle for a reasonable fee for the removal and for storage of the motor vehicle.

(e) An owner or lessee or agent of the real property owner and the towing agent or wrecker service employed shall be liable to the owner or lienholder of record for action taken under this section only for gross negligence.
Ala. Code § 32-6-392 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-392
Section 32-6-392 Transfer of Tags or Plates
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 plate sells, trades, exchanges, or otherwise disposes of the motor vehicle, the plate 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 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 or tags previously purchased by the owner to the vehicle, which plates or tags 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 plates or tags 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 plates or tags 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 made of record by the judge of probate or the license commissioner.

Any person acquiring by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise any vehicle formerly 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 a standard replacement plate for the vehicle which shall authorize the operation of the vehicle by the new owner for the remainder of the license period.
Ala. Code § 32-9-1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 32-9-1
Section 32-9-1 Trailers
Status: in_force

Trailers, when used in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination may be operated on the national system of interstate and defense highways and other highways upon designation by the Director of Transportation and final approval by the Governor. The Director of Transportation shall, at a minimum, designate those highways necessary to cause the State of Alabama to be in compliance with the Federal Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982.

Except as provided above, no person shall operate any trailer, as defined in this title, on any highway unless such trailer is operated for the purpose of constructing highways or other facilities of the state or a political subdivision thereof. The Department of Transportation is authorized to regulate the movement of such trailers from one job to another by special permits issued in the same manner as permits are issued under Section 32-9-29. No trailer or semitrailer of any kind shall be used for the hauling of passengers for hire except as provided by Article 2 of this chapter.

The provisions of this article relating to trailers shall not apply to the movement over the highways of trailers manufactured, reconditioned, or repaired in this state when reasonably necessary for the delivery of such trailers to the owners or purchasers thereof outside the state; provided, that such movement shall be subject to special permit to be issued by the Director of the Department of Transportation. Such permits may be issued and may be renewed upon such terms and conditions, in the interest of public safety and the preservation of the highways, as the Director of the Department of Transportation may in his or her discretion require, and he or she may designate the route over which such trailers may be moved and the hours of movement thereof.
Ala. Code § 32-17-1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 17 / Section 32-17-1
Section 32-17-1 Compensation by Manufacturer, Etc., for Work Performed by Dealer or Representative
Status: in_force

No manufacturer of motor vehicles, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch or officer, agent or other representative thereof shall fail to compensate adequately and fairly its dealer or representative for labor, parts or expenses incurred by the dealer or representative with regard to factory warranty agreements performed by the dealer or representative. In no event shall said manufacturer of motor vehicles, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch pay to its dealer or representative a labor rate per hour for warranty work less than that charged by said dealer or representative to its retail customer. Conversely, no franchised dealer or representative shall charge its manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch a labor rate per hour in excess of the rate charged its retail customers.
Ala. Code § 32-3-7 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 32-3-7
Section 32-3-7 Allocation of Funds - Department of Education or Any Educational Institution for Prelicensing Driver Education and Training Program
Status: in_force

The State Safety Coordinating Committee is hereby authorized to allocate any funds appropriated to it to the Department of Education or to any educational institution in Alabama for the sole purpose of instituting and conducting a program of prelicensing driver education and training. All funds so allocated shall be set up in a special fund in the State Treasury known as the “Driver Education and Training Fund” which shall be used solely for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.
Ala. Code § 32-6-460 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-460
Section 32-6-460 Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to establish an Alabama Ducks Unlimited Conservation initiative to assist the wetland programs of the Alabama Ducks Unlimited throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Ala. Code § 32-7A-10 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7A / Section 32-7A-10
Section 32-7A-10 Online Insurance Verification System - Failure to Allow Access
Status: in_force

(a) If any insurance company shall fail to consistently allow access through an online insurance verification system to verify coverage of motor vehicle liability insurance coverage, the department shall notify the Insurance Commissioner of any and all violations by an insurer of Sections 32-7A-9 and 32-7B-5.

(b) The department shall prescribe the form and manner of transmission for the purposes of notifying the Insurance Commissioner under subsection (a).

(c) The Insurance Commissioner may impose a fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation following a hearing, if, after receiving a notice of a potential violation of any material provision of Section 32-7A-9 or 32-7B-5 from the Insurance Commissioner, it is found that an insurer willfully violated a section listed in the notice.
Ala. Code § 32-5-212 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-212
Section 32-5-212 Brakes
Status: in_force

Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and to hold such vehicle, including two separate means of applying the brakes, each of which shall be effective to apply the brakes to at least two wheels and so constructed that no part which is liable to failure shall be common to two; except, that a motorcycle need be equipped with only one brake. All such brakes shall be maintained in good working order and shall conform to regulations not inconsistent with this section to be promulgated by the Director of Public Safety. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 32-5-210 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-210
Section 32-5-210 Restrictions as to Tire Equipment
Status: in_force

(a) Every motor carrier, motor vehicle, truck, semitrailer, and trailer shall be equipped with pneumatic tires of sufficient traction surface in accordance with the capacity of the motor carrier or motor vehicle, except as otherwise herein provided, the same to be prescribed by the Director of Public Safety.

(1) No person shall operate any vehicle of a type required to be licensed upon the highways of this state except for those tires on the dead axle of a vehicle with a dead axle when one or more of the tires in use on such vehicle is in unsafe operating condition or has a tread depth less than 2/32 inch or .15875 centimeters measured in any two adjacent tread grooves at three equally spaced intervals around the circumference of the tire; provided, that such measurements shall not be made at the locations of any tread wear indicator. A tire shall be considered unsafe if it has any part of the ply or cord exposed, any bump, bulge, or separation, any tread or sidewall cracks, cuts, or snags in excess of one inch in length and deep enough to expose the body cords, any tire marked “not for highway use,” or “for racing purposes only,” or “unsafe for highway use” or words of similar import and any tire which has been regrooved or recut below the original groove depth, excepting special tires which have extra undertread rubber for this purpose and are identified as such; provided, that the prohibitions of this section shall not apply to the tires upon the dead axle of a vehicle equipped with such a dead axle.

(2) No person, firm, corporation, or organization shall sell or offer for sale tires, or a vehicle equipped with tires, for use upon the highways of this state, which are in unsafe condition or which have a tread depth of less than 2/32 inch or .15875 centimeters measured as specified in subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(b) No tire on a vehicle moved on a highway shall have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, or spike or any other protuberances of any material other than rubber which project beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire, except that it shall be permissible to use farm machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure the highway and, except also, that it shall be permissible to use tire chains or metal studded or safety spike tires of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required for safety because of snow, rain, or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to slide or skid.

(c) Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle moved on any highway shall have rubber on its entire traction surface of at least four inches and one inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery.

(d) The Department of Public Safety and local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may, in their discretion, issue special permits authorizing the operation upon a highway of traction engines or tractors having movable tracks with transverse corrugations upon the periphery of such movable tracks or farm tractors or other farm machinery.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-303 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-303
Section 32-5A-303 Notice of Intended Suspension
Status: in_force

(a) If the chemical test results for a person charged with a violation of Section 32-5A-191 show 0.08 percent or more by weight of alcohol in the blood of the person, or the person refuses a test, the officer, acting on behalf of the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, shall serve a notice of intended suspension personally on the arrested person.

(b) When serving a notice of intended suspension, the law enforcement officer shall take possession of any driver’s license issued by this state which is held by the person. When taking possession of a valid driver’s license issued by this state, the officer, acting on behalf of the secretary, shall issue a temporary driving permit which is valid for 30 days after the date of issuance.

(c) A copy of the completed notice of intended suspension form, a copy of any completed temporary driving permit form, and any driver’s license taken into possession under this section shall be forwarded within five days to the secretary by the officer.

(d) The agency shall provide forms for notice of intended suspension and for temporary driving permits to law enforcement agencies.
Ala. Code § 32-6-156.1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-156.1
Section 32-6-156.1 Disposition of Fees - Environmental License Plate
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the additional annual fifty dollars ($50) fee for the sale of the environmental license plate shall be transmitted by the local licensing official to the state Comptroller. The state Comptroller shall distribute the balance to Legacy, Inc., each month. The distribution of the proceeds shall not be subject to Section 32-6-68. The fees represent a charitable contribution from the purchaser to Legacy, Inc.
Ala. Code § 32-6-156 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-156
Section 32-6-156 Disposition of Fees
Status: in_force

The proceeds of any fees collected under this division except for college or university commemorative tag fees, are hereby appropriated for each fiscal year to the board of corrections and may be used to pay salaries and other expenses of the board; provided, however, that the expenditure of the funds so appropriated shall be budgeted and allotted pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41 and limited to the amount appropriated. Any fees collected for college or university commemorative tags shall be distributed to, and are hereby appropriated for, each fiscal year to the general scholarship funds of the college or university whose tag is purchased for scholarship grants to Alabama resident students only. These fees represent a charitable contribution from the purchaser to the general scholarship fund of that institution.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-36 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-36
Section 32-5A-36 Display of Unauthorized Signs, Signals, or Markings as Public Nuisance; Signs, Markings, Etc., to Be Approved; Procedure for Approval
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of an official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal.

(b) No person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising.

(c) This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.

(d) Every such prohibited sign, signal, or marking is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice.

(e) No person shall use on any designated federal-aid or state system street or highway in this state any traffic regulator sign, signal, marking, or any other device, unless of a type which has been submitted to the Director of Transportation for test and examination, and for which a certification of approval has been issued by the Director of Transportation, which certification is then in effect as provided by this section.

(f) Any person desiring approval of any traffic sign, signal, or any other traffic regulatory device, shall, when required submit to the Director of Transportation, one or more sets of each type of device upon which approval is desired, together with the fee as determined by the Director of Transportation. The Director of Transportation shall, upon notice to the applicant, submit such device to the proper testing agency, for a report as to the compliance of such device with the rules and uniform standard specifications adopted by the State of Alabama Department of Transportation. Such devices will also be subject to any road test or other tests as the Director of Transportation may deem necessary to determine that each type of device and its component parts conform to the requirements as adopted by the director. The Director of Transportation is authorized to refuse approval of any device certified as complying with the specifications and requirements, which he or she determines will be, in actual use, unsafe or impracticable or would fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter, or such requirements as may be adopted by him or her.

(g) The Director of Transportation shall request the testing agency to submit a report of each type of device to him or her in duplicate. For those which are found to comply with the specifications and requirements, the report shall include any special adjustments required. Reports of all tests shall be accessible to the public and a copy thereof shall be furnished by the Director of Transportation to the applicant for the test.

(h) No manufacturer, jobber, retailer, his or her agent, or other person shall sell, lease, or offer for sale or hire, any sign, signal, or any other traffic regulatory device that does not conform to the provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 32-7A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7A / Section 32-7A-1
Section 32-7A-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Mandatory Liability Insurance Act.
Ala. Code § 32-7A-26 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7A / Section 32-7A-26
Section 32-7A-26 Notices Sent in Electronic Format
Status: in_force

The department may establish rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act regarding procedures to send notices, prescribed in this chapter, in an electronic format. Notices sent in electronic format shall be allowed only if the content satisfies all of the requirements of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-131 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-131
Section 32-5A-131 Turning on Curve or Crest of Grade Prohibited
Status: in_force

(a) The driver of any vehicle shall not turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction unless such movement can be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic.

(b) No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade, where such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within 500 feet.
Ala. Code § 32-6-35 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-35
Section 32-6-35 Courts to Report Suspension, Etc., of Licenses to Director of Public Safety
Status: in_force

Any court or other agency of this state, or a subdivision thereof, which has jurisdiction to take any action suspending, revoking, or otherwise limiting a license to drive, shall report any such action and the adjudication upon which it is based to the Director of Public Safety in the manner and within the time provided by Section 32-6-16.
Ala. Code § 32-5C-1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5C / Section 32-5C-1
Section 32-5C-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) LIGHT REFLECTANCE. The ratio of the amount of total light that is reflected outward by a product or material to the amount of total light falling on the product or material.

(2) LIGHT TRANSMISSION. The ratio of the amount of total light, expressed in percentages, which is allowed to pass through a surface to the amount of light falling on the surface.

(3) MANUFACTURER. A person who produces or assembles a vehicle glass-coating material or who fabricates, laminates, or tempers a safety-glazing material, which material reduces light transmission.

(4) MATERIAL. Any transparent product or substance which reduces light transmission.
Ala. Code § 32-18-4 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 18 / Section 32-18-4
Section 32-18-4 Use of Streets Dependent Upon Compliance with Ordinance
Status: in_force

The right to use the streets, alleys, and highways of any city enacting any such ordinance shall be dependent upon compliance with the terms of such ordinance and with the laws of the state relating to motor vehicles and the parking or use thereof on the streets, alleys, or highways of such city.
Ala. Code § 32-6-400 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-400
Section 32-6-400 Issuance of Distinctive Tags and Plates
Status: in_force

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 tags or plates for private passenger or pleasure motor vehicles, and payment of an additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25), owners of motor vehicles who are residents of Alabama shall be issued distinctive “Olympic Spirit” license tags and plates. These tags or plates shall be valid for five years, and then shall be replaced with either conventional or personalized tags or plates. 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 for in Section 32-6-63. The distinctive “Olympic Spirit” license tags or plates shall bear the official United States Olympic Committee logo and the words “Olympic Spirit” on the plates and shall be produced and designed by the United States Olympic Committee and the Alabama Sports Foundation. The tags or plates shall be issued, printed, and processed like other distinctive and personalized tags or plates provided for in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 32-6-4 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-4
Section 32-6-4 Issuance of License or Identification Card; Selective Service Registration
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the installation of a system for the issuance of driver licenses and nondriver identification cards with color photographs of licensees and nondrivers thereon, all initial Alabama licenses and nondriver identification cards and renewals of licenses issued in this state shall be issued in the following manner:

(1) The individual shall apply under oath to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency for an initial Alabama driver license or nondriver identification card and to the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county of his or her residence for the renewal of a license or nondriver identification card upon a form which shall be provided by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.

(2) For the renewal of a driver license or nondriver identification card, the judge of probate or license commissioner shall take a color photograph of the licensee with equipment to be furnished by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to be attached to each application.

(b)(1) For the purpose of defraying the cost of issuing drivers’ licenses or nondriver identification cards with color photographs of the licensee or nondriver thereon, except as provided in Section 32-6-4.1, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, judge of probate, or license commissioner shall collect for each license or identification card the required fee for a four-year license or an identification card, and the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, judge of probate, or license commissioner shall give the licensee a driver’s license or identification card. Except as provided by rules of the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, the nondriver identification card shall bear no expiration date for any person 62 years of age or older.

(2) A qualified student, as defined in Section 16-28-40(b), is exempt from the driver’s license issuance fee required by this section.

(c)(1) Any male applicant who applies for a driver’s license or a learner’s license or a renewal of the license who is at least 18 years of age, but less than 26 years of age, shall be registered in compliance with the requirements of Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 453, as amended.

(2) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall forward in an electronic format the necessary personal information of the applicants identified in this subsection to the Selective Service System. The applicant’s signature on the application shall serve as an indication that the applicant either has already registered with the Selective Service System or that he is authorizing the agency to forward to the Selective Service System the necessary information for registration. The agency shall notify the applicant at the time of application that his signature constitutes consent to registration with the Selective Service System, if he is not already registered.
Ala. Code § 32-7-20 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-20
Section 32-7-20 Certificate of Insurance as Proof
Status: in_force

(a) Proof of financial responsibility may be furnished by filing with the director the written certificate of any insurance carrier duly authorized to do business in this state certifying that there is in effect a motor vehicle liability policy for the benefit of the person required to furnish proof of financial responsibility. Such certificate shall give the effective date of such motor vehicle liability policy, which date shall be the same as the effective date of the certificate, and shall designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all motor vehicles covered thereby, unless the policy is issued to a person who is not the owner of a motor vehicle.

(b) Proof of financial responsibility relating to a motor vehicle liability policy may be verified through the online insurance verification system of Chapter 7B and Chapter 7A.

(c) No motor vehicle shall be or continue to be registered in the name of any person required to file proof of financial responsibility unless such motor vehicle is so designated in such a certificate.
Ala. Code § 32-6-34 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-34
Section 32-6-34 Meaning of Term “Executive Head.”
Status: in_force

As used in the compact with reference to this state, the term “executive head” shall mean the Governor.
Ala. Code § 32-8-38 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-38
Section 32-8-38 Use of Duplicate Copy of Application as Permit to Operate Motor Vehicle; Return of Duplicate and Tags Upon Refusal to Issue Certificate
Status: in_force

(a) The rules and regulations promulgated by the department shall make suitable provisions for the use by an applicant of the duplicate copy of his or her application for a certificate of title to serve as a permit for the operation of the motor vehicle described in the application until the department either issues the certificate of title of such motor vehicle or refuses to issue the certificate; and every designated agent receiving an application for the certificate of title, when the provisions of this chapter have been otherwise complied with, shall deliver to the applicant the duplicate copy of his or her application which shall contain a suitable permit for the purposes mentioned in this subsection. After the certificate of title is issued, the owner’s permit copy of the application for this certificate of title shall continue to serve as evidence of ownership and as a permit for the operation of the vehicle.

(b) In the event the department refuses to issue the certificate of title, the applicant shall, immediately upon receiving written notice from the department that such certificate will not be issued for the reason or reasons stated in the notice, deliver or mail to the department by registered or certified mail the duplicate copy of his or her application containing the permit mentioned in subsection (a) of this section and the current license tag which was issued for the vehicle; and the motor vehicle described in the application shall not be operated on the highways or other public places of this state after the applicant receives notice that the certificate will not be issued unless its operation is subsequently authorized by the department either by the issuance of a new permit or certificate of title. If for any reason the duplicate copy of the application for certificate of title and the current license tag which were issued for the vehicle in question are not received by the department within 10 calendar days after the department mails written notice to the applicant that it will not issue the certificate of title applied for, the department, or, at the request of the department, any state highway patrolman, sheriff or other peace officer of this state is authorized and empowered to and shall require and compel the surrender of the duplicate copy of the application for certificate of title and the current license tag; and the department, after it obtains possession of the duplicate copy of application for certificate of title and the current license tag, is authorized to retain same until it is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to receive a certificate of title to the vehicle in question.
Ala. Code § 32-10-6 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-6
Section 32-10-6 Penalty for Violation of Sections 32-10-1 through 32-10-5. (Amended by Act 2026-64)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-64, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

Every person convicted of violating Sections 32-10-1 through 32-10-5 or any of the provisions thereof, when such violation involved only damage to property, shall be punished the same as prescribed by law for a Class A misdemeanor; provided, however, that every person convicted of violating such sections, or any provisions thereof, when such violation involved death or personal injury, shall be punished the same as prescribed by law for a Class C felony.
Ala. Code § 32-9A-2.5 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9A / Section 32-9A-2.5
Section 32-9A-2.5 Inspection of Commercial Vehicles
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Safety shall use their commercial vehicle inspection authority, including portable scales, in those areas of the state that are prone to accidents involving the transportation of metal coils to aggressively inspect and weigh vehicles transporting metal coils to insure the loads are being transported safely and in compliance with state and federal regulations.
Ala. Code § 32-4-4 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4 / Section 32-4-4
Section 32-4-4 Coordinator of Highway and Traffic Safety - Quarters; Staff; Supplies
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 32-2-83 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-83
Section 32-2-83 Disposal of Vehicles
Status: in_force

(a) Any other provisions to the law contrary notwithstanding, the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall be responsible for the disposal of any agency vehicles or property. Such vehicles or property shall be sold by the Secretary or his or her designee either at public auction or by a negotiated sale by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to any other state department or agency. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency may sell vehicles and property under this subsection to any county or municipal law enforcement agency or any county or municipal entity. Any state department or agency may negotiate for the purchase of the vehicle or property for their use in compliance with state law.

(b) Every proposal to make a sale at public auction shall be advertised for at least two weeks in advance of the date fixed for the auction. Such advertisement shall appear at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the sale is to be made, and a copy of such proposal shall simultaneously be posted on a readily accessible public bulletin board at the main office of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. Advertisements for auctions shall state the item or items to be sold, by class and description, where the property is located and the dates, time, and place the property may be inspected. The advertisements shall further state the date, time, and place of auction. All property advertised under this section shall be available for inspection during normal state office hours, and at whatever place advertised for at least 48 hours prior to sale.

(c) All property sold under this section shall be paid for by the purchaser or his or her representative by cashier’s check, bank draft, certified check, U.S. currency, or notarized bank letter stating that the holder may purchase surplus property and also stating a maximum amount, at the time of acceptance of bid and award of contract, and the removal shall be not later than seven days after the awarding of the contract.

(d) No officer or employee of the State of Alabama or any of its departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, corporations, or agencies shall act as agent for any bidder; provided, however, that such officers or employees shall not be excluded from bidding on or purchasing state property at public sale.

(e) Any sale made in violation of the terms of this section shall be null and void, and the person or persons responsible for the violation shall be subject to liquidated damages of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), which may be recovered for the State of Alabama by the Attorney General by civil action in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County. Any moneys recovered by the Attorney General under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund.

(f) All proceeds from sales made under this article, whether at public auction or by negotiation, shall be paid into the Public Safety Fund in the State Treasury for use by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, to be earmarked for state troopers.
Ala. Code § 32-5-194 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-194
Section 32-5-194 Which Law Enforcement Officers May Be Authorized to Make Tests
Status: in_force

The State Board of Health shall not approve the permit required in this division for making tests for any law enforcement officer other than a member of the state highway patrol, a sheriff or his or her deputies or a city policeman.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-116 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-116
Section 32-5A-116 Highway Construction and Maintenance
Status: in_force

(a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any authorized vehicle or pedestrian actually engaged in work upon a highway within any highway construction or maintenance area indicated by official traffic-control devices.

(b) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any authorized vehicle obviously and actually engaged in work upon a highway whenever such vehicle displays such flashing lights as may be required or permitted by law or by regulation of the department.
Ala. Code § 32-7-29 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-29
Section 32-7-29 Substitution of Proof
Status: in_force

The director shall consent to the cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance or the director shall direct and the State Treasurer shall return any money or securities to the person entitled thereto upon the substitution and acceptance of other adequate proof of financial responsibility pursuant to this chapter.
Ala. Code § 32-6-59.1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-59.1
Section 32-6-59.1 Distinctive Motorcycle Plates
Status: in_force

(a) Residents of Alabama who qualify to obtain a distinctive license plate pursuant to this chapter 6 may be issued a distinctive motorcycle license plate in the license plate category for which they qualify. The standard motorcycle registration fee shall apply to all motorcycle license plates, provided where a registration fee or ad valorem tax exemption or reduction is available for private passenger automobile, pickup truck, and pleasure motor vehicle license plates in a distinctive license plate category, the same exemption or reduction will apply to motorcycle license plates in the same distinctive license plate category. Any annual additional fee that applies to the license plate category for which a resident qualifies shall also apply to the same category of motorcycle license plate.

(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 design for the distinctive motorcycle plates shall be the same design as plates for private passenger automobiles, pickup trucks, and pleasure motor vehicles in each distinctive license plate category.

(d) This section shall not apply to Amateur Radio Operator plates provided for in Sections 32-6-70 and 32-6-90.

(e) The Department of Revenue may promulgate rules necessary to administer this section.
Ala. Code § 32-6-191 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-191
Section 32-6-191 Preparation; Issuance; Proof of Membership to Be Submitted by Applicant; Additional Fee; Restriction on Types of Motorcycles
Status: in_force

The distinctive license plates provided for in this subdivision shall be prepared by the Commissioner of Revenue and shall be issued through the judge of probate or license commissioner of the several counties of the state in like manner as are other motor vehicle license plates, and such officers shall be entitled to their regular fees for such service. Applicants for such distinctive plates shall present to the issuing official proof of their membership in a Shrine motorcycle club, corps, or unit within the state by means of a certificate signed by the potentate of the Shrine Temple of such applicant, on forms prescribed by the Commissioner of Revenue. Such applicant shall pay to the issuing officer the regular license tax prescribed by law and an additional fee of $5.00. Upon such payment, the distinctive license plate shall be issued as is herein provided. The distinctive license plates herein provided for shall be issued for heavyweight or heavy-duty motorcycles only.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-133 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-133
Section 32-5A-133 Turning Movements and Required Signals
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall turn a vehicle or move right or left upon a roadway unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety nor without giving an appropriate signal in the manner hereinafter provided.

(b) A signal of intention to turn right or left when required shall be given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the vehicle before turning.

(c) No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided herein to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear when there is opportunity to give such signal.

(d) The signals provided for in Section 32-5A-134(b) shall not be flashed on one side only on a disabled vehicle, flashed as a courtesy or “do pass” signal to operators of other vehicles approaching from the rear, nor be flashed on one side only of a parked vehicle except as may be necessary for compliance with this section.
Ala. Code § 32-12-27 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 12 / Section 32-12-27
Section 32-12-27 Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person who violates this article shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by fine and imprisonment.
Ala. Code § 32-6-472 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-472
Section 32-6-472 Distribution of Proceeds
Status: in_force

Proceeds from the additional revenues generated by the fifty dollar ($50) fee, minus the production and administrative costs for the “Support The Arts” tags or plates, shall be submitted monthly by the Department of Revenue or other appropriate official into the Arts Development Fund, Arts Education License Plate Account. The funds in the account shall be appropriated continuously to the Alabama State Council on the Arts to be disbursed to the Alabama State Council on the Arts, the Alabama Alliance for Arts Education, and the Alabama State Department of Education for arts education, local arts education programming, and programs to support the arts throughout the state. The Arts Education License Plate Advisory Committee shall approve disbursement of funds through grants to applicants for the purposes of this division.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-205 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-205
Section 32-5A-205 Enactment of Ordinance Which Provides for Administrative Sanctions Involving Impoundment of Vehicles
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-470, § 2, effective May 1, 1998.
Ala. Code § 32-5B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5B / Section 32-5B-1
Section 32-5B-1 Title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Alabama Safety Belt Use Act of 1991.”
Ala. Code § 32-5A-61 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-61
Section 32-5A-61 Driver Not to Proceed Where Traffic Obstructed
Status: in_force

No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk or drive onto any railroad grade crossing unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection, crosswalk, or railroad grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle he or she is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles, pedestrians, or railroad trains notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
Ala. Code § 32-5-152.1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-152.1
Section 32-5-152.1 Owner Not Liable for Violation Where Vehicle Leased to Another; Notice Requirement; Owner’s Liability Upon Failure to Maintain Vehicle
Status: in_force

(a) The owner of any motor vehicle leased to another shall not be liable for a state, county, or municipal traffic or parking violation occurring while the leased vehicle was not in the owner’s possession or control, if upon notice of the violation, the owner notifies the clerk of the court in which the case is pending of the name and address of the lessee of the vehicle on the date the violation occurred. The notice shall be notarized on a form prescribed by the Director of the Administrative Office of Courts. If the owner fails to submit the notice, the court in which the case is heard may take such action as the interests of justice require, including finding the owner of the motor vehicle liable for the violation.

(b) After providing the name and address of the lessee, the owner shall not be required to attend a hearing on the offense, unless notified that the offense occurred through a mechanical failure of the vehicle which resulted from the owner’s failure to maintain the vehicle.

(c) The owner of any leased vehicle shall be liable for any violation which was caused by the owner’s failure to properly maintain the vehicle. The lessee claiming the violation resulted from the owner’s failure to properly maintain the vehicle shall notify the clerk of the court in which the case is pending along with the owner of the vehicle of the claim within seven days after receiving notice of the violation or at least 10 days prior to the date the case will be heard by the court, whichever is later.
Ala. Code § 32-6-394 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-394
Section 32-6-394 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 upon payment of the $3 fee for the cost of manufacturing the plate.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-212 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-212
Section 32-5A-212 Crossing at Other Than Crosswalks
Status: in_force

(a) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.

(b) Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.

(c) Between adjacent intersections at which traffic-control signals are in operation pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk.

(d) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway intersection diagonally unless authorized by official traffic-control devices; and, when authorized to cross diagonally, pedestrians shall cross only in accordance with the official traffic-control devices pertaining to such crossing movements.
Ala. Code § 32-8-80 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-80
Section 32-8-80 Exceptions from Provisions of Article
Status: in_force

This article does not apply to the following unless a title certificate has been issued on such vehicles under this chapter:

(1) A vehicle moved solely by animal power;

(2) An implement of husbandry;

(3) Special mobile equipment; and

(4) A self-propelled wheelchair or invalid tricycle.
Ala. Code § 32-6-490 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-490
Section 32-6-490 Issuance of Distinctive License Tags and Plates
Status: in_force

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 tags or plates for private passenger or pleasure motor vehicles, and payment of an additional annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25), owners of motor vehicles who are residents of Alabama shall be issued distinctive “Civitan International” license tags and plates. These tags or plates shall be valid for five years, and may then be replaced with either conventional, personalized, or new “Civitan International” tags or plates. 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 for in Section 32-6-63. The distinctive “Civitan International” license tags or plates shall be designed by the Department of Revenue with the advice of Civitan International. The tags or plates shall be issued, printed, and processed like other distinctive and personalized tags or plates provided for in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 32-8-30 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-30
Section 32-8-30 Certificate Required for Certain Motor Vehicles; Penalty; Rulemaking Authority
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Except as provided in Section 32-8-31, every owner of a motor vehicle which is in this state and which is required to be registered under the motor vehicle laws of this state and for which no certificate of title has been issued by the department, shall make application to a designated agent for a certificate of title to the vehicle.

(2) Beginning on January 1, 2026, every owner of an off-road vehicle with a year model 2026 or after or every off-road vehicle that is manufactured with a year model 2026 or after, for which no certificate of title has been issued by the department, shall make application to a designated agent for a certificate of title.

(b) In the event that the owner’s legal name, as recorded on the current certificate of title, has changed, the owner shall make application for a corrected certificate of title to record the current legal name of the owner. The application for certificate of title shall be made prior to the renewal of the registration for the motor vehicle.

(c) Any dealer, acting for himself or herself or another, who sells, trades, or otherwise transfers any vehicle required to be titled under this chapter who does not comply with this chapter shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(d) The department may adopt rules to implement and administer this section.
Ala. Code § 32-5-72 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-72
Section 32-5-72 Limitations of Backing
Status: in_force

(a) The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless it shall reasonably appear that such a movement can be made with safety and without interfering with other traffic.

(b) The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same upon any shoulder or roadway of any controlled-access highway.
Ala. Code § 32-2-80 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-80
Section 32-2-80 Creation; Purpose
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Public Safety Motor Vehicle Replacement Fund of the Alabama Department of Public Safety. This fund shall assist in providing the necessary funds to replace the Department of Public Safety law enforcement motor vehicles. Vehicles purchased from funds appropriated from the Public Safety Motor Vehicle Replacement Fund shall be used specifically for law enforcement purposes. None of the funds appropriated from this fund may be expended by the department for salaries nor for any purpose other than the purchase of law enforcement vehicles.
Ala. Code § 32-10-5 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-5
Section 32-10-5 Immediate Reports of Accidents
Status: in_force

(a) The driver of any motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or the death of any person shall immediately by the quickest means of communication give notice of such accident to the local police department if such accident occurs within a municipality; otherwise to the office of the county sheriff or to the state highway patrol.

(b) Every coroner or other official performing like functions upon learning of the death of a person in his jurisdiction as the result of a traffic accident shall immediately notify the nearest office of the director.
Ala. Code § 32-6-49.21 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-49.21
Section 32-6-49.21 Sanctions, Penalties, Etc., Are Cumulative
Status: in_force

All sanctions, penalties, punishment, and fines, whether civil or criminal, are cumulative and shall be levied in addition to any and all other laws now provided relating to commercial motor vehicle licensure requirements, except to the extent such laws or sanctions, penalties, punishment, and fines are in direct conflict with the provisions of this article, in which event this article shall supersede.
Ala. Code § 32-5-14 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-14
Section 32-5-14 Distress Flag for Handicapped or Paraplegic Drivers - Penalty for Illegal Use
Status: in_force

Any person who is not a handicapped or paraplegic person who uses the distress flag as a distress signal or for any other purpose or any other person who violates any provision of Sections 32-5-12 through 32-5-14 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided by law.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-282 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-282
Section 32-5A-282 Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this article is to reduce the incidence of disability and death resulting from injuries incurred in bicycling accidents by requiring that, while riding on a bicycle on public roadways, public bicycle paths, or other public rights-of-way, all operators and passengers who are under 16 years of age to wear approved protective bicycle helmets, and by requiring that all bicycle passengers who weigh less than 40 pounds or are less than 40 inches in height be seated in separate restraining seats.
Ala. Code § 32-7C-37 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7C / Section 32-7C-37
Section 32-7C-37 Gis Data Availability
Status: in_force

The Public Service Commission shall make available the GIS data required under subsection (c) of Section 32-7C-23 no later than July 1, 2018.
Ala. Code § 32-12A-12 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 12A / Section 32-12A-12
Section 32-12A-12 Disposition of Fees
Status: in_force

Fees from the registration of all-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles shall be deposited in the State Treasury and credited to the Public Safety Fund.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-57 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-57
Section 32-5A-57 Coasting Prohibited
Status: in_force

(a) The driver of any motor vehicle when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the gears or transmission of such vehicle in neutral or the clutch disengaged.

(b) The driver of a truck or bus when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the clutch disengaged.
Ala. Code § 32-2-24 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-24
Section 32-2-24 Liabilities Under Bonds
Status: in_force

The officers and members of the state highway patrol shall be subject to the same liabilities, penalties, and damages under their bonds as sheriffs are under their bonds.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-58 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-58
Section 32-5A-58 Following Emergency Vehicle Prohibited
Status: in_force

The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any authorized emergency vehicle traveling in response to an emergency call closer than 500 feet or stop such vehicle within 500 feet of any authorized emergency vehicle stopped in answer to an emergency call.
Ala. Code § 32-6-49.1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-49.1
Section 32-6-49.1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Commercial Driver License Act.
Ala. Code § 32-6-463 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-463
Section 32-6-463 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 § 32-8-81 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-81
Section 32-8-81 Unauthorized Use of Vehicles
Status: in_force

A person not entitled to possession of a vehicle who, without the consent of the owner and with intent to deprive him or her, temporarily or otherwise, of the vehicle or its possession, takes, uses, or drives the vehicle is guilty of a felony.
Ala. Code § 32-14-5 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 32-14-5
Section 32-14-5 Exemptions
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 32-6-33 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-33
Section 32-6-33 Compensation and Expenses of Compact Administrator
Status: in_force

The compact administrator provided for in Article VII of the compact shall not be entitled to any additional compensation on account of his or her service as such administrator, but shall be entitled to expenses incurred in connection with his or her duties and responsibilities as such administrator, in the same manner as for expenses incurred in connection with any other duties or responsibilities of his or her office or employment.
Ala. Code § 32-9C-7 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9C / Section 32-9C-7
Section 32-9C-7 Operator of an Ads-Equipped Vehicle
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter and for assessing compliance with applicable traffic or motor vehicle laws, including rules of the road, unless the context otherwise requires, the automated driving system shall be deemed to be the operator of an ADS-equipped vehicle when all of the following apply:

(1) The automated driving system is engaged and solely responsible for the driving task.

(2) The automated driving system is being operated and maintained as intended by the manufacturer of the ADS-equipped vehicle.

(3) A request to intervene has not been issued by the ADS-equipped vehicle.
Ala. Code § 32-6-170 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-170
Section 32-6-170 “Volunteer Rescue Squad” Defined
Status: in_force

As used in this division, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, “volunteer rescue squad” means only those persons or organizations who are members of the Alabama Association of Rescue Squads, Inc.