Ala. Code § 32-6-8 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-8
Section 32-6-8 Temporary Instruction and Learner’s Licenses
Status: in_force

(a) Any person 16 years of age or older who, except for his or her lack of instruction in operating a motor vehicle, would otherwise be qualified to obtain a driver’s license under this article may apply for a learner’s license, and the Department of Public Safety, Driver License Division, may issue the license upon a form which shall be provided by the Director of Public Safety, entitling the applicant, while having the license in his or her immediate possession, to drive or operate a motor vehicle upon the highways for a period of four years, except when operating a motorcycle, the person shall be accompanied by a licensed driver who is at least 21 years of age and actually occupying a seat beside the driver. At the time of applying for the license, the applicant shall pay to the Department of Public Safety, Driver License Division, a fee of twenty dollars ($20), and the Department of Public Safety, Driver License Division, shall give the applicant a learner’s license therefor on a form to be provided by the Director of Public Safety. The temporary instruction license may be renewed only by order of the Director of Public Safety, and in no case shall the original license be renewed or extended more than once. The Department of Public Safety, Driver License Division, shall not issue the Stage I temporary instruction license until the applicant has undergone the same examination that a person applying for a Stage II or Stage III driver’s license is required by law to undergo, with the exception of the driving test, and produced a certificate to that effect signed by the proper examining officer.

(b) Any person not less than 15 but under 16 years of age may obtain a Stage I learner’s license to learn to operate a motor vehicle upon application to the Department of Public Safety, Driver License Division, which license shall entitle the person to operate a motor vehicle when he or she is accompanied by a parent or his or her legal guardian or a person who is age 21 or over who is duly licensed in this state as a motor vehicle operator or when accompanied by a licensed or certified driving instructor who is actually occupying a seat beside the motor vehicle operator. The application for the Stage I learner’s license shall be accompanied by a payment of a fee of twenty dollars ($20), to be distributed as provided in Section 32-6-5. The age of the applicant shall be substantiated by the applicant filing with the department a certified copy of his or her birth certificate. A Stage I learner’s license issued under this subsection shall be in such form as the Director of Public Safety may prescribe; it shall expire in four years; or when the holder subsequently applies for and receives a Stage II or Stage III driver’s license. The Stage II or Stage III driver’s license shall be issued for the remainder of the four year life of the learner’s license at no additional fee, the certificate thereof shall be prima facie evidence that the license holder was 15 years of age or older on the date of its issuance. The license may be suspended or revoked in the same manner and for the same causes as a driver’s license and may also be revoked for any violation of the terms and conditions on which it was issued. The Department of Public Safety, Driver License Division, shall not issue such a license to any person until the applicant has undergone the same examination that a person applying for a Stage II or Stage III driver’s license is required by law to undergo, with the exception of the driving test, and has produced a certificate to that effect signed by the proper examining officer.

(c) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) STAGE I. A learner’s permit.

(2) STAGE II. A regular driver’s license with restrictions based on age and the date of issuance.

(3) STAGE III. An unrestricted driver’s license.
Ala. Code § 32-15A-13 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 15A / Section 32-15A-13
Section 32-15A-13
Status: in_force

(a) When a vehicle owner registers as a shared vehicle owner on a peer-to-peer car sharing program, and before a shared vehicle owner makes a shared vehicle available for peer-to-peer car sharing on the peer-to-peer car sharing program, the peer-to-peer car sharing program shall do both of the following:

(1) Verify that the shared vehicle does not have any safety recalls on the vehicle for which the repairs have not been made.

(2) Notify the shared vehicle owner of the requirements under subsection (b).

(b)(1) If a shared vehicle owner has received an actual notice of a safety recall on a shared vehicle, the shared vehicle owner may not make the vehicle available as a shared vehicle on a peer-to-peer car sharing program until the safety recall repair has been made.

(2) If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall on a shared vehicle while the shared vehicle is made available on the peer-to-peer car sharing program, the shared vehicle owner shall change the status of the vehicle to unavailable as soon as practicably possible. The shared vehicle may not be listed as available until the safety recall repair has been made.

(3) If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall on a shared vehicle while the shared vehicle is in the possession of a shared vehicle driver and engaged in peer-to-peer car sharing during a car sharing period, the shared vehicle owner shall notify the peer-to-peer car sharing program about the safety recall as soon as practicably possible after receiving the notice of the safety recall. The shared vehicle may not be listed as available until the safety recall repair has been made.
Ala. Code § 32-6-92 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-92
Section 32-6-92 List to Be Furnished to Sheriff
Status: in_force

The State Department of Revenue shall, on or before the first day of January of each year, furnish to the sheriff of each county of the State of Alabama an alphabetically arranged list of the names, addresses and license tag letters of each person to whom a license tag is issued under the provisions of Section 32-6-90, and it shall be the duty of the sheriffs of the state to maintain and to keep current such lists for public information and inquiry.
Ala. Code § 32-9C-2 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9C / Section 32-9C-2
Section 32-9C-2 Operation of an Ads-Equipped Vehicle
Status: in_force

(a) A person may operate an ADS-equipped vehicle with the ADS engaged on the public roads of this state only under all of the following conditions:

(1) The ADS-equipped vehicle is capable of complying with the following:

a. All applicable traffic and motor vehicle safety laws and rules of this state which govern the performance of the dynamic driving task, unless an exemption has been granted pursuant to subsection (b).

b. All applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, except to the extent an exemption has been granted under applicable federal law.

c. All applicable traffic control devices, including, but not limited to, speed limit signs, other regulatory signs, advisory signs, warning signs, barriers, and construction or work zone signs.

(2) The ADS-equipped vehicle shall be registered and titled in accordance with the laws of this state.

(b) An ADS-equipped vehicle may be operated on the public roads of this state without a conventional human driver physically present in the vehicle if the vehicle is capable of achieving a minimal risk condition.
Ala. Code § 32-9B-6 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9B / Section 32-9B-6
Section 32-9B-6 Teleoperation Systems; Remote Driver of Vehicle Considered Its Operator; License to Operate; Accidents
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a commercial motor vehicle equipped with a teleoperation system may operate without a conventional driver physically present in the vehicle if a remote driver is operating the vehicle.

(b) When a remote driver is operating a commercial motor vehicle, the remote driver is considered to be the operator of the vehicle for the purpose of assessing compliance with applicable traffic or motor vehicle laws, including the rules of the road, and for the purpose of any charge for a violation of Title 13A or this title. Extradition of a person charged pursuant to this section shall be governed by Chapter 9 of Title 15.

(c) The remote driver shall hold the proper class of license required for a conventional driver to operate the vehicle.

(d) When an accident occurs involving a commercial motor vehicle equipped with a teleoperation system, the requirements of Chapter 10 of this title shall be deemed satisfied if the vehicle remains on the scene of the accident and the owner or remote driver promptly contacts appropriate law enforcement entities and communicates the information required by Chapter 10 of this title.

(e) In the event of an accident involving a commercial motor vehicle equipped with a teleoperation system, the remote driver who is operating the vehicle shall be subject to Section 32-6-49.13, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the remote driver is physically present. A remote driver is deemed to have given consent, subject to provisions of Section 32-5-192, to take a test or tests of the remote driver’s blood, breath, or urine for the purpose of determining that person’s alcohol concentration, or the presence of other drugs. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of Section 32-6-49.13 shall be deemed satisfied if the test or tests are administered in cooperation with local law enforcement officials in the jurisdiction where a remote driver is present. The results of any test shall be provided to Alabama law enforcement agencies.
Ala. Code § 32-5-2 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-2
Section 32-5-2 Regulation of Use of Real Property by Owner; Owner to Erect and Maintain Traffic-Control Devices
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to prevent the owner of real property used in public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the owner and not as matter of right, from prohibiting such use nor from requiring other or different or additional conditions than those specified in this chapter or otherwise regulating such use as may seem best to such owner. Provided, however, when the owner of real property allows the real property to be used by the public for the purpose of vehicular travel, and/or as a quasi-public parking lot for the use of customers, tenants, or employees of the property, the owner of the real property shall erect and maintain all traffic-control devices thereon in strict accordance with the rules and regulations in effect in the local jurisdiction and in conformance with the Alabama Manual on Uniform Traffic-Control Devices and any revisions thereof.

Nothing herein contained, however, shall be construed to compel the state or local governmental jurisdiction to maintain such quasi-public parking areas and lots or to install or maintain any traffic-control device therein and thereon.

The owner of the real property shall be required to meet the requirements of Section 32-5-31(a) with respect to local authorities in their respective jurisdictions.
Ala. Code § 32-6-3.1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-3.1
Section 32-6-3.1 Information and Instruction on Dangers of Drowsy Driving
Status: in_force

(a) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall strengthen information on the dangers of drowsy driving in the Alabama Driver’s Manual or any other manual or information created for the purpose of preparing an applicant for a driver’s license or driver’s permit to take the examination required by Section 32-6-3.

(b) The State Department of Education shall require any driver’s education course offered at a public high school and for which the department issues a certificate of completion pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of Section 32-6-7.2, to include in its curriculum instruction on the dangers of drowsy driving.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-34 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-34
Section 32-5A-34 Flashing Signals
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever an illuminated flashing red or yellow signal is used in a traffic sign or signal it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows:

(1) Flashing red (stop signal). When a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection, and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.

(2) Flashing yellow (caution signal). When a yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past such signal only with caution.

(b) This section shall not apply at railroad grade crossings. Conduct of drivers of vehicles approaching railroad grade crossings shall be governed by the rules as set forth in Section 32-5A-150.
Ala. Code § 32-6-302 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-302
Section 32-6-302 Issuance of Distinctive Tags; Fees; Proof of Retirement; Design
Status: in_force

(a) Owners of motor vehicles or their spouses who are residents of Alabama and who are receiving monthly retirement checks from an education retirement pension program from any state, shall be eligible to apply for and receive “Retired Educator” numbered or personalized distinctive license tags as provided in this division. Owners of motor vehicles or their spouses who are residents of Alabama and who are currently employed by a public or private education school system, college, university, institution, or who are active and contributing members of an education retirement pension program, whether in-state or out-of-state program, shall be eligible to apply for and receive “Educator” numbered or personalized distinctive license tags as provided in this division.

An applicant to receive a “Retired Educator” or “Educator” numbered or personalized distinctive license tag for private passenger or motor vehicles shall meet the following criteria:

(1) Apply to the appropriate judge of probate or commissioner of licenses as the case may be.

(2) Comply with the state motor vehicle laws, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles.

(3) Pay the regular license fee for license tags as provided by law for private passenger or pleasure motor vehicles.

(4) Pay an additional annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) for the “Retired Educator” tag and fifty dollars ($50) for the “Educator” tag.

(5) Present documentation or certification to the appropriate judge of probate or commissioner of licenses, as the case may be, that the applicant is either receiving a monthly allotment as a retired education employee; or, in the case of “Educator” tags, is currently employed in public or private education as provided in this section. Once a retired educator presents proof that he or she is retired, the proof shall be valid from year to year and the retired educator is not required to resubmit proof of retirement as long as the retired educator does not move to another county. If the retired educator moves to another county, proof of retirement shall be presented upon initial registration in the new county and shall be valid from year to year in the same manner as provided above.

(b) Upon meeting all of the criteria, the applicant shall be issued a personalized motor vehicle license tag upon which, in lieu of the numbers prescribed by law, shall be inscribed special letters, figures, numbers, or other marks, emblems, symbols, or badges of distinction or personal prestige, or combination thereof, as are approved for and assigned to the application by the State Department of Revenue.

(c) The distinctive tags provided for in this division shall be issued, printed, and processed in the same manner as other distinctive tags in Section 32-6-150. The distinctive tags shall be valid for five years and may be replaced at the end of the period with conventional tags, other distinctive tags, or “Educator” or “Retired Educator” tags. Payment of the required motor vehicle license fees and taxes for the years during which a new vehicle license tag is not issued shall be evidenced as provided for in Section 32-6-63.

(d) The Commissioner of Revenue shall approve the distinctive design of the tags provided in this division, and the approval shall be subject to submission of the design by the Education Tag Advisory Committee, which committee shall be strictly voluntary and the members shall serve without pay or remuneration. The Education Tag Advisory Committee shall consist of three members who shall be appointed by the Alabama Education Association. The design of the distinctive tag shall be subject to approval of the Revenue Commissioner and shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to car tags and licenses, except that Section 32-6-54 shall not apply to this division.

(e) The proceeds of the additional revenues derived from sales of the tags pursuant to this division, less the two and one-half percent commission provided for in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of Section 40-12-269, shall be remitted to the state Comptroller. After payment to the Department of Corrections for its costs relating to the manufacture and administration of the tags, the balance shall be transferred by the state Comptroller to the Penny Trust Fund, established by Amendment 512 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 219.06 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, in the State Treasury.

(f) Fees paid pursuant to this division represent a charitable contribution from the purchaser to the Penny Trust Fund.
Ala. Code § 32-8-84 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-84
Section 32-8-84 Unclaimed Motor Vehicles; Suspension of Registration of Stolen or Converted Vehicles. (Amended by Act 2026-263)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-263, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) The following shall be considered an unclaimed motor vehicle:

(1) A motor vehicle left unattended on a public road or highway for more than 48 hours.

(2) A motor vehicle, not left on private property for repairs, that has remained on private or other public property for a period of more than 48 hours without the consent of the owner or lessee of the property.

(3) A motor vehicle, left on private property for repairs, that has not been reclaimed within 48 hours from the latter of either the date the repairs were completed or the agreed upon redemption date.

(b) A person, as defined in Section 40-12-240, in possession of an unclaimed motor vehicle shall report the motor vehicle as unclaimed to the Department of Revenue within five calendar days from the date the motor vehicle first was considered unclaimed. The report shall be made in a manner as prescribed by the department.

(c)(1) Upon receiving notice as required in subsection (b), the department shall place a 60-calendar day hold on the title record and no title shall be issued during that time period unless the title transaction occurred prior to the date the motor vehicle was deemed unclaimed or the motor vehicle was returned to the recorded owner or lienholder of record, if any.

(2) If the motor vehicle was returned to the recorded owner or lienholder of record, if any, prior to the conclusion of the hold period on the title record, the person who reported the motor vehicle as unclaimed shall report the return of the motor vehicle within five calendar days in a manner as prescribed by the department.

(d)(1) A person in possession of an unclaimed motor vehicle, upon reporting the motor vehicle as unclaimed to the department, shall utilize the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) to determine the current title state of record or, if no current title exists for the motor vehicle, the most recent state of registration for the motor vehicle. Thereafter, the person shall submit a records request to the state of record within five calendar days from the date the motor vehicle was reported as unclaimed to the department.

(2) The records request shall be sent to the current title state of record in order to obtain the name and address of the owner and lienholder of record, if any. If no current title exists, the records request shall be sent to the most recent state of registration in order to obtain the name and address of the owner.

(3)a. In the event that no NMVTIS record exists and there is evidence that could be reasonably ascertained by the person indicating that the motor vehicle has been registered in another state, the person, within five calendar days from the date the motor vehicle was reported as unclaimed to the department, shall submit a records request to the state of registration in order to obtain the name and address of the owner. Thereafter, the person shall send notice by certified mail with either return receipt requested or electronic delivery confirmation, within five calendar days from receipt of the title record, to the owner and lienholder of record, if any, or registration record, to the owner of record, advising the owner and lienholder of record, if any, of the location of the motor vehicle, normal business hours of the facility holding the motor vehicle, any accrued charges or fees, the daily storage rate, and the mailing address and contact telephone number of the person in possession of the motor vehicle.

b. The notice required in paragraph a. shall include the following language in no smaller than 10 point type: “If this motor vehicle is not redeemed by the recorded owner or lienholder of record within 30 calendar days from the date of this notice, the motor vehicle shall be considered abandoned as defined in Section 32-13-1, Code of Alabama 1975. The motor vehicle may then be sold pursuant to the provisions of the Alabama Abandoned Motor Vehicle Act as provided for in Title 32, Chapter 13, Code of Alabama 1975.”

(4) A person who fails to report a motor vehicle as unclaimed or fails to notify the owner and lienholder of record, if any, in accordance with this subsection shall forfeit all claims and liens for the motor vehicle’s garaging, parking, and storage prior to the time the motor vehicle is reported as unclaimed; provided, however, failure to report shall not result in the forfeiture of claims and liens for the towing and repair of a motor vehicle.

(e)(1) The department shall maintain and appropriately index public records of unclaimed motor vehicles reported to it pursuant to this section. The department may provide lists of the vehicle identification numbers for such motor vehicles without fee in a manner as the department prescribes.

(2) The department shall provide notice of unclaimed motor vehicles to law enforcement.

(3) Notice shall also be provided to the person who reported the motor vehicle as unclaimed if it has been reported as stolen to law enforcement.

(f)(1) The department may suspend the registration of a vehicle whose theft or conversion is reported to it pursuant to this section. Until the department learns of its recovery or that the report of its theft or conversion was erroneous, it shall not issue a certificate of title for the motor vehicle.

(2) A title shall be issued by the department in the name of an insurance company on a vehicle that is reported stolen when a settlement between the insured and his or her insurance company has occurred. The title shall be issued electronically in the name of the insurance company until the vehicle has been recovered, and, if recovered, the title may be issued in paper form.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-216 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-216
Section 32-5A-216 Pedestrian Soliciting Rides or Business or Fishing
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride.

(b) No person shall stand on a highway for the purpose of soliciting employment, business, or contributions from the occupant of any vehicle, nor for the purpose of distributing any article, unless otherwise authorized by official permit of the governing body of the city or county having jurisdiction over the highway.

(c) No person shall stand on or in proximity to a street or highway for the purpose of soliciting the watching or guarding of any vehicle while parked or about to be parked on a street or highway.

(d) No person shall fish from a bridge, viaduct, or trestle, or the approaches thereto, within the State of Alabama, unless otherwise authorized by the governing body of the city or county having jurisdiction over the highway or from the State of Alabama in the case of state highways. The authorizing authority shall erect and maintain appropriate signs giving notice that fishing is allowed.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-281 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-281
Section 32-5A-281 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) BICYCLE. A human-powered vehicle with two wheels in tandem design to transport by the act of pedaling one or more persons seated on one or more saddle seats on its frame. “Bicycle” includes, but is not limited to, a human-powered vehicle designed to transport by the act of pedaling which has more than two wheels when the vehicle is used on a public roadway, public bicycle path, or other public road or right-of-way, but does not include a tricycle.

(2) OPERATOR. A person who travels on a bicycle seated on a saddle seat from which that person is intended to and can pedal the bicycle.

(3) OTHER PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. Any right-of-way other than a public roadway or public bicycle path that is under the jurisdiction and control of the state or a local political subdivision thereof.

(4) PASSENGER. Any person who travels on a bicycle in any manner except as an operator.

(5) PROTECTIVE BICYCLE HELMET. A piece of headgear which meets or exceeds the impact standard for protective bicycle helmets set by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) or the Snell Memorial Foundation, or which is otherwise approved by the Alabama Department of Public Safety.

(6) PUBLIC BICYCLE PATH. A right-of-way under the jurisdiction and control of the state, or a local political subdivision thereof, for use primarily by bicyclists and pedestrians.

(7) PUBLIC ROADWAY. A right-of-way under the jurisdiction and control of the state or a local political subdivision thereof for use primarily by motor vehicular traffic.

(8) RESTRAINING SEAT. A seat separate from the saddle seat of the operator of the bicycle or a bicycle trailer or similar product that is fastened securely to the frame of the bicycle and is adequately equipped to restrain the passenger in the seat and protect the passenger from the moving parts of the bicycle.

(9) TRICYCLE. A three-wheeled human-powered vehicle designed for use by a child under the age of six.
Ala. Code § 32-6-601 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-601
Section 32-6-601 Distribution of Proceeds
Status: in_force

The net proceeds of the additional revenues derived from sales of the tags or plates produced pursuant to this division, less administrative costs, including the cost of production of the tags or plates, shall be distributed by the judge of probate, license commissioner, or other issuing official to the office of the state Comptroller which shall distribute the proceeds equally to the Alabama Veterans’ Assistance Fund in the State Treasury and the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park Foundation in Mobile. The additional fee represents a charitable contribution from the purchaser to the entities receiving the distributions of the funds pursuant to this section.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-201 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-201
Section 32-5A-201 Legislative Findings
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-470, § 2, effective May 1, 1998.
Ala. Code § 32-13-1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 13 / Section 32-13-1
Section 32-13-1 Abandoned Motor Vehicle Defined; Posted Notice
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE. A motor vehicle as defined in Section 32-8-2, that has been unclaimed as provided in Section 32-8-84 for not less than 30 calendar days from the date the notice was sent to the owner and lienholder of record, or if no owner or lienholder of record could be determined, has been unclaimed for not less than 30 calendar days. The term “abandoned motor vehicle” also includes any attached aftermarket equipment installed on the motor vehicle that replaced factory installed equipment.

(2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Revenue.
Ala. Code § 32-13-7 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 13 / Section 32-13-7
Section 32-13-7 Disposition of Proceeds
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2006-414, p. 1027, §2, effective July 1, 2006.
Ala. Code § 32-6-193 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-193
Section 32-6-193 Distribution of Proceeds
Status: in_force

The net proceeds of the additional revenues derived from sales of tags pursuant to this division, less administrative costs, including the cost of production of the tags, shall be distributed by the judge of probate or license commissioner to the Juvenile Health Care Board of the City of Piedmont, Alabama.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-155 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-155
Section 32-5A-155 Visual Signals on School and Church Buses
Status: in_force

(a) Every school bus shall, and every church bus may, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required by this chapter, be equipped with signal lamps mounted as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, which shall be capable of displaying to the front two alternately flashing red lights located at the same level and to the rear two alternately flashing red lights located at the same level, and these lights shall have sufficient intensity to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight.

(b) The alternately flashing lighting described in subsection (a) of this section shall not be used on any vehicle other than a school bus, a church bus, or an authorized emergency vehicle.
Ala. Code § 32-2-100 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-100
Section 32-2-100 State Capitol Police Officers
Status: in_force

(a) The Director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety shall employ the necessary state Capitol police officers, subject to the state Merit System laws, to preserve order, to prevent and investigate crime, and protect and save from injury persons and property at the Capitol and all state buildings occupied by the state departments and agencies within the State of Alabama. The director shall prescribe the duties and responsibilities of the state Capitol police officers. All officers employed as state Capitol police officers shall meet the certification requirements as established by the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission prior to being granted permanent employment status.

(b) Upon September 1, 2003, all state Capitol police officers and employees shall be transferred to the Alabama Department of Public Safety. Sworn officers transferred in accordance with this section shall remain in their current Merit System classification, unless later altered or amended by the State Personnel Board. The Director of the Department of Finance shall cause to be transferred to the Department of Public Safety, the annual funding appropriation and budget for the state Capitol police officers and all individual and organizational equipment, uniforms, vehicles, and other property currently utilized by the state Capitol police officers. The Director of Finance and the Director of Public Safety may enter into an interagency agreement to facilitate this transfer of employees and property.

(c) Upon September 1, 2003, the classification of State Capitol Police Chief shall be transferred to the Department of Public Safety with no loss of pay or benefits, to be assigned duties as the Director of Public Safety or his or her designee shall designate.

(d) State Capitol police officers, when duly appointed, shall have the powers of peace officers in this state and may exercise such powers anywhere within the state.

(e) Any reference to the state Capitol police officers under the Department of Finance shall henceforth be considered as the state Capitol police under the Department of Public Safety.
Ala. Code § 32-20-26 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 32-20-26
Section 32-20-26 Certificate Contents
Status: in_force

(a) Each certificate of title issued by the department shall contain all of the following:

(1) The date issued.

(2) The name and current address of the owner.

(3) The names and addresses of any lienholders in the order of priority as shown on the application, or if the application is based on a certificate of title, as shown on the certificate.

(4) The title number.

(5) A description of the manufactured home including the following data: Year, make, model, manufactured home identification number, and whether new or used.

(6) Any other data the department prescribes.

(b) The certificate of title shall contain forms for assignment and warranty of title by the owner, and for assignment warranty of title by a dealer, and may contain forms for applications for a certificate of title by a transferee, the naming of a lienholder and the assignment or release of the security interest by a lienholder.

(c) A certificate of title issued by the department is prima facie evidence of the facts appearing on it.

(d) A certificate of title to a manufactured home is not subject to garnishment, attachment, execution, or other judicial process, but this subsection does not prevent a lawful levy upon the manufactured home.
Ala. Code § 32-2-8 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-8
Section 32-2-8 Fees for Copies of Records and Reports
Status: in_force

Whenever the Director of Public Safety is required or allowed by law to furnish a copy of any record or report in the department’s files, the director shall set and collect a fee not to exceed the sum of fifteen dollars ($15) for each record or report, unless a different fee is otherwise prescribed by law. Ten dollars ($10) of the fee shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the State General Fund and five dollars ($5) shall be credited to the Department of Public Safety Highway Traffic Safety Fund.
Ala. Code § 32-6-48 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-48
Section 32-6-48 Advice for Promulgation of Vision Standards
Status: in_force

This division shall not prohibit the director from utilizing the Alabama Optometric Association, the Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, or any other group, association or board for advice relating to the promulgation of vision standards for licensing drivers.
Ala. Code § 32-9-3 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 32-9-3
Section 32-9-3 Enforcement of Chapter
Status: in_force

Any peace officer, including sheriffs and their deputies, constables and their deputies, police officers and marshals of cities or incorporated towns, county police or patrols, state or county license inspectors and their deputies, state troopers and special officers appointed by any agency of the State of Alabama for the enforcement of its laws relating to motor vehicles, now existing or hereafter enacted, shall be authorized, and it is hereby made the duty of each of them to enforce the provisions of this chapter and to make arrests for any violation or violations thereof, without warrant, if the offense is committed in his or her presence, and with warrant if he or she does not observe the commission of the offense. If the arrest is made without warrant, the accused may elect to be immediately taken before the nearest court having jurisdiction, whereupon it shall be the duty of the officer to so take him or her. If the accused elects not to be so taken, then it shall be the duty of the officer to require of the accused a bail bond in a sum not to exceed $300.00, conditioned that the accused binds himself or herself to appear in the nearest court having jurisdiction at the time fixed in the bond. In case the arrested person fails to appear on the day fixed, the bond shall be forfeited in the manner as is provided for the forfeiture of bonds in other cases. No officer shall be permitted to take a cash bond. The officer making the arrest and taking the bond shall report the same to the court having jurisdiction within 18 hours after taking such bond.
Ala. Code § 32-6-49.14 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-49.14
Section 32-6-49.14 Report of Conviction
Status: in_force

Within five days after receiving a report of the conviction of any nonresident holder of a commercial driver license for any violation of state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than parking violations, committed in a commercial motor vehicle, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency must notify the driver licensing authority in the licensing state of the conviction.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-203 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-203
Section 32-5A-203 Seizure and Forfeiture of Vehicle Driven by Person Driving While License Suspended or Revoked
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-470, § 2, effective May 1, 1998.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-213 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-213
Section 32-5A-213 Drivers to Exercise Care
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian or first responder and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper precaution upon observing any child or any obviously confused, incapacitated, or intoxicated person.
Ala. Code § 32-7A-22 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7A / Section 32-7A-22
Section 32-7A-22 Display of Invalid Evidence of Insurance
Status: in_force

No person shall present evidence of insurance to a law enforcement officer, court, officer of the court, the Department of Revenue, or office of the licensing official charged with motor vehicle registration and titling responsibilities, knowing there is no valid liability insurance in effect on the motor vehicle as required under Section 32-7A-4 or knowing the evidence of insurance is altered, counterfeit, or otherwise invalid as evidence of insurance required under Section 32-7A-4. If the law enforcement officer issues a citation to a motor vehicle operator for presenting invalid evidence of insurance, the officer shall confiscate the evidence for presentation in court.
Ala. Code § 32-6-6.2 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-6.2
Section 32-6-6.2 Emergency Contact Information
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning January 1, 2019, each person who applies for a new driver’s license, nondriver identification card, vessel license, or learner’s license or permit, or the renewal of any of these licenses, cards, or permits, may provide the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency with the name and contact information of a person in the event of an emergency. The emergency contact information shall be stored in the records of the agency and made available to law enforcement personnel in the event law enforcement deems contact is in the best interest of the licensee or card holder.

(b) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency may adopt rules necessary to carry out this section.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-113 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-113
Section 32-5A-113 Authority to Designate through Highways and Stop and Yield Intersections
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation with reference to state highways and local authorities with reference to highways under their jurisdictions may erect and maintain stop signs, yield signs, or other official traffic-control devices to designate through highways, or to designate intersections or other roadway junctions at which vehicular traffic on one or more of the roadways should yield or stop and yield before entering the intersection or junction.
Ala. Code § 32-6-64 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-64
Section 32-6-64 License Plate Design; Numbering, Sponsoring, and Manufacturing of License Plates; Release of Personal Information; Reissuance
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The design of license plates, including all emblems, slogans, symbols, or characters appearing on the plates, shall be by rule as adopted by the Commissioner of Revenue, and as otherwise specified by law. The face of the license plate to be displayed shall be fully treated with a reflective material which will increase the nighttime visibility and legibility of the plate.

(2) Characters on the license plate which designate the county of issuance shall be numeric, and all numerals on the license plates shall be no smaller than two and three-fourths inches in height. The following numbering scheme shall be used:

a. Jefferson County, 1; Mobile County, 2; Montgomery County, 3.

b. All other counties shall be ranked alphabetically and assigned consecutive numbers beginning with 4 and concluding with 67.

c. The Department of Revenue shall be responsible for the numbering of distinctive license plates and shall establish a system to minimize duplication of license plate numbers. License plates that shall be approved for manufacture under subsection (b) shall be numbered or personalized.

(b) The sponsoring organization of any new or reissued distinctive license plate that is not of an in-state college or in-state university as provided in subsection (b) of Section 32-6-150, or the Alabama Gold Star Family license plate as provided in Section 32-6-630 or a military or veteran related category shall assure a minimum quantity of 250 registrations in order for the proposed plate to qualify for production consideration by the legislative oversight committee under the provisions of Section 32-6-67.

(1) The procedure to assure the quantity minimum for a distinctive license plate shall be as follows:

a. The sponsoring organization shall apply to the Department of Revenue for approval for the proposed distinctive license plate from the legislative oversight committee. A sponsoring organization shall be limited to one distinctive license plate design per application. At the time of application, and upon payment of the application fee required in paragraph b., if applicable, the sponsoring organization shall submit a design for the plate or logo for the quantity class being applied for as described below:

1. Quantity Class 1 (250 to 999 registrations). A new distinctive license plate category, or an existing distinctive license plate to be reissued, in which registrations are estimated to be at least 250, but less than 1,000, shall be in conformity with the design approved by the legislative oversight committee for license plates in this quantity class. This plate shall include a space designated on the left side of the license plate, not exceeding two and one-half inches in width and height, in which an appropriate emblem, slogan, or logo design may be applied to represent the organization for whom the distinctive license plate is issued. Each proposed emblem, slogan, symbol, or logo shall be subject to the approval of the legislative oversight committee.

2. Quantity Class 2 (1,000 or greater registrations). This quantity class may use the logo system described for Quantity Class 1, or may use a unique design for the entire plate which is approved by the legislative oversight committee and meets all other design and manufacture requirements of Alabama law.

b. Effective January 1, 2022, each sponsoring organization shall submit an application fee equal to the cost of producing the distinctive license plate template not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) at the time the initial application is made, the funds of which shall be distributed by the Comptroller to the Department of Corrections to cover the costs of producing the template of the distinctive license plate for the sponsoring organization. On or before October 1, 2021, and by each October 1 thereafter, the Department of Corrections shall certify the cost of production to the legislative oversight committee for the subsequent calendar year.

c. After the legislative oversight committee approval and notification to the Department of Revenue, the department shall also coordinate with the Comptroller to establish funding procedures for depositing and maintaining monies held pending issuance of the new category of license plates.

d. Each person desiring to register a vehicle in the new category shall make application and shall remit, as a commitment to purchase, the additional fee associated with the license plate category in a manner as prescribed by rule of the Commissioner of Revenue. Any credit card processing fee associated with the transaction shall be paid by the person making the commitment to purchase the distinctive license plate and shall be nonrefundable.

e. The Department of Revenue shall deduct from the additional fee and retain a two and one-half percent commission. The balance shall be forwarded to the Comptroller to be retained in escrow, until such time as the revenue received is equal to or greater than the minimum amount required to issue license plates in that category. If, after one year from the date of notification of approval by the legislative oversight committee, the number of subscribers for a category fails to reach 250 for Quantity Class 1, or fails to reach 1,000 for Quantity Class 2, the Comptroller shall pay the money in escrow to the sponsoring organization and no further consideration for production of this proposed distinctive plate shall be made under this application. In addition, the sponsoring organization may not submit another application for a distinctive license plate for a period of one year from the date the commitment to purchase period ended.

f. Upon determination by the Department of Revenue that a sufficient number of applications for a plate category has been received, the department shall initiate the ordering processes for design and manufacture of the approved license plate. At that time, the Comptroller shall pay out of the escrow account the amounts referred to in Section 32-6-68.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions to the contrary, except where specifically provided by this subsection, no distinctive license plates shall be reissued unless the following requirements are met:

a. For Quantity Class 1 distinctive license plates, there shall have been issued in the prior license year a minimum of 250 license plates.

b. For Quantity Class 2 distinctive license plates, there shall have been issued in the prior license year a minimum of 1,000 license plates.

(3) The use of distinctive license plate categories shall be limited to use on passenger cars, pick-up trucks, and self-propelled campers or house cars.

(c)(1) The Department of Corrections is directed to supply all license plates and revalidation devices required under this subdivision. The amounts charged by the Department of Corrections for the manufacture of revalidation devices shall not be less than that charged for the manufacture of license plates on a per item basis.

(2) The Department of Corrections shall maintain an accurate system of recordkeeping which shall trace and account for the handling and distribution of each plate and revalidation device throughout the manufacturing process until the items are distributed to each county.

(d) After the five-year license plate has been in use for a period of three years, the Department of Corrections may manufacture all subsequent license plates for the remaining two years of the period from a metal of less durability and quality than the metal used in manufacturing the five-year license plates.

(e)(1) The department shall provide the owner or owners of a motor vehicle who register a license plate provided in this subsection the ability to opt-in to authorize the release of certain personal information or to opt-out to restrict the release of certain personal information by the department to the sponsoring organization, college, or university. The license plates that shall be subject to the opt-in and opt-out provisions are as follows:

a. A distinctive license plate issued pursuant to this section.

b. A collegiate or university distinctive license plate issued pursuant to Section 32-6-150.

c. Other distinctive license plates as authorized by the legislative oversight committee.

(2) Each owner of the motor vehicle may designate his or her consent through the opt-in authorization to release certain personal information included within a motor vehicle registration record to the sponsoring organization, college, or university. The opt-in authorization shall be made at the time of initial registration through the licensing official for a license plate as specified in subdivision (1). Subsequent opt-in authorizations shall be made directly to the department. As used in this subsection, the term personal information includes only the following information:

a. Owner name.

b. Owner address.

c. Owner email address, if applicable.

(3) Each owner of the motor vehicle may restrict the release of personal information included within a motor vehicle registration record for a license plate as specified in subdivision (1) to the sponsoring organization, college, or university by selecting to opt-out. The opt-out selection shall be made directly to the department.

(4) The subsequent opt-in authorization provided in subdivision (2) and opt-out selection provided in subdivision (3) shall be made in a manner as prescribed by the department.

(5) The sponsoring organization of the distinctive license plate or each college or university for which a distinctive license plate has been issued may make an annual request to the department for the listing of the owner authorized opt-in disclosures. The sponsoring organization in receipt of the listing shall be prohibited from the resale or disclosure of the information to third parties without written consent from the owner to whom the information pertains.

(f) All proposed distinctive license plates and the continued issuance of all existing distinctive license plates shall be subject to the approval and oversight of the legislative oversight committee under Section 32-6-67 and this section, except for the following:

(1) In-state collegiate or in-state university category license plates.

(2) Military or veteran related category license plates.

(3) Alabama Gold Star Family license plates as provided in Section 32-6-630.

(g) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no distinctive license plate shall be issued after five consecutive years in which the plate has not met the requirements for reissuance provided in this section. This subsection does not apply to military or veteran related categories or Alabama Gold Star Family distinctive license plates. The Commissioner of Revenue may require persons who qualify for military and veteran related categories or Alabama Gold Star Family distinctive license plates to be recertified not more than every five years by providing the licensing official with Form DD214 or any other documentation prescribed by law or rule as evidence of qualification for the license plate. In the event that Form DD214 or other qualifying documentation prescribed by law or rule is unavailable, the applicant shall provide the licensing official with a certification of eligibility from the Department of Veterans Affairs after the applicant provides that office with other authoritative documentation evidencing eligibility for the license plate.

(h) Any distinctive license plate not created pursuant to this section shall be subject to the reissuance provisions of this section and Section 32-6-62 unless specifically exempted by law, provided the Alabama Gold Star Family distinctive license plate design in effect on January 1, 2021, shall not be subject to the redesign provisions of Section 32-6-62.

(i) The provisions in Act 2021-407 amending this section shall not amend the distribution of the additional fee associated with a distinctive license plate as provided in Section 32-6-68 or as otherwise provided under Article 2 of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 32-15A-8 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 15A / Section 32-15A-8
Section 32-15A-8
Status: in_force

A motor vehicle insurer that defends or indemnifies a claim against a shared vehicle which is excluded under the terms of its policy shall have the right to seek contribution from the motor vehicle insurer of the peer-to-peer car sharing program if the claim is both of the following:

(1) Made against the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle driver for loss or injury that occurs during the car sharing period.

(2) Excluded under the terms of its policy.
Ala. Code § 32-7-7 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-7
Section 32-7-7 Further Exceptions to Requirement of Security
Status: in_force

The requirements as to security and suspension in Section 32-7-6 shall not apply to any of the following persons:

(1) The operator or the owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident wherein no injury or damage was caused to the person or property of anyone other than the operator or owner.

(2) The operator or the owner of a motor vehicle legally parked at the time of the accident.

(3) The owner of a motor vehicle if at the time of the accident the vehicle was being operated without the permission of the owner, express or implied, or was parked by a person who had been operating the motor vehicle without the permission.

(4) If, prior to the date that the director would otherwise suspend license and registration or nonresident’s operating privilege under Section 32-7-6, there shall be filed with the director evidence satisfactory to him or her that the person who would otherwise have to file security has been released from liability or been finally adjudicated not to be liable or has executed a duly acknowledged written agreement or conditional release providing for the payment of an agreed amount in installments, with respect to all claims for injuries or damages resulting from the accident, which agreement or conditional release may properly include reasonable interest charges not to exceed three percent above the prime rate in effect at the time of the signing of the agreement or conditional release.
Ala. Code § 32-20-1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 32-20-1
Section 32-20-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Manufactured Home Certificate of Title Act.
Ala. Code § 32-6-441 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-441
Section 32-6-441 Distribution of Proceeds
Status: in_force

The net proceeds of the additional revenues derived from sales of the tags or plates produced pursuant to this division, less administrative costs, including the cost of production of the tags or plates, shall be distributed by the judge of probate or license commissioner to the Alabama state Comptroller’s office who shall distribute the proceeds to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. The Alabama Shakespeare Festival shall use these funds to expand and enrich its educational programs.
Ala. Code § 32-6-301 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-301
Section 32-6-301 Use of Net Proceeds
Status: in_force

The net proceeds of the twenty dollars ($20) additional revenues derived from sales of “Helping Schools” plates as provided for in this division, less administrative costs including the cost of production incurred by the Department of Revenue in producing the plates, shall be distributed by the judge of probate or license commissioner to, as nearly as practicable, the school district designated by the purchaser or if the purchaser does not make a designation to the school district in which the funds were generated to be used for the purchase of classroom supplies and equipment in grades K through 12 of the public schools of the school district.
Ala. Code § 32-6-522 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-522
Section 32-6-522 Return of Plates Upon Termination of Membership
Status: in_force

Upon termination of membership in the ALABAMA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, the realtor to whom a distinctive license plate was issued under this division shall, within 30 days, return the plate to the judge of probate or the license commissioner of the county where the applicant resides.
Ala. Code § 32-8-67 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-67
Section 32-8-67 Filing and Recording of Notices of Security Interests; Examination of Record
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall file each notice of security interest received by the department with the required fee and maintain a record of all notices of security interests filed by the department:

(1) Alphabetically, under the name of the owner;

(2) Under the vehicle identification number;

(3) Under the certificate of title number; and

(4) In the discretion of the department, by any other method it determines.

(b) The department before issuing or reissuing a certificate of title shall check the name of the owner and the certificate of title number of the vehicle against the record provided for in subsection (a).
Ala. Code § 32-5-241 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-241
Section 32-5-241 Additional Permissible Lights on Vehicles
Status: in_force

(a) Spot lamps and auxiliary lamps.

(1) SPOT LAMPS. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one spot lamp and every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used upon approaching another vehicle that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will be directed to the left of the prolongation of the extreme left side of the vehicle nor more than 100 feet ahead of the vehicle.

(2) FOG LAMPS. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two fog lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than 12 inches nor more than 30 inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands and so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high intensity portion of the light to the left of the center of the vehicle shall at a distance of 25 feet ahead project higher than a level of four inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes.

(3) AUXILIARY PASSING LAMPS. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one auxiliary passing lamp mounted on the front at a height not less than 24 inches nor more than 42 inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands and every such auxiliary passing lamp shall meet the requirements and limitations set forth in this chapter.

(4) AUXILIARY DRIVING LAMPS. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one auxiliary driving lamp mounted on the front at a height not less than 16 inches nor more than 42 inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands and every auxiliary driving lamp shall meet the requirements and limitations set forth in this chapter.

(b) Signal lamps and signal devices.

(1) Any motor vehicle may be equipped and when required under this division shall be equipped with the following signal lamps or devices:

a. A stop lamp on the rear which shall emit a red or yellow light and which shall be actuated upon application of the service (foot) brake and which may but need not be incorporated with a tail lamp.

b. A lamp or lamps or mechanical signal device capable of clearly indicating any intention to turn either to the right or the left and which shall be visible both from the front and rear.

(2) A stop lamp shall be plainly visible and understandable from a distance of 100 feet to the rear both during normal sunlight and at nighttime and a signal lamp or lamps indicating intention to turn shall be visible and understandable during daytime and nighttime from a distance of 100 feet both to the front and rear. When a vehicle is equipped with a stop lamp or other signal lamps, such lamp or lamps shall at all times be maintained in good working condition. No stop lamp or signal lamp shall project a glaring or dazzling light.

(3) All mechanical signal devices shall be self-illuminated when in use at the time mentioned in subsection (a) of Section 32-5-240.

(c) Additional lighting equipment.

(1) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two side cowl or fender lamps which shall emit an amber or white light without glare.

(2) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than one running-board courtesy lamp on each side thereof which shall emit a white or amber light without glare.

(3) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two back-up lamps either separately or in combination with other lamps, but any such back-up lamp shall not be lighted when the motor vehicle is in forward motion.

(d) Special restriction on lamps.

(1) Any lighted lamp or illuminated device upon a motor vehicle other than head lamps, spot lamps, auxiliary lamps, or flashing front direction signals which projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than 300 candlepower shall be so directed that no part of the beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than 75 feet from the vehicle.

(2) No person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device thereon displaying a red light visible from directly in front of the center thereof. This section shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles.

(3) Any vehicle may be equipped with flashing lamps which may be used for the purpose of warning the operators of other vehicles of the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring the exercise of unusual care in approaching, overtaking, or passing, and when so equipped may display such warning in addition to any other warning signals required by this section. The lamps used to display such warning to the front shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and shall display simultaneously flashing white or amber lights, or any shade of color between white and amber.

The lamps used to display such warning to the rear shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and shall show simultaneously flashing amber or red lights, or any shade of color between amber and red. These warning lights shall be visible from a distance of not less than 1,500 feet under normal atmospheric conditions at night.

(4) Flashing lights may be used on motor vehicles as a means of indicating a right or left turn; a stop lamp may pulsate with different intensities provided that it meets at all intensities the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section; and the warning lights on emergency vehicles may flash.
Ala. Code § 32-10-3 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-3
Section 32-10-3 Duty Upon Striking Unattended Vehicle
Status: in_force

The driver of any motor vehicle which collides with any motor vehicle or other vehicle which is unattended shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of such vehicle of the name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle striking the unattended vehicle or shall leave in a conspicuous place in or on the vehicle struck a written notice giving the name and address of the driver and/or the owner of the vehicle doing the striking and a statement of the circumstances thereof.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-5
Section 32-5A-5 Persons Riding Animals or Driving Animal-Drawn Vehicles
Status: in_force

Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle 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 those provisions of this chapter, which by their very nature can have no application.
Ala. Code § 32-20-48 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 32-20-48
Section 32-20-48 Filing of Notice; Maintenance of Records
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall file each notice of security interest received by the department with the required fee and maintain a record of all notices of security interests filed by the department as follows:

(1) Alphabetically, under the name of the owner.

(2) Under the manufactured home identification number.

(3) Under the certificate of title number.

(4) In the discretion of the department, by any other method it determines.

(b) The department, before issuing or reissuing a certificate of title, shall check the name of the owner and the certificate of title number of the manufactured home against the record provided for in subsection (a).
Ala. Code § 32-6-44 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-44
Section 32-6-44 Consideration of Opinions, Recommendations, Etc., by Director; Driver Considered Unqualified If Refused Examination or Information
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall give fair consideration to any opinion, reports, records, or recommendations of the board or of private physicians licensed to practice in this state and submitting same pursuant to this division; however, all such opinions and reports shall be solely advisory and not binding on the director.

(b) Any person under review who refuses to admit to an examination or consent to provide information, or both, shall as a matter of law be considered unqualified to operate a motor vehicle until such time as the individual complies with the board’s requests and the board can make its findings and recommendations to the director.
Ala. Code § 32-5C-7 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5C / Section 32-5C-7
Section 32-5C-7 Penalties
Status: in_force

A person who violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and for a first conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment for not more than 10 days, or by both fine and imprisonment; for a second conviction for an offense committed within one year after the date of the first offense, the person shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200), or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or by both fine and imprisonment; and for a third conviction for a third or subsequent offense committed within one year after the date of the first offense, the person shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
Ala. Code § 32-7-11 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-11
Section 32-7-11 Custody, Disposition and Return of Security
Status: in_force

Security deposited in compliance with the requirements of this chapter shall be placed by the director in the custody of the State Treasurer and shall be applicable only to the payment of a judgment or judgments rendered against the person or persons on whose behalf the deposit was made, for damages arising out of the accident in question in an action at law, begun not later than the period of time provided in Section 6-2-38(l), with regard to actions for injury to the person or rights of another not arising from contract, or any successor statute of limitations, for general negligence, following the date of such accident or within the period of time following the date of deposit of any security under subdivision (3) of Section 32-7-8, or to the payment in settlement agreed to by the depositor of a claim or claims arising out of such accident. Such deposit or any balance thereof shall be returned to the depositor or his or her personal representative when evidence satisfactory to the director has been filed with him or her that there has been a release from liability, or a final adjudication of nonliability, or a duly acknowledged agreement, in accordance with subdivision (4) of Section 32-7-7, or whenever, after the expiration of the period of time following the date of the accident or from the date of any security under subdivision (3) of Section 32-7-8, the director shall be given reasonable evidence that there is no such action pending and no judgment rendered in such action left unpaid.
Ala. Code § 32-9-27 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 32-9-27
Section 32-9-27 Exemptions - Two to Eight Wheel, One to Four-Axle Trailer - Size and Equipment of Such Trailers
Status: in_force

All such trailers as described in Section 32-9-26 shall be equipped with red reflectors to adequately illuminate the rear of such trailer by placing at least two on the rear and one at each side. No such trailer shall be in excess of 10 feet in width, except that such trailer shall not exceed 102 inches in width when operated or moved on the Interstate Highway System, and no such trailer, drawbar, or other connection, including the vehicle towing such trailer, shall be in excess of overall length of 76 feet. Overhang of round bales of hay on such trailer shall not exceed one foot per side except that the width of the trailer including overhang shall not exceed 102 inches when operated or moved on the Interstate Highway System. At no time shall there be more than one loaded trailer towed by any vehicle; provided, that two empty farm wagons or trailers with two or more wheels may be towed in tandem when the overall length of the towing vehicle and its tow does not exceed 76 feet altogether.
Ala. Code § 32-6-13 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-13
Section 32-6-13 Promulgation of Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The Director of Public Safety, with the approval of the Governor, shall establish and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations not in conflict with the laws of this state concerning operation of motor vehicles and concerning the enforcement of the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-12 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-12
Section 32-5A-12 Chapter Not Retroactive
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not have a retroactive effect and shall not apply to any traffic accident, to any cause of action arising out of a traffic accident or judgment arising therefrom, or to any violation of the motor vehicle laws of this state, occurring prior to August 17, 1980.
Ala. Code § 32-3-6 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 32-3-6
Section 32-3-6 Allocation of Funds - Highway and Traffic Safety Programs
Status: in_force

The State Safety Coordinating Committee is hereby authorized to allocate any funds appropriated to it to the office of the coordinator of highway and traffic safety for expense of highway and traffic safety programs and for participation to secure benefits available under the National Highway Safety Act of 1966, and all subsequent amendments thereto, and similar federal programs of highway and traffic safety.
Ala. Code § 32-8-31 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-31
Section 32-8-31 Exemptions
Status: in_force

No certificate of title shall be issued under this chapter for any of the following:

(1) A vehicle owned by the United States or any agency thereof.

(2) A vehicle owned by a manufacturer or dealer and held for sale, even though incidentally moved on the highway or used for purposes of testing or demonstration, or a vehicle used by a manufacturer solely for testing.

(3) A vehicle owned by a nonresident of this state and not required by law to be registered in this state.

(4) A vehicle for which the Alabama license plate issuing official has verified that both the current owner and operator is recorded as the owner and operator on a currently effective certificate of title issued by another state and the certificate of title is being held by a recorded lienholder.

(5) A vehicle moved solely by animal power.

(6) An implement of husbandry.

(7) Special mobile equipment.

(8) A pole trailer.

(9) A trailer, semitrailer, travel trailer, or moving collapsible and folding camper more than 20 model years old. This exemption is applicable on January 1 of each year and applies to a trailer, semitrailer, travel trailer, or moving collapsible folding camper with a model year, as designated by the manufacturer, more than 20 years from the current calendar year.

(10) A manufactured home as defined in Section 32-20-2.

(11) Utility trailers other than moving collapsible and folding campers.

(12) A low speed vehicle, including neighborhood electric vehicles, defined as a four-wheeled motor vehicle with a top speed of not greater than 25 miles per hour, a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds, and complying with the safety standards provided in 49 C.F.R. § 571.500.

(13) Any other motor vehicle more than 35 model years old. This exemption is applicable on January 1 of each year and applies to all motor vehicles with a model year, as designated by the manufacturer, more than 35 years from the current calendar year.

(14) A mini-truck as defined in Section 40-12-240.

(15) A motor-driven cycle as defined in Section 32-1-1.1.

(16) An off-road vehicle more than 10 model years old.

(17) Any other vehicles as prescribed by the department.
Ala. Code § 32-5-152 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-152
Section 32-5-152 Parking in Violation of Municipal Ordinances; Presumption as to Person Committing Violation
Status: in_force

No person shall park, cause to be parked, or knowingly permit an automobile or other motor vehicle which he or she owns to be parked, on any street in any municipality in this state in violation of an ordinance of such municipality. The presence of an unattended automobile or other motor vehicle parked on the streets of any municipality in violation of an ordinance of such municipality shall raise a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of the automobile or other motor vehicle committed or authorized the parking violation, and the burden of proof shall be upon the registered owner to show otherwise.
Ala. Code § 32-8-43 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-43
Section 32-8-43 Certificates Lost, Stolen, Mutilated, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) If a certificate of title 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) The department shall not issue a new certificate of title to a transferee upon application made on a replacement certificate until 15 calendar days after the issuance date of the surrendered replacement title or unless the title information can be verified electronically through the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System.

(c) 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 § 32-5A-130 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-130
Section 32-5A-130 Required Position and Method of Turning at Intersections
Status: in_force

The driver of a vehicle intending to turn shall do so as follows:

(1) RIGHT TURNS. Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.

(2) LEFT TURNS. The driver of a vehicle intending to turn left shall approach the turn in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of such vehicle. Whenever practicable the turn shall be made to the left of the center of the intersection and so as to leave the intersection or other location in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the same direction as such vehicle on the roadway being entered.

(3) The Department of Transportation and local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may cause official traffic-control devices to be placed and thereby require and direct that a different course from that specified in this section be traveled by turning vehicles and when such devices are so placed no driver shall turn a vehicle other than as directed and required by such devices.
Ala. Code § 32-7C-1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7C / Section 32-7C-1
Section 32-7C-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) DIGITAL NETWORK. Any online-enabled application, software, website, or system offered or utilized by a TNC that enables the prearrangement of a ride with a TNC driver.

(2) PERSONAL VEHICLE. A vehicle that meets both of the following criteria:

a. Is used by a TNC driver to provide a prearranged ride.

b. Is owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by a TNC driver.

(3) PREARRANGED RIDE. The provision of transportation by a TNC driver to a TNC rider, beginning when a TNC driver accepts a ride requested by a TNC rider through a digital network controlled by a TNC, continuing while the TNC driver transports the requesting TNC rider, and ending when the last requesting TNC rider departs from the personal vehicle of the TNC driver. A prearranged ride does not include transportation provided by any of the following pursuant to the Alabama Motor Carrier Act, Chapter 3 of Title 37:

a. A shared expense carpool or vanpool arrangement.

b. A regional transportation company or licensed motor carrier.

(4) TNC. A transportation network company that is a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity licensed and operating in this state that uses a digital network to connect a TNC rider to a TNC driver who provides a prearranged ride. A TNC may not control, direct, or manage the personal vehicle or the TNC driver who connects to its digital network, except where agreed to by written contract.

(5) TNC DRIVER. An individual who meets both of the following criteria:

a. Receives connections to potential riders and related services from a TNC in exchange for payment of a fee to the TNC.

b. Uses a personal vehicle to offer or provide a prearranged ride to a TNC rider upon connection through a digital network controlled by a TNC and in exchange for compensation or payment of a fee.

(6) TNC RIDER. An individual who uses the digital network of a TNC to connect with a TNC driver who provides a prearranged ride to the TNC rider in the personal vehicle of the TNC driver between points chosen by the TNC rider.
Ala. Code § 32-5-190 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-190
Section 32-5-190 Short Title
Status: in_force

This division may be cited as the Alabama Chemical Test for Intoxication Act.
Ala. Code § 32-13-9 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 13 / Section 32-13-9
Section 32-13-9 Administration of Chapter; Assistance of Law Enforcement Agencies and Officers
Status: in_force

The department shall administer this chapter and may call upon any law enforcement agency and officer of this state for assistance as it may deem necessary in order to ensure enforcement. Law enforcement agencies and officers shall render assistance to the department as requested.
Ala. Code § 32-6-552 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-552
Section 32-6-552 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 § 32-5C-5 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5C / Section 32-5C-5
Section 32-5C-5 Approval of Materials Used for Window Tinting; Provision of Labels, Etc
Status: in_force

Each manufacturer of material designed to be affixed or applied to the windows or windshields of a motor vehicle for the purpose of window tinting shall apply to the director for approval and registration of the material and the label for identification and certification of compliance before shipping the material into the state. No material shall be approved by the director unless the manufacturer demonstrates that the material, when applied or affixed to a window, does not reduce light transmission or increase light reflectance in violation of Section 32-5C-2. The manufacturer of any material shipped into this state shall provide labels of a size and type approved by the director, written instructions for the placement of the labels, and a notice that the improper installation of material to a window or windshield or the failure to display a label as provided in this section is a violation of state law. It is unlawful for any person to alter or reproduce any label approved by the director or to knowingly use any approved label except as authorized by this section.
Ala. Code § 32-15A-12 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 15A / Section 32-15A-12
Section 32-15A-12
Status: in_force

(a) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall have sole responsibility for any equipment, including a Global Positioning System or other special equipment, that is placed in or on the shared vehicle to monitor or facilitate the car sharing transaction.

(b) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall indemnify and hold harmless the shared vehicle owner for any damage to or theft of such equipment during the car sharing period not caused by the shared vehicle owner.

(c) A peer-to-peer car sharing program may seek indemnity from the shared vehicle driver for any loss or damage to such equipment that occurs during the car sharing period.
Ala. Code § 32-6-410 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-410
Section 32-6-410 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 fifty dollars ($50), owners of motor vehicles who are residents of Alabama shall be issued distinctive “Alabama Forests” license tags and plates. These tags or plates shall be valid for five years, and shall then 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 “Alabama Forests” license tags or plates shall be produced and designed by the Alabama Department of Revenue with the advice and consent of the Alabama Forestry Commission. 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 § 32-5C-2 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5C / Section 32-5C-2
Section 32-5C-2 Prohibitions Against Operation of Motor Vehicle Under Conditions Which Reduce Light Transmission; Exceptions
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in this chapter, a person shall not operate a motor vehicle registered in this state under either of the following conditions:

(1) With material or glazing applied or affixed to the front windshield which reduces light transmission through the front windshield.

(2) With material or glazing applied or affixed to the rear windshield or the side or door windows which reduce light transmission through the rear windshield or side windows to less than 32 percent or increase light reflectance to more than 20 percent, with a measurement tolerance of at least 3 percent. The light transmission shall be measured with a device or instrument capable of measuring light transmission before a person may be charged with a violation of this section, and the officer shall be equipped with such a meter before stopping the driver.

(b) This section does not apply to any personal use vehicles belonging to, and occupied by, any active or retired state, local, or federal law enforcement officer.

(c) All active or retired state, local, or federal law enforcement officers shall carry law enforcement identification while driving their personal use vehicles referenced in subsection (b).
Ala. Code § 32-6-331 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-331
Section 32-6-331 Disbursement of Proceeds
Status: in_force

The net proceeds of the additional revenues generated by the $5 fee for the “Square and Round Dance” tags or plates, shall be disbursed according to Sections 40-12-269 and 40-12-270.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-89 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-89
Section 32-5A-89 Following Too Closely
Status: in_force

(a) The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicles and the traffic upon and the condition of the highway. Except when overtaking and passing another vehicle, the driver of a vehicle shall leave a distance of at least 20 feet for each 10 miles per hour of speed between the vehicle that he or she is driving and the vehicle that he or she is following.

(b) The driver of any truck or motor vehicle drawing another vehicle of 25 or more feet in length when traveling upon a roadway outside of a business or residence district and which is following another truck or motor vehicle drawing another vehicle of 25 or more feet in length shall, whenever conditions permit, leave sufficient space, at least 300 feet, so that an overtaking vehicle may enter and occupy such space without danger, except that this shall not prevent a truck or motor vehicle drawing another vehicle of 25 or more feet in length from overtaking and passing any vehicle or combination of vehicles.

(c) Motor vehicles being driven upon any roadway whether a business or residence district in a caravan or motorcade whether or not towing other vehicles shall be so operated as to allow sufficient space between each such vehicle or combination of vehicles so as to enable any other vehicle to enter and occupy such space without danger. This provision shall not apply to funeral processions or to any parade or procession authorized by official permit of the governing body of the city or county having jurisdiction over the highway.

(d)(1) The trailing trucks in a truck platoon are exempt from this section if the truck platoon is engaged in electronic brake coordination and any other requirement imposed by the Department of Transportation by rule.

(2) The intent of this subsection is to allow both commercial platooning deployment and activities to provide research for truck platooning technology and to exempt the trailing trucks from receiving a citation for following too closely as defined in this section.

(e) The Department of Transportation may adopt rules to implement and administer this section.
Ala. Code § 32-9B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9B / Section 32-9B-1
Section 32-9B-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE. A commercial motor vehicle equipped with an automated driving system.

(2) AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM. The hardware and software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether it is limited to a specific operational design domain.

(3) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE. A commercial motor vehicle as defined in Section 32-9A-1.

(4) CONVENTIONAL DRIVER. A driver who manually exercises in-vehicle braking, accelerating, steering, and transmission gear selection input devices in order to operate a vehicle.

(5) DYNAMIC DRIVING TASK. All of the real-time operational and tactical functions required to operate a vehicle in on-road traffic excluding strategic functions such as trip scheduling and selection of destinations and waypoints.

(6) MINIMAL RISK CONDITION. A condition to which a user or an automated driving system may bring a vehicle in order to reduce the risk of a crash upon experiencing a failure of the vehicle’s automated driving system that renders the vehicle unable to perform the entire dynamic driving task.

(7) OPERATIONAL DESIGN DOMAIN. A description of the specific operating domain in which an automated commercial motor vehicle is designed to properly operate, including, but not limited to, roadway types, speed, environmental conditions, and other domain constraints.

(8) REMOTE DRIVER. A natural person who is not seated in a commercial motor vehicle, but is able to perform the entire dynamic driving task.

(9) TELEOPERATION SYSTEM. Hardware and software installed on a commercial motor vehicle that allow a remote driver to operate the motor vehicle.
Ala. Code § 32-6-430 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-430
Section 32-6-430 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 fee of fifty dollars ($50), owners of motor vehicles who are residents of Alabama shall be issued either of the following distinctive tags or plates: “Cahawba-First Capitol”; “National Voting Rights Museum and Institute”; or “21st Century Youth Leadership Project” as the case may be. These tags or plates shall be valid for five years and may then be replaced with either conventional, personalized, or new “Cahawba-First Capitol”; “National Voting Rights Museum and Institute”; or “21st Century Youth Leadership Project” 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 “Cahawba-First Capitol”; “National Voting Rights Museum and Institute”; or “21st Century Youth Leadership Project” license tags or plates shall be designed by the Department of Revenue with the advice of the Cahawba Advisory Committee, the Board of Directors of the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute or the 21st Century Youth Leadership Project, respectively. 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 § 32-5-243 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-243
Section 32-5-243 Lighting Equipment and Warning Devices for Vehicles Engaged in Mail Service
Status: in_force

Any vehicle in active service transporting United States mail may display two simultaneously flashing lights to be used for the purpose of warning other vehicle operators of its presence and to exercise caution in approaching, overtaking, or in passing. Such lights may be flashed continuously or actuated by application of the service brake (foot) while the vehicle is either in motion or parked. Such lamps shall have the following specifications and shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Lamps shall be not less than four inches in diameter and shall be powered by a bulb of not less than 21 candlepower with a reflectorization sufficient to assure visibility for at least 500 feet in front and to the rear of the vehicle under normal atmospheric conditions.

(2) Lamps shall be of double face or two way type.

(3) Lamps shall have amber lens to the front and red lens to the rear.

(4) Lamps shall be mounted on the highest part of the top of the vehicle in such a position that illumination from the lights is visible both to the front and rear for the required distance. Lamps shall be spaced laterally as far apart as body construction will permit but not closer than 30 inches. Between the lamps there shall be mounted a 22-inch by seven-inch sign with the wording “U.S. MAIL” in minimum of four-inch letters and of not less than three quarters of an inch in width of strobe, in black on a white background.

(5) This sign and lamps shall be so installed that the sign can be easily lowered and the lamps turned off when the vehicle is not actually engaged in the United States mail service.

(6) Any vehicle in active service transporting United States mail may, as an option to the foregoing, display a flashing red light not less than four inches in diameter with the letters “STOP” printed thereon and a uniform sign not less than 14 inches in diameter approved by the Department of Public Safety with the words printed thereon “U.S. MAIL, WATCH FOR STOPS,” which sign and light is to be attached to the rear of such vehicle.

(7) In addition to the above lighting equipment the Department of Public Safety is hereby granted the authority to prescribe rules and regulations for the use of amber colored strobe lights or any other lighting device on mail delivery vehicles. In prescribing the rules and regulations the Department of Public Safety shall seek the advice of the U.S. Postal Service.
Ala. Code § 32-20-5 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 32-20-5
Section 32-20-5 Commission Fee; Collection of Commissions
Status: in_force

(a) The judge of probate or other county official who is authorized and required by law to process applications for certificates of title by this chapter may collect and retain a one dollar and fifty cent ($1.50) commission fee for each application processed in addition to the one dollar and fifty cent ($1.50) designated agent commission fee to further defray the cost of processing and mailing of title application and supporting documents.

(b) When an application is not processed through a designated agent, the department may collect and retain a commission for each application processed by the department to defray the cost associated with processing and supporting electronic title applications and payments. The commission amount shall be the same as the commissions provided for designated agents and, in addition to all other appropriations, shall be continuously appropriated to the department.
Ala. Code § 32-7C-33 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7C / Section 32-7C-33
Section 32-7C-33 Recordkeeping; Inspection; Audit Analysis; Disclosure of Information
Status: in_force

(a) A TNC shall maintain the following records:

(1) Individual trip records for at least two years from the date each trip was provided.

(2) Individual records of TNC drivers at least two years from the date on which a TNC driver’s relationship with the TNC ended.

(b) For the sole purpose of verifying that a TNC is in compliance with subsection (a) and Section 32-7C-29 and no more than annually, the commission may visually inspect a random sample of the records that the TNC is required to maintain pursuant to subsection (a). All samples shall include records sufficient to verify the TNC’s compliance with the background check requirements and standards set forth in Section 32-7C-29. The audit shall take place at a mutually agreed upon location in Montgomery, Alabama, or through a mutually agreed upon secure electronic process. Any record furnished to the commission may exclude information that would identify specific TNC drivers or riders, unless the commission demonstrates that there is good cause to inspect the identifying information.

(c) The governing body of a municipality that enacted a TNC ordinance prior to January 1, 2018, and permitted at least one TNC to operate prior to January 1, 2018, pursuant to the TNC ordinance, may request from the commission an analysis regarding a TNC’s compliance with Section 32-7C-29 as it applies to that municipality based on the audit performed by the commission pursuant to subsection (b). If the requested analysis reveals a TNC is not in compliance with Section 32-7C-29, the commission shall include that information in the analysis provided to the municipality and work in coordination with the governing body to bring the TNC into compliance. If no such audit analysis is available for a TNC from the prior one-year period at the time of the governing body’s request, the governing body that enacted a TNC ordinance prior to January 1, 2018, and permitted at least one TNC to operate prior to January 1, 2018, may request that the commission initiate an audit pursuant to subsection (b).

(d) In response to a specific complaint against a TNC driver or a TNC, the commission may inspect records held by the TNC pursuant to subsection (a) that are necessary to investigate and resolve the complaint. The inspection shall take place at a mutually agreed upon location in Montgomery, Alabama, or through a mutually agreed upon secure electronic process. Any record furnished to the commission may exclude information that would identify specific TNC drivers or riders, unless the identity of a driver or rider is relevant to the complaint.

(e) Any records, including any information contained therein that would identify specific TNC drivers or riders inspected by the commission under this section, are not public records and are not subject to disclosure to a third party by the commission without prior written consent of the TNC, and are exempt from disclosure under Section 36-12-40. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the applicability of any other exemptions under Section 36-12-40, or the validity of any court order.

(f) No political subdivision of the state, including the commission, may disclose any records, data, or information provided by a TNC pursuant to this article to a third party absent a court order or subpoena. In the event that records, data, or information provided pursuant to this article is sought through a court order or subpoena, the commission or other political subdivision shall promptly notify the TNC to afford the TNC the opportunity to take actions to prevent disclosure.
Ala. Code § 32-14-2 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 32-14-2
Section 32-14-2 Definitions
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 32-6-41 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-41
Section 32-6-41 Board Created; Membership, Appointment, Expenses, Meetings, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created within the state Department of Public Safety a Driver License Medical Advisory Board for the purposes of advising the director concerning the medical aspects of driver licensure.

(b) The board shall consist of a minimum of 18 physicians appointed by the director, from a slate of nominees submitted by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama and one licensed optometrist appointed by the director from a slate of nominees submitted by the Alabama Optometric Association. Each member of the board shall be licensed to practice in this state.

(c) The board shall be appointed initially as follows: Six members to serve two-year terms, six members to serve three-year terms, and six members to serve four-year terms; thereafter appointments shall be for four-year terms, and vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. The director may increase or decrease the number of members on the board if, in the opinion of the director, additional members are needed to fulfill the responsibilities of the Department of Public Safety, as long as there is a minimum of 18 members on the board.

(d) Board members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary travel expenses incurred in performing their duties as is provided state employees traveling in the service of the state. The payments shall be made from funds appropriated to the department.

(e) The board shall meet as the director deems necessary. Six members shall constitute a quorum for the purposes of conducting business.
Ala. Code § 32-6-20 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-20
Section 32-6-20 Standards and Requirements for Equipment, Etc.; Contracts for Lease or Purchase of Equipment
Status: in_force

After making such studies and examinations as may be necessary, the Director of the Department of Public Safety shall prescribe in writing the standards and requirements for the equipment and processes to be used to implement this article, and shall cause the State Purchasing Agent to solicit public bids based upon those standards and requirements, in conformity with the competitive bid law of the State of Alabama; except, that such contracts may be awarded for a period of a total of five years, instead of one year, and the Director of the Department of Public Safety shall, on behalf of the State of Alabama, enter into contracts with the lowest responsible bidders for such services and/or for the lease or purchase of such equipment as might be required for the efficient and economical operation of the system theretofore developed. In addition thereto, the Director of the Department of Public Safety shall require of the successful bidder a sufficient performance bond or written warranty to guarantee performance of the contract awarded, and sufficient to protect the interests of the State of Alabama and the licensees. All procurements and subsequent contracts for data processing equipment shall be coordinated with, and approved by, the data systems management division of the Alabama Department of Finance.
Ala. Code § 32-6-17.4 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-17.4
Section 32-6-17.4 Cancellation, Suspension, or Revocation -- Relation to Chapters 7 and 7A
Status: in_force

Nothing in Sections 32-6-17.1, 32-6-17.2, or 32-6-17.3 shall alter or limit any provision of the Motor Vehicle Responsibility Act, Chapter 7 of Title 32, or of the Mandatory Liability Insurance Act, Chapter 7A of Title 32, including a court’s authority to order and enforce restitution by an individual found to have violated either act.
Ala. Code § 32-11-2 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11 / Section 32-11-2
Section 32-11-2 Exemption from License and Registration Fees and Ad Valorem Taxes
Status: in_force

Motor vehicles and utility trailers, as defined in Section 40-12-240, owned by volunteer rescue squads incorporated under the laws of Alabama and used exclusively as life saving, rescue, or first aid vehicles without profit, and which are not rented, leased, or loaned to any private individual, firm, or corporation shall be exempt from payment of license and registration fees and all ad valorem taxes otherwise prescribed by law. Provided however, any such vehicle or trailer may be issued a permanent license plate as provided for in Section 40-12-250 and upon the payment of the fees provided by that section.
Ala. Code § 32-8-32 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-32
Section 32-8-32 Prerequisite to Issuance of License Plates
Status: in_force

(a) No motor vehicle license (or license plate) shall be issued and no motor vehicle license (or license plate) shall be transferred for use on a motor vehicle required to be titled under this chapter except on presentation by the owner to the license plate issuing official, the copy of an application for a certificate of title to such vehicle, or a certificate of title to such vehicle; provided however, this section shall not apply thereafter to the renewal of such license by such owner of such motor vehicle.

(b) No motor vehicle license or license plate shall be issued and no motor vehicle license or license plate shall be transferred for use on a motor vehicle not required to be titled under this chapter, other than a vehicle subject to registration pursuant to Section 32-6-56 or a vehicle that has been registered in this state during the current year or previous two calendar years until the license plate issuing official has physically inspected the vehicle and verified that the vehicle identification number on the vehicle is the same as the vehicle identification number on the documents required to register the vehicle; provided, however, this section shall not apply thereafter to the renewal of such license by such owner of such motor vehicle.

(c) The provisions of subsection (b) shall not apply to any utility trailer or to 1975 and subsequent year motor vehicles owned by a manufacturer or dealer and held for sale or vehicles registered under the provisions of Section 40-12-264(b) or Section 40-12-264(g).
Ala. Code § 32-11-3 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11 / Section 32-11-3
Section 32-11-3 Color and Lettering of Vehicles
Status: in_force

Any vehicle, to come under the provisions of this chapter, shall be painted a distinguishing color and shall display conspicuous letters and figures not less than three inches in height showing the identity of the volunteer rescue squad that owns the vehicle.
Ala. Code § 32-6-54 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-54
Section 32-6-54 Tag to Show Heart and Words “Heart of Dixie.”
Status: in_force

Every license tag or license plate issued by the State of Alabama for use on motor vehicles, in addition to any letters and figures prescribed by the Commissioner of Revenue, shall also have imprinted thereon a conventionalized representation of a heart and the words “Heart of Dixie.” The design of license tags or license plates shall be approved by the Commissioner of Revenue.
Ala. Code § 32-9-28 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 32-9-28
Section 32-9-28 Exemptions - Two to Eight Wheel, One to Four-Axle Trailer - Violations
Status: in_force

Any person violating the provisions of Sections 32-9-26 and 32-9-27 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law.
Ala. Code § 32-20-9 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 32-20-9
Section 32-20-9 Violations - Aiding, Abetting, Etc
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 § 32-7B-3 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7B / Section 32-7B-3
Section 32-7B-3 Establishment of the Online Insurance Verification System
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall convene an advisory council for the purpose of the following:

(1) Facilitating the implementation of the online insurance verification system.

(2) Assisting in the development of a detailed guide for insurers providing for the data fields and other information necessary for compliance along with other necessary regulations.

(3) Coordinating and conducting a testing phase as prescribed by the advisory council.

(4) Identifying necessary changes during the testing phase, as prescribed by the advisory council.

(5) Issuing recommendations based on periodic reviews of the online insurance verification system by the advisory council. The advisory council shall issue a report to the Departments of Revenue, Public Safety, and Insurance 12 months after the online insurance verification system is implemented to evaluate the system’s effectiveness in identifying uninsured motorists, and annually thereafter on or before January 1 of each year. The advisory council may also issue recommendations for system enhancements in such report.

(b) The department shall:

(1) Cooperate with insurers in implementing the online insurance verification system.

(2) Conduct a pilot project to test the online insurance verification system prior to statewide use.

(3) Establish the online insurance verification system framework necessary to inquire of insurers by using multiple keys for greater matching accuracy, including, but not limited to: Insurer NAIC number, vehicle identification numbers, policy number and other key or keys specified by the advisory council.

(4) Be responsible for keeping the advisory council informed on implementation status.

(c) Each insurer shall cooperate with the department in establishing the online insurance verification system.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-185 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-185
Section 32-5A-185 Violations
Status: in_force

Upon conviction of a school zone speed violation, the operator of the motor vehicle shall be assessed a fine of double the amount prescribed by law outside a school zone. The signs, placed at the entrance of the school zone, shall warn of the doubled fines for speeding within a school zone. The signs shall also state that the doubled fines are applicable only during the times posted on the signs.
Ala. Code § 32-7-4 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-4
Section 32-7-4 Director to Furnish Operating Record
Status: in_force

The director shall upon request furnish any person an abstract of the operating record of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter, which abstract shall also fully designate the motor vehicle, if any, registered in the name of such person, and, if there shall be no record of any convictions of such person of violating any law relating to the operation of a motor vehicle or any injury or damage caused by such person, the director shall so certify. The director shall collect for such abstract the sum of $5.75.
Ala. Code § 32-5-222 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-222
Section 32-5-222 Requirements for Child Passenger Restraints
Status: in_force

(a) Every person transporting a child in a motor vehicle operated on the roadways, streets, or highways of this state, shall provide for the protection of the child by properly using an aftermarket or integrated child passenger restraint system meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards and the requirements of subsection (b). This section shall not be interpreted to release in part or in whole the responsibility of an automobile manufacturer to insure the safety of children to a level at least equivalent to existing federal safety standards for adults. In no event shall failure to wear a child passenger restraint system be considered as contributory negligence. The term “motor vehicle” as used in this section shall include a passenger car, pickup truck, van (seating capacity of 10 or less), minivan, or sports utility vehicle.

(b) The size appropriate restraint system required for a child in subsection (a) must meet the requirements of Section 32-5B-4 and shall include all of the following:

(1) Infant only seats and convertible seats used in the rear facing position for infants until at least one year of age or 20 pounds.

(2) Convertible seats in the forward position or forward facing seats until the child is at least five years of age or 40 pounds.

(3) Booster seats until the child is six years of age.

(4) Seat belts until 15 years of age.

(c) No provision of this section shall be construed as creating any duty, standard of care, right, or liability between parent and child that is not recognized under the laws of the State of Alabama as they presently exist, or may, at any time in the future, be constituted by statute or decision.

(d) Any person violating the provisions of this section may be fined twenty-five dollars ($25) for each offense. The charges may be dismissed by the trial judge hearing the case and no court costs shall be assessed upon proof of acquisition of an appropriate child passenger restraint.

(e) Fifteen dollars ($15) of a fine imposed under subsection (d) shall be used to distribute vouchers for size appropriate child passenger restraint systems to families of limited income in the state. The fifteen dollars ($15) shall be deposited in the State Treasury to be distributed by the state Comptroller to the Department of Public Health, which shall administer the program free of charge.

(f) The provisions of this section notwithstanding, nothing contained herein shall be deemed a violation of any law which would otherwise nullify or change in any way the provisions or coverage of any insurance contract.

(g) For the purpose of identifying habitually negligent drivers and habitual or frequent violators, the Department of Public Safety shall assess the following points:

(1) Violation of child safety restraint requirements, first offense ......................1 point.

(2) Violation of child safety restraint requirements, second or subsequent offense .............2 points.

(h) Every person transporting a child shall be responsible for assuring that each child is properly restrained pursuant to this section. The provisions shall not apply to taxis and all motor vehicles with a seating capacity of 11 or more passengers.

(i) Each state, county, and municipal police department shall maintain statistical information on traffic stops of minorities pursuant to this section, and shall report that information monthly to the Department of Public Safety and the Office of the Attorney General.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-54 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-54
Section 32-5A-54 Opening and Closing Vehicle Doors
Status: in_force

No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers.
Ala. Code § 32-16-3 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 16 / Section 32-16-3
Section 32-16-3 Right of Action Dependent Upon Compliance
Status: in_force

No action nor the right of action to recover any such secondhand or used motor vehicle, nor any part of the selling price thereof, shall be maintained in the courts of this state by any such dealer or vendor, his successors or assigns, when such vendor or dealer shall have failed to comply with the terms and provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 32-6-59 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-59
Section 32-6-59 License Taxes and Registration Fees - Mini-Trucks
Status: in_force

(a) The annual license tax and registration fee for a mini-truck, as defined in Section 40-12-240, shall be the same as a private passenger automobile, and the fees shall be distributed in the same manner as for a private passenger automobile.

(b) Mini-trucks may be operated subject to the following restrictions:

(1) Mini-trucks may not be operated on interstate highways.

(2) Mini-trucks shall be prohibited from operating on any public highway, road, or street in the state unless the proper license tag therefor has been procured and is securely attached in the same manner as a private passenger automobile. The license tag shall indicate that the mini-truck is for restricted low speed use.
Ala. Code § 32-6-53 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-53
Section 32-6-53 Power of Commissioner of Revenue to Make Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Revenue, or his successor in office, by whatsoever name called, shall have full and continuing power to promulgate, from time to time with the approval of the Governor, reasonable rules and regulations governing the number, type or kind, size and method of placement and attachment of license tags, stamps, discs, plates or other devices to be attached to motor vehicles as evidence of the licensing and registration thereof; provided, that such power or authority on the part of the Commissioner of Revenue, or his successor in office, to issue such rules and regulations shall be dependent upon a proclamation by the Governor, from time to time as the occasion may require, of an emergency making reasonably necessary the use of such substitutes for the usual tags attached to or placed upon motor vehicles; and provided further, that the power to make such rules and regulations by the commissioner shall continue until the Governor has by proclamation ended that particular emergency; it being the intent of the Legislature by this section to confer upon the Governor the authority to determine when an emergency exists and to determine by proclamation the end thereof; and, provided further, that the effective date of such emergency shall not begin until the Governor’s proclamation shall have been published for five days in five daily papers in the State of Alabama, and that such emergency shall not terminate until the Governor’s proclamation ending the same shall likewise have been published for five days in five daily newspapers of the state.

Any person who violates any rule or regulation issued or promulgated by the commissioner or his successor in office, under the authority of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as now provided by law.
Ala. Code § 32-5-1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-1
Section 32-5-1 Powers of Local Authorities
Status: in_force

(a) Except as herein otherwise provided, local authorities shall have no power to pass, enforce, or maintain any ordinance, rule, or regulation requiring from any owner or chauffeur or other authorized driver to whom this chapter is applicable, any additional license or permit for the use of the public highways, or excluding any such owner, chauffeur, or other authorized driver from the public highway, nor to pass, enforce, or maintain any ordinance, rule, or regulation regulating motor vehicles or their speed contrary to the provisions of this chapter, nor shall any such law now in force or hereafter enacted have any effect.

(b) Local authorities shall have no power or authority to charge a license or tax upon any motor carrier hauling passengers or any truck hauling freight for hire, when such motor carriers in the usual course of operations enter or pass through any county, municipality, or town of this state; provided, that this limitation shall not restrict the right of any municipality to charge a license for the privilege of maintaining or operating a terminal station, depot, or waiting room therein.

(c) Local authorities may set aside for a given time a specified public highway for speed contests or races, to be conducted under proper restrictions for the safety of the public. Local authorities may exclude motor vehicles from any cemetery or grounds used for burial of the dead.

(d) Local authorities shall have power to provide by ordinance for the regulation of traffic by means of traffic officers or semaphores or other signaling devices on any portion of the highway where traffic is heavy or continuous and may prohibit other than one-way traffic upon certain highways and may regulate the use of the highways by processions or assemblages.

(e) Local authorities may also regulate or prohibit the parking of vehicles within the limits of their respective municipalities, and may also regulate the speed of vehicles in public parks and shall erect at all entrances to such parks adequate signs giving notice of any such special speed regulations.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-285 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-285
Section 32-5A-285 Statewide Bicycle Safety Education Program; Manner Violations Handled
Status: in_force

It is the legislative intent to implement an effective statewide bicycle safety education program to reduce disability and death resulting from improper or unsafe bicycle operation. Violations of Section 32-5A-283 shall be handled in the following manner:

(1) On the first offense, the police officer shall counsel and provide written information to the child relative to bicycle helmet safety. The officer shall instruct the child to deliver the written information to the parent.

(2) On the second offense, the police officer shall counsel the child and provide written information on bicycle helmet safety. A warning citation shall be issued to the child to give to the parent. The citation shall instruct the parent or guardian to contact the police department for further information about the law and where to obtain a bicycle helmet.

(3) Beginning on July 1, 1996, upon a third offense, the police officer shall counsel the child, confiscate the bicycle, and take the child to his or her residence. The officer shall then return the bicycle and give a warning ticket to the parent or guardian. If the parent or guardian is unavailable, the ticket shall be left at the residence with instructions to the parent or guardian to pick up the bicycle at the police department.

(4) Beginning on July 1, 1996, upon a fourth offense, the police officer shall confiscate the bicycle, take the child to his or her residence, whereupon a citation for fifty dollars ($50) will be issued to the parent or guardian of the child. No court costs nor fees may be added to the fine or penalty. The fine or penalty shall be waived or suspended if the operator or passenger presents by the court date, proof of purchase or evidence of having provided a protective bicycle helmet or restraining seat and intends to use or causes to be used or intends to cause to be used the helmet as provided by law.

(5) Any fine or penalty monies shall be earmarked and used separately by the local school system for the purpose of safety education or the local municipality for the purchase of helmets for the financially disadvantaged.

(6) The Traffic Safety Center of the University of Montevallo, in conjunction with the Child Safety Institute at Children’s Hospital of Alabama, shall furnish all materials, handouts, brochures, and other information related to bicycle safety used by police departments.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-266 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-266
Section 32-5A-266 Violations of Article as Misdemeanor; Responsibility of Parent or Guardian; Applicability of Article
Status: in_force

(a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this article.

(b) The parent of any child and the guardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly permit any such child or ward to violate any of the provisions of this chapter.

(c) These regulations applicable to bicycles shall apply whenever a bicycle is operated upon any highway or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles subject to those exceptions stated herein.
Ala. Code § 32-6-49.60 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-49.60
Section 32-6-49.60
Status: in_force

This division shall be known and may be cited as the Highway Safety and Fairness Act.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-352 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-352
Section 32-5A-352 Disposition of Funds; Reporting
Status: in_force

(a) In any case brought by a law enforcement officer employed by the Department of Public Safety all fines shall be allocated to the State General Fund.

(b) Each state, county, and municipal law enforcement agency shall maintain statistical information on traffic stops made pursuant to this article on minority groups and report that information monthly to the Department of Public Safety.
Ala. Code § 32-7-17 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-17
Section 32-7-17 Installment Payment of Judgments
Status: in_force

(a) A judgment debtor, upon due notice to the judgment creditor, may apply to the court in which such judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying such judgment in installments; and the court, in its discretion and without prejudice to any other legal remedies which the judgment creditor may have, may so order and fix the amounts and times of payment of the installments.

(b) The director shall not suspend a license, registration, or a nonresident’s operating privilege and shall restore any license, registration or nonresident’s operating privilege suspended following nonpayment of a judgment when the judgment debtor gives proof of financial responsibility and obtains such an order permitting the payment of such judgment in installments and while the payment of any said installment is not in default.

(c) In the event the judgment debtor fails to pay any installment as specified by such order, then, upon notice of such default, the director shall forthwith suspend the license, registration, or nonresident’s operating privilege of the judgment debtor until such judgment is satisfied, as provided in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 32-8-14 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-14
Section 32-8-14 Penalties
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2009-281, p. 472, §3, effective July 1, 2009.
Ala. Code § 32-6-273 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-273
Section 32-6-273 Nontransferability of Plates as Between Motor Vehicle Owners; Transfer of Plates to Newly Acquired Vehicle
Status: in_force

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

Provided further, that any person acquiring by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise any vehicle formerly bearing such distinctive plates shall be authorized, upon certification of such fact to the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county and the payment of the fee now required by law, to purchase standard replacement plates for such vehicle which shall authorize the operation of such vehicle by the new owner for the remainder of the license period.
Ala. Code § 32-8-83 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-83
Section 32-8-83 Unauthorized Damaging or Tampering with Vehicles
Status: in_force

(a) A person who, willfully and without right to do so, damages a vehicle or damages or removes any of its parts or components is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) A person who, without right to do so and with intent to commit a crime, tampers with a vehicle, or goes in or on it, or works or attempts to work any of its parts or components, or sets or attempts to set it in motion is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 32-5-13 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-13
Section 32-5-13 Distress Flag for Handicapped or Paraplegic Drivers - Fee; Card Authorizing Use; Replacement Flags
Status: in_force

The Director of Public Safety may, upon application and payment of a fee of $1.00, issue to any handicapped person a distress flag as described in Section 32-5-12, and a card which shall be applicant’s authority to use such flag. This card shall set forth applicant’s name, address, date of birth, physical apparatus, if any, needed to operate a motor vehicle, and other pertinent facts which the director deems desirable. The card and flag issued to an applicant shall bear corresponding numbers. In the event of loss or destruction of such flag a replacement may be issued upon the payment of the sum of $1.00 by the applicant. The Director of Public Safety shall maintain a list of those persons to whom distress flags and cards have been issued.
Ala. Code § 32-6-560 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-560
Section 32-6-560 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 fifty dollars ($50) for a prenumbered license plate or upon payment of an annual fee of sixty dollars ($60) for a personalized license plate, owners of motor vehicles who are residents of Alabama shall be issued distinctive Alabama Wildlife Federation license plates.

(b) These plates shall be valid for five years, and may then be replaced with plates of the same type or other valid 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 Wildlife Federation 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 § 32-10-11 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 32-10-11
Section 32-10-11 Accident Reports Confidential
Status: in_force

All accident reports made by persons involved in accidents or by garages shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the director or of other state agencies having use for the records for accident prevention purposes; except, that the director may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when such identity is not otherwise known or when such person denies his or her presence at such accident. No such report shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident; except, that the department shall furnish upon demand of any person who has, or claims to have made such a report, or, upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the director solely to prove a compliance or a failure to comply with the requirement that such a report be made to the director.
Ala. Code § 32-6-4.1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-4.1
Section 32-6-4.1 Special Nondriver Identification Cards - Issuance; Fees; Expiration
Status: in_force

In addition to the drivers’ licenses and nondriver identification cards provided for in Section 32-6-4, the Director of the state Department of Public Safety shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the issuance of special nondriver identification cards. The Department of Public Safety, judge of probate, or license commissioner may charge only the cost to the Department of Public Safety and the county fee, if any, for the issuance of a nondriver identification card for any person 62 years of age or older. A mentally or physically disabled or legally blind person who is incapable of obtaining a driver’s license shall not be charged a fee, except the county fee for the issuance of a nondriver identification card nor shall the card have an expiration date, except as provided by rules and regulations of the Director of the Department of Public Safety.
Ala. Code § 32-19-1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 19 / Section 32-19-1
Section 32-19-1 Use of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device; Operation at Night; Restrictions
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing in this title or in Alabama law shall be construed to limit the operation of an electric personal assistive mobility device on public highways, sidewalks, and bike ways of this state except that a person operating an electric personal assistive mobility device shall obey all speed limits and shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and human powered devices at all times. An operator shall also give an audible signal before overtaking and passing any pedestrian.

(b) An electric personal assistive mobility device shall not require a license plate or be registered by the Department of Revenue.

(c) An electric personal assistive mobility device may be operated at night provided that the operator wears reflectors and a headlight.

(d) Municipalities may prohibit the operation of an electric personal assistive mobility device on public highways where the speed limit is greater than 25 miles per hour, but shall not otherwise restrict the operation of an electric personal assistive mobility device.
Ala. Code § 32-7-12 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-12
Section 32-7-12 Matters Not to Be Evidence in Civil Actions
Status: in_force

Neither the report required by Section 32-7-5, the action taken by the director pursuant to this chapter, the findings, if any, of the director upon which such action is based nor the security filed as provided in this chapter shall be referred to in any way, nor be any evidence of the negligence or due care of either party, at the trial of any action to recover damages.
Ala. Code § 32-9C-9 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9C / Section 32-9C-9
Section 32-9C-9 Applicability of Certain Motor Vehicle Equipment Laws or Rules
Status: in_force

(a) An ADS-equipped vehicle that is designed to be operated exclusively by an automated driving system for all trips shall not be subject to motor vehicle equipment laws or rules of this state that relate to or support motor vehicle operation by a conventional human driver but are not relevant to an automated driving system.

(b) Any ADS-equipped vehicle, or automated commercial motor vehicle as defined in Section 32-9B-1, may be equipped with ADS marker lamps in accordance with the SAE Recommended Practice and Standard guidelines, including SAE J3134. For purposes of this section, an “ADS marker lamp” means a device that emits light to indicate when an ADS is engaged in the operation of the vehicle.
Ala. Code § 32-6-630 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-630
Section 32-6-630 Issuance of Distinctive Plates; Fees; Design
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 32-6-64, 32-6-67, and 32-6-68, a distinctive license plate category shall be established entitled “Alabama Gold Star Family.” The distinctive plates shall be issued, printed, and processed in the same manner as other distinctive plates provided for in this chapter.

(b) Any member of the immediate family of a person who died while on active duty of any branch of the United States military may apply to the judge of probate or other license plate issuing official, and upon presentation of documentation pursuant to subsection (d), may receive one distinctive license plate for display on a private passenger automobile or pickup truck, and shall be exempt from the payment of the motor vehicle registration fee, ad valorem tax and any additional fees. Additional distinctive license plates may be purchased upon payment of regular required motor vehicle fees and taxes and an additional fee of three dollars ($3) for the initial issuance of the distinctive license plate.

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

(d) The following documents shall be presented to the judge of probate or other license plate issuing official to receive the “Alabama Gold Star Family” distinctive license plate:

(1) DD Form 2064 - Overseas Death Certificate or prior era Department of Defense death certificate; or

(2) DD Form 1300 - Report of Casualty.

(3) In the event that the applicant is not identified as the next of kin on one of the documents listed in subdivisions (1) and (2), the applicant must also submit a notarized affidavit obtained from the Alabama Department of Veterans’ Affairs, certifying applicant’s relationship to the deceased service member.

(e) The “Alabama Gold Star Family” distinctive license plate shall be designed by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs after consultation with the Alabama Gold Star Family Organization and approved by the Department of Revenue.

(f) As used in this section, the phrase member of the immediate family shall mean all of the following:

(1) A spouse.

(2) A parent, adoptive parent, or stepparent.

(3) A foster parent in loco parentis.

(4) A sibling, to include whole or half-blood, or by adoption.

(5) A child, including those by adoption, or a stepchild.

(6) Grandparent or other legal guardian.

(7) Any other immediate family members designated as next of kin by the Department of Defense.

(g) The Department of Revenue may promulgate any rules necessary to administer the provisions of this section.
Ala. Code § 32-5-200 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-200
Section 32-5-200 Consent to Tests; Incapacity; Refusal to Submit to Tests; Notice of Suspension, Etc., of License; Hearing; Appeal
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who operates a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state who is involved in a crash that results in death or a serious physical injury to any person shall be deemed to have given consent to a chemical test or tests of his or her blood for the purpose of determining the alcoholic content of his or her blood or the presence of any other impairing substance. The test or tests shall be administered at the direction of a law enforcement officer having reasonable grounds to believe that the person, while driving a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state, was under the influence of alcohol or any other impairing substance. The person shall be informed by the law enforcement officer who is investigating the crash that failure to submit to a test will result in the suspension of his or her privilege to operate a motor vehicle for a period of two years.

(b) For purposes of this section, the term “serious physical injury” means physical injury that creates a substantial risk of death, or which causes serious and protracted disfigurement, protracted impairment of health, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily organ.

(c) Any person who is dead, unconscious, or who is otherwise in a condition in which they are incapable of refusal, shall be deemed not to have withdrawn the consent provided by subsection (a).

(d) If a person refuses to submit to a chemical test or tests, none shall be given, unless a court order has been obtained ordering the person to submit to a chemical test or tests. If the person is found not to have been at fault in causing the crash, the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency may reduce the period of suspension.

(e) (1) Upon suspending the license or permit to drive or the privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state that is given to a nonresident or any person, or upon determining that the issuance of a license or permit shall be denied to the person, the secretary, or his or her authorized agent, shall within three days of suspension notify the person in writing. Upon a request filed by the person within five days from the date of the notice of suspension or denial, the secretary shall schedule a hearing with notice of the hearing to be provided by certified mail to the person stating the date, time, place, and scope of the hearing. The scope of the hearing shall determine all of the following:

a. Whether a law enforcement officer had reasonable grounds to believe the person had been driving a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state while under the influence of alcohol or any impairing substance.

b. Whether the person was at fault in causing the crash.

c. Whether the person refused to submit to the test upon request of a law enforcement officer.

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

(f) If the suspension or determination that there should be a denial or issuance is sustained by the secretary, or his or her authorized agent, the person whose license or permit to drive or a nonresident operating privilege has been suspended, or to whom a license or permit is denied, shall have the right to file a petition to review the final order, suspension, or denial within 30 days after the entry of the final order of suspension or denial by the secretary in the appropriate court to review the final order of suspension.

(g) Upon a determination that a nonresident’s privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been suspended, the secretary shall provide, in writing, the action taken to the motor vehicle administrator of the state of the person’s residence and to any state in which the person has a license.
Ala. Code § 32-6-49.40 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-49.40
Section 32-6-49.40 Intrastate Class a Commercial Driver License for Applicants 18 to 21 Years of Age
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds that current economic conditions are such that the number of individuals willing and qualified to operate commercial vehicles is insufficient in relation to the volume of freight available, and that it will be advantageous, consistent with Commercial Driver License safety rules, for this state to issue Class A commercial driver licenses to persons who have reached the age of 18 years and have not yet reached the age of 21 years and who otherwise meet the requirements imposed by state and federal law to obtain a commercial driver license for use only in intrastate commerce.

(b)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall issue Class A commercial driver licenses to persons who have reached their 18th birthday but have not yet reached their 21st birthday and are otherwise qualified for a commercial driver license, with such operation being restricted to intrastate commerce and the ability to obtain a Class A CDL Tank Vehicle endorsement. Such individuals are not eligible for Haz-Mat or passenger endorsements. Any person possessing a Class A commercial driver license shall comply with all state and federal laws and safety regulations.

(2) Any individual who is at least 18 years of age but has not reached 21 years of age is prohibited from operating oversize or specially configured loads that require permitting by the Alabama Department of Transportation.

(c) All applicants shall be familiar with and governed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations at 49 CFR 380, Subparts E, F, and G, and 49 CFR 382 through 397, inclusive.

(d) Nothing in this section allows the issuance of any commercial driver license in violation of federal law. This section applies only where federal law allows the states a field of operation or authorizes a variance from applicable federal standards.

(e) If federal law is amended to permit persons who have not yet reached the age of 21 years to operate a commercial vehicle in interstate commerce with a Class A commercial driver license, this state shall adopt rules, restrictions, and eligibility requirements as are necessary to permit interstate travel.
Ala. Code § 32-6-561 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-561
Section 32-6-561 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 monthly to the Alabama Wildlife Federation which shall expend the proceeds in fulfillment of its purposes and objectives with oversight by its board of directors.
Ala. Code § 32-8-13 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-13
Section 32-8-13 Offenses Constituting Misdemeanors
Status: in_force

A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor who:

(1) With fraudulent intent, permits another, not entitled thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title;

(2) Willfully fails to mail or deliver a certificate of title or application therefor to the department within 10 days after time required by this chapter;

(3) Willfully fails to deliver to his or her transferee a certificate of title within 10 days after the time required by this chapter; or

(4) Knowingly and willfully commits a fraud in any application for a title or registration; or

(5) Willfully violates any other provision of this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 32-6-40 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-40
Section 32-6-40 Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of this division these terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) DIRECTOR. The Director of Public Safety for the State of Alabama.

(2) DEPARTMENT. The state Department of Public Safety.

(3) BOARD. The Driver License Medical Advisory Board established under Section 32-6-41.
Ala. Code § 32-6-65 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-65
Section 32-6-65 [Effective until October 1, 2028] Uniform Registration Renewal Form; Centralized Registration Prohibited; Penalties
Status: reserved

(a) There shall be one uniform registration renewal form to be used statewide. The form shall be designed to provide for both the transfer of ownership and the registration of the vehicle. All receipts shall be sent to the county agencies charged with handling vehicle registration. Receipts may be provided to the registrant in a tangible format or in an electronic format, as prescribed by the department. The state and the county shall capture the color of the motor vehicle in their permanent records. This subsection shall not give the Department of Revenue authority to centralize vehicle registration. Centralized registration is specifically prohibited and it is the legislative intent that automotive vehicle registration shall remain at the county level.

(b)(1) A penalty of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be assessed by the official charged with issuing motor vehicle licenses for the late registration of a motor vehicle. “Late registration of a motor vehicle” shall include: (i) the failure to register the vehicle within 20 calendar days of the date of purchase or acquisition; (ii) the failure to renew the registration in the designated renewal month; and (iii) the failure to register the vehicle in accordance with Section 40-12-262(a).

(2) It shall be the duty of all sheriffs, police officers, state troopers, license inspectors, deputy license inspectors, field agents of the Department of Revenue, and other law enforcement officers to arrest any person operating a motor vehicle without the current license plate displaying the proper validation decal. Persons apprehended for operating a motor vehicle without the current license plate, upon conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25).

(3) Notwithstanding subdivisions (1) or (2), any person on military deployment during any part of his or her designated registration renewal month, except a person with a discharge characterization of dishonorable or other than honorable, who renews his or her motor vehicle registration within 30 calendar days from the date the deployment ends shall not be assessed a late registration penalty or associated interest charges. Evidence of military deployment shall be documented using military deployment orders, a government issued Statement of Service letter, Form DD214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, or a letter from the registrant’s unit commander certifying the date that his or her deployment ended.

(c)(1) All penalties assessed pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) and one-half of all penalties assessed pursuant to subdivision (b)(2) shall be distributed in the same manner as motor vehicle licenses and registration fees are distributed as provided in Sections 40-12-269 and 40-12-270.

(2) One-half of all penalties assessed pursuant to subdivision (b)(2) shall be distributed to the entity employing the arresting officer.

(3) Portions of Section 40-12-10 as they may conflict with this section, are hereby repealed and superseded.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-180 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-180
Section 32-5A-180 Short Title
Status: in_force

This article shall be known as the County and Municipal Reduced Speed School Zone Act.
Ala. Code § 32-6-541 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-541
Section 32-6-541 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 of the plates incurred by the Revenue Department, shall be distributed by each judge of probate or license commissioner to the state Comptroller for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998. The first two thousand dollars ($2,000) received by the state Comptroller shall be used to satisfy the appropriation specified in Section 4 of Act 97-469. Thereafter, the state Comptroller shall distribute thirty-one dollars ($31) per tag monthly to the Alabama Cotton Producers and four dollars ($4) per tag to the Southern/Southeastern Cotton Growers and Ginners Association. The Alabama Cotton Commission and the Southern/Southeastern Cotton Growers and Ginners Association shall use these funds for the promotion of the production, distribution, improvement, marketing, use, and sale of cotton as authorized by Amendment 388 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.
Ala. Code § 32-7-26 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-26
Section 32-7-26 Bond as Proof of Financial Responsibility
Status: in_force

(a) Proof of financial responsibility may be furnished by a bond of a surety company duly authorized to transact business in this state, or by a bond with at least two individual sureties each owning real estate within this state and together having equities equal in value to at least twice the amount of such bond, which real estate shall be scheduled in the bond and approved both as to title and value by the judge of probate of the county in which such real estate is located. Such bond shall be conditioned for payments in amounts and under the same circumstances as would be required in a motor vehicle liability policy and shall not be cancelable except after 10 days’ written notice to the director. The principal and sureties shall execute and deliver an original and one copy of such bond and schedule and, in addition, when the real property or any part thereof listed or described in such schedule shall be located in more than one county, then as many extra copies as there are other counties in which such real property, or any part thereof, shall lie, to the probate judge to whom such bond is presented for approval, who shall endorse upon the original and the copy of such bond the date the same were presented to him or her; and such probate judge shall immediately file one of such extra copies in the probate office in each other county in which is located any of the real property so scheduled. Any probate judge who approves an extra copy of such bond shall endorse upon such copy the date upon which such extra copy was filed in his or her office and after recording the same shall return the extra copy thereof to the probate judge from whom he or she received the same. The latter, after tabulating the total value of the real estate described therein, shall, if he or she approves the same, endorse upon the original and a copy of such bond the fact and date of his or her approval and shall forward the bond to the director and deliver the extra copy or copies thereof to the principal. Such bond shall constitute a lien in favor of the state upon the real estate so scheduled of any surety from the time when a copy of such bond is filed in the probate office in and for the county in which such real property so scheduled is located, which lien shall exist in favor of any holder of a judgment against the person who has filed such bond.

(b) If such a judgment rendered against the principal on such bond shall not be satisfied within 60 days after it has become final, the judgment creditor may, for his or her own use and benefit and at his or her sole expense, bring an action or actions (in the name of the state) against the company or persons executing such bond, including an action or proceeding to enforce any lien that may exist upon the real estate of a person who has executed such bond.
Ala. Code § 32-7C-3 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7C / Section 32-7C-3
Section 32-7C-3 Disclosure Requirements
Status: in_force

The TNC shall disclose in writing to a TNC driver before the TNC driver is allowed to accept a request for a prearranged ride on the digital network of the TNC both of the following:

(1) The insurance coverage, including the types of coverage and the limits for each coverage, that the TNC provides while the TNC driver uses a personal vehicle in connection with the use of the digital network of a TNC.

(2) That the automobile insurance policy of the TNC driver may not provide any coverage while the TNC driver is logged on to the digital network of a TNC and is available to receive transportation requests or is engaged in a prearranged ride, depending on its terms.
Ala. Code § 32-3-5 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 32-3-5
Section 32-3-5 Administrative Expenses
Status: in_force

The State Safety Coordinating Committee is hereby authorized to expend for payment of administrative expenses heretofore or hereafter incurred in its program any funds appropriated to it by Section 32-5-313.
Ala. Code § 32-12A-10 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 12A / Section 32-12A-10
Section 32-12A-10 Purchaser’s Certificate Required for Initial Registration
Status: in_force

A person applying for initial registration in this state of an all-terrain vehicle or recreational off-highway vehicle shall provide a purchaser’s certificate showing a complete description of the vehicle including serial number or other identifying numbers and the seller’s name and address.
Ala. Code § 32-6-252 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-252
Section 32-6-252 Transfer of Plates
Status: in_force

Such license plates issued pursuant to this division may be transferred to another vehicle of the same weight class owned by the same person upon application being made therefor and approved by the department. It shall be unlawful for any person to whom such plates have been issued to knowingly permit them to be displayed on any vehicle except the one authorized by the department.
Ala. Code § 32-8-82 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-82
Section 32-8-82 Unauthorized Receiving or Disposing of Vehicles
Status: in_force

A person not entitled to the possession of a vehicle who receives, possesses, conceals, sells, or disposes of it, knowing it to be stolen or converted under circumstances constituting a crime, is guilty of a felony.
Ala. Code § 32-6-231 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-231
Section 32-6-231 Distinctive Special Access or Disability Access Windshield Placard. (Amended by Act 2026-498)
Status: reserved

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-498, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) Any individual who submits to the license issuing official a completed special access parking or disability access parking application form approved by the Commissioner of Revenue which includes the physician’s certification that he or she is an individual with a disability shall be issued one removable windshield placard displaying the Dynamic Accessibility Symbol, thereby designating the driver of the vehicle or the passenger as being an individual with a disability.

(1) The removable windshield placard shall be prepared by the commissioner in conformity to Public Law 100-641 and rulemaking resulting therefrom.

(2)a. The removable windshield placard issued to the individual with a long-term disability shall expire after a maximum period of five years or any period less than five years to be designated by the commissioner. The placard shall clearly reveal the expiration date and shall be designed in accordance with Public Law 100-641 and rulemaking resulting therefrom to hang from the front windshield rearview mirror when the vehicle is parked in a parking space reserved for individuals with disabilities. If the vehicle lacks a rearview mirror, the placard shall be placed on the dashboard.

b. The commissioner may require all individuals with long-term disabilities to be recertified by a licensed physician before special access or disability access parking removable windshield placards may be reissued.

(3) In the event that an individual with a disability does not have the distinctive special access or disability access license plate as provided by Sections 40-12-300 to 40-12-302, inclusive, upon request, a second placard may be issued.

(b) The commissioner may adopt any rules necessary to administer this division.

(c) An individual with a temporary disability, who submits to the license issuing official a completed special access or disability access application form approved by the commissioner which includes the physician’s certification that he or she is an individual with a temporary disability, shall be issued one temporary removable windshield placard for a period valid up to six months.

(d) Any special access or disability access placard that is not in conformity with the federal system rule for parking reserved for individuals with disabilities, Public Law 100-641, and subsequent Rule 23 C.F.R. § 1235, shall not be recognized as a valid disabled parking credential.
Ala. Code § 32-7-34 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-34
Section 32-7-34 Self-Insurers
Status: in_force

(a) Any person in whose name more than 25 motor vehicles are registered may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of self-insurance issued by the director as provided in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) The director may, in his or her discretion, upon the application of such a person, issue a certificate of self-insurance when he or she is satisfied that such person is possessed and will continue to be possessed of ability to pay judgments obtained against such person.

(c) Upon not less than five days’ notice and a hearing pursuant to such notice, the director may upon reasonable grounds cancel a certificate of self-insurance. Failure to pay any judgment within 30 days after such judgment shall have become final shall constitute a reasonable ground for the cancellation of a certificate of self-insurance.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-87 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-87
Section 32-5A-87 One-Way Roadways and Rotary Traffic Islands
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Transportation and local authorities with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions may designate any highway, roadway, part of a roadway, or specific lanes upon which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction at all or such times as shall be indicated by official traffic-control devices.

(b) Upon a roadway so designated for one-way traffic, a vehicle shall be driven only in the direction designated at all or such times as shall be indicated by official traffic-control devices.

(c) A vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of such island.
Ala. Code § 32-8-39 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-39
Section 32-8-39 Contents and Effect of Certificate
Status: in_force

(a) Each certificate of title issued by the department shall contain:

(1) The date issued;

(2) The current legal name and current address of the owner;

(3) The names and addresses of any lienholders in the order of priority as shown on the application, or if the application is based on a certificate of title, as shown on the certificate;

(4) The title number;

(5) A description of the vehicle including the following data: year, make, model, vehicle identification number, type of body, number of cylinders, whether new or used and if a new vehicle the date of the first sale of the vehicle for use; and

(6) Any other data the department prescribes.

(b) Unless security is furnished as provided in Section 32-8-36, a distinctive certificate of title shall be issued for a vehicle last previously registered in another state or country, the laws of which do not require that lienholders be named on a certificate of title to perfect their security interests. The certificate shall contain the legend, “This vehicle may be subject to an undisclosed lien” and may contain any other information the department prescribes. If no notice of a security interest in the vehicle is received by the department within four months from the issuance of the distinctive certificate of title, the department shall, upon application and surrender of the distinctive certificate, issue a certificate of title in ordinary form.

(c) The certificate of title shall contain forms for assignment and warranty of title by the owner, and for assignment and warranty of title by a dealer, and may contain forms for applications for a certificate of title by a transferee, the naming of a lienholder and the assignment or release of the security interest by a lienholder.

(d) A certificate of title issued by the department is prima facie evidence of the facts appearing on it.

(e) A certificate of title to a vehicle is not subject to garnishment, attachment, execution or other judicial process, but this subsection does not prevent a lawful levy upon the vehicle.
Ala. Code § 32-11-4 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11 / Section 32-11-4
Section 32-11-4 Special Tags
Status: in_force

The treasurer of any rescue squad coming under the provisions of this chapter may apply to the Department of Revenue, giving the make, type, model, motor number, and serial number of the vehicle or vehicles, together with such other information as the Department of Revenue shall require, which information shall be furnished under oath by such officer; and, if upon examination the same appears regular to the Department of Revenue, it shall issue to such treasurer the necessary number of tags to be placed on such vehicle, and such tags shall be used on no other vehicle than that for which issued. Such tags shall have the letters R. S. and proper number stamped thereon. All replacement tags issued for such vehicles shall be similarly stamped or marked. For issuance of such tags and to cover the expense of preparing the same, the treasurer shall pay to the Department of Revenue the sum of $1.00 for the necessary tags for each vehicle to which this chapter applies.
Ala. Code § 32-8-63 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-63
Section 32-8-63 Assignment by Lienholder
Status: in_force

(a) A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security interest in the vehicle to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity of the security interest, but any person without notice of the assignment is protected in dealing with the lienholder as the holder of the security interest and the lienholder remains liable for any obligations as lienholder until the assignee is named as lienholder on the certificate in the manner prescribed by the department.

(b) The department shall file each assignment received by the department with the required fee, and note the assignee as lienholder upon the record of notices of security interests maintained by the department.
Ala. Code § 32-5-248 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 32-5-248
Section 32-5-248 Reflective Devices for Slow-Moving Vehicles - Restrictions on Use
Status: in_force

The use of such device is restricted to use on slow-moving vehicles specified in Sections 32-5-246 through 32-5-251 and the use of such reflective device on any other type vehicle or stationary object is prohibited.
Ala. Code § 32-7-19 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-19
Section 32-7-19 Alternate Methods of Giving Proof; Registration of Motor Vehicle of Person Required to Give Proof
Status: in_force

(a) Proof of financial responsibility when required under this chapter with respect to a motor vehicle or with respect to a person who is not the owner of a motor vehicle may be given by filing:

(1) A certificate of insurance as provided in Section 32-7-20 or Section 32-7-21; or

(2) A bond as provided in Section 32-7-26; or

(3) A certificate of deposit of money or securities as provided in Section 32-7-27; or

(4) A certificate of self-insurance, as provided in Section 32-7-34, supplemented by an agreement by the self-insurer that, with respect to accidents occurring while the certificate is in force, he or she will pay the same judgments and in the same amounts that an insurer would have been obligated to pay under an owner’s motor vehicle liability policy if it had issued such a policy to the self-insurer.

(b) Proof of financial responsibility relating to a motor vehicle liability policy when required under this chapter with respect to a motor vehicle or with respect to a person who is not the owner of a motor vehicle 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 proof shall be furnished for such motor vehicle.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-350 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-350
Section 32-5A-350 Definitions; Prohibited Activities; Fines; Exceptions
Status: reserved

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-478, EFFECTIVE JUNE 14, 2023.

(a) For purposes of this article, the following words have the following meanings:

(1) WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE. A handheld cellular telephone, a text-messaging device, a personal digital assistant, a stand alone computer, or any other similar wireless device that is readily removable from a vehicle and is used to write, send, or read text or data through manual input. The term “wireless telecommunication device” does not include a device which is voice-operated and which allows the user to send or receive a text-based communication without the use of either hand except to activate or deactivate a feature or function.

(2) WRITE, SEND, OR READ A TEXT-BASED COMMUNICATION. Using a wireless telecommunication device to manually communicate with any person using text-based communication, including, but not limited to, communications referred to as a text message, instant message, or electronic mail. The term does not include reading, selecting, or entering a telephone number or name in a cell or wireless telephone or communication device for the purpose of making a telephone call.

(b) A person may not operate a motor vehicle on a public road, street, or highway in Alabama while using a wireless telecommunication device to write, send, or read a text-based communication.

(c) A person who violates subsection (b) is subject to fines as follows:

(1) Twenty-five dollars ($25) for a first violation.

(2) Fifty dollars ($50) for a second violation.

(3) Seventy-five dollars ($75) for a third or subsequent violation.

(d) Law enforcement officers enforcing this section may treat a violation of this section as the primary or sole reason for issuing a citation to a driver.

(e) The following uses of wireless communication devices shall not be subject to the restrictions in this section:

(1) An individual using a wireless communication device to obtain emergency services including, but not limited to, an emergency call to a law enforcement agency, health care provider, fire department, or other emergency services agency or entity.

(2) An individual using a wireless communication device while the motor vehicle is parked on the shoulder of the highway, road, or street.

(3) An individual using a wireless communication device as a global positioning or navigation system to receive driving directions which has been pre-programmed with the desired coordinates. The programming of coordinates while operating a vehicle remains a violation of this section.
Ala. Code § 32-6-311 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-311
Section 32-6-311 Design of Plates; Issuance; Fees; Proof of Qualification; Use on Private Vehicle
Status: in_force

The license plates shall be of a design to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Revenue, provided the plates shall bear the words “Pearl Harbor Survivor” and prominently display the seal of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. The distinctive license plates 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 such officers shall be entitled to their regular fees for such service. Applicants for such distinctive plates shall present to the issuing official such proof as required by the Commissioner of Revenue that the qualification requirements of this division are met. When such applicant presents proof satisfactory to the commissioner, the applicant 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 $3.00 for each plate issued. The applicant shall pay the additional $3.00 fee for each license plate issued in the future, however in those years in which 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 person 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 such vehicle.
Ala. Code § 32-6-401 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-401
Section 32-6-401 Production Costs; Distribution of Proceeds
Status: in_force

The production costs shall be paid monthly to the Department of Corrections by the Alabama Sports Foundation, and the foundation shall be provided with a monthly report detailing revenue by county from the Alabama state Comptroller. Proceeds from the additional revenues generated by the twenty-five dollars ($25) for the “Olympic Spirit” tags or plates, less administrative costs, shall be submitted monthly by the Alabama state Comptroller, to the Alabama Sports Foundation which shall remit one-half of the net proceeds to the United States Olympic Committee for the general operation of its amateur sports program.
Ala. Code § 32-6-213 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-213
Section 32-6-213 Probate Judge or County Official May Issue Temporary Tags and Certificates
Status: in_force

Each judge of probate of this state or other county official in this state authorized and required by law to issue motor vehicle license tags shall have the authority, upon proper request, to issue a temporary license tag and a temporary registration certificate to the owner of a motor vehicle to be licensed in this state when, due to circumstances, a permanent license tag cannot immediately be issued or when, in the judgment of the probate judge or other county official authorized and required by law to issue motor vehicle license tags, just cause exists for the issuance of such temporary license tag and registration certificate. The temporary license tag provided for herein shall be of a color or design distinctive from the temporary license tags prescribed in Sections 32-6-211 and 32-6-212.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-176 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-176
Section 32-5A-176 Special Speed Limitation Over Bridge or Elevated Structure; Conclusive Evidence of Speed
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall drive a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway at a speed that is greater than the maximum speed that can be safely maintained on the bridge or structure, when the bridge or structure is signposted as provided in this section.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (d), the Department of Transportation and local authorities on highways under their respective jurisdictions may conduct an investigation of any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway, and if the department or local authority finds that the bridge or structure cannot safely withstand vehicles traveling at the speed otherwise permissible under this chapter, the department or local authority shall set a maximum vehicle speed that the structure can safely withstand, and shall cause or permit suitable signs stating the maximum speed to be erected and maintained before each end of the structure.

(c) Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation of this section, proof of the determination of the maximum speed by the Department of Transportation and the existence of the signs shall constitute conclusive evidence of the maximum speed that can be safely maintained on the bridge or structure.

(d) A municipality may not fix the speed at which motor vehicles may be operated on a county-maintained street, as defined in Section 11-49-80, located within the corporate limits of the municipality unless the municipality conducts an engineering and traffic investigation and receives written approval from the county engineer to fix the speed based on the results of that investigation.
Ala. Code § 32-15-4 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 15 / Section 32-15-4
Section 32-15-4 Obtaining Possession by Trick, False Representation, Etc
Status: in_force

Whoever, with the intent to deprive or defraud the owner of any motor vehicle, or the person in lawful possession thereof, out of the temporary use, benefit, or enjoyment of such motor vehicle, shall obtain the custody of such motor vehicle from the owner thereof, or from such owner’s agent, or from any person in lawful possession thereof by some trick or fraudulent or false representation, or any false token or writing, or false personation of another, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a Class C felony and shall be punished with imprisonment in a state penitentiary for not more than 10 years nor less than one year and one day, or shall be fined not more than $5,000.00 or shall be both fined and imprisoned.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-261 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-261
Section 32-5A-261 Riding on Bicycles
Status: in_force

(a) A person propelling a bicycle shall not ride other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto.

(b) No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.
Ala. Code § 32-14-22 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 32-14-22
Section 32-14-22 Qualifications - Instructor for Driving School
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 32-8-46 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-46
Section 32-8-46 Transfer of Ownership - by Operation of Law
Status: in_force

(a)(1) If the interest of an owner in a vehicle passes to another other than by voluntary transfer, the transferee shall, except as hereinafter provided in subsection (b), promptly mail or deliver to a designated agent the last certificate of title, if available, and proof of the transfer, together with his or her application for a new certificate in the form the department prescribes.

(2) Except as provided in subdivision (3), a person or entity initiating an involuntary transfer by operation of law in this state shall give notice of the action to the department at least 35 calendar days prior to the date of the transfer. The notice shall be in a manner as prescribed by the department and shall include all of the following:

a. The contact information for the person or entity filing the notice.

b. The motor vehicle’s identification number, year, make, and model.

c. The date, time, and location of the involuntary transfer by operation of law.

(3) The notice provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a motor vehicle transferred pursuant to Chapter 13, to a motor vehicle transferred pursuant to a divorce decree, or to a motor vehicle transferred pursuant to documents creating a lien or other security interest in the motor vehicle.

(4) The department shall maintain and appropriately index public records of motor vehicles reported to it pursuant to this subsection. The department may provide lists of the vehicle identification numbers for the motor vehicles without fee in a manner as the department determines.

(5) An application for certificate of title may not be issued for a motor vehicle subject to an involuntary transfer by operation of law until the notice requirements of this subsection are satisfied.

(b) If the interest of the owner is terminated or the vehicle is sold under a security agreement by a lienholder named in the certificate of title, the transferee shall promptly make application to a designated agent for a new certificate in the form the department prescribes. The application shall be accompanied by the last certificate of title and an affidavit made by or on behalf of the lienholder that the vehicle was repossessed and that the interest of the owner was lawfully terminated or sold pursuant to the terms of the security agreement.

If the lienholder succeeds to the interest of the owner and holds the vehicle for resale, he or she need not secure a new certificate of title but, upon transfer to another person, shall promptly mail or deliver to the transferee the certificate, affidavit and other documents required by the department. The transferee shall promptly make application to a designated agent for a new certificate in the form prescribed by the department.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this section, a person holding a certificate of title whose interest in the vehicle has been extinguished or transferred other than by voluntary transfer shall forthwith mail or deliver the certificate to the department upon request of the department; and the delivery of the certificate pursuant to the request of the department does not affect the rights of the person surrendering the certificate; and the action of the department in issuing a new certificate of title as provided herein is not conclusive upon the rights of an owner or lienholder named in the old certificate.
Ala. Code § 32-8-85 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 32-8-85
Section 32-8-85 False Report of Theft or Conversion
Status: in_force

A person who knowingly makes a false report of the theft or conversion of a vehicle to a peace officer or to the department is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 32-6-190 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-190
Section 32-6-190 Authorized; Distinctive Colors and Emblem; Limitation on Number of Plates Issued One Person
Status: in_force

Any member of any Shrine motorcycle club, corps, or unit within the state who owns a heavyweight or heavy-duty motorcycle may, upon application as hereinafter prescribed, be issued a distinctive license plate in lieu of the regular motorcycle license plate. Such distinctive motorcycle license plate shall be of a design to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Revenue; provided, that the colors used in such design shall be yellow, green, and red only and the Shrine emblem shall appear prominently on the plate. Only one such distinctive license plate shall be issued to any individual person.
Ala. Code § 32-6-255 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-255
Section 32-6-255 Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The Department of Revenue shall be empowered to promulgate all necessary rules and regulations necessary to implement this division.
Ala. Code § 32-6-214 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-214
Section 32-6-214 Valid 20 Days; Renewed, Successive Tags
Status: in_force

Each temporary license tag and temporary registration certificate issued hereunder shall be valid for 20 days from the date of issuance and shall be used only on the vehicle for which issued. No temporary license tag shall be renewed nor shall successive temporary license tags be issued in connection with the same motor vehicle. Provided, however, that a judge of probate or other county official authorized and required by law to issue motor vehicle license tags issuing a temporary license tag under Section 32-6-213 may issue a temporary license tag for a motor vehicle which has previously received a temporary license tag issued by some other designated agent, manufacturer, dealer, or transporter and further may issue successive temporary license tags in connection with the same motor vehicle for periods not to exceed a total of 60 days.
Ala. Code § 32-6-7.3 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-7.3
Section 32-6-7.3 Maintenance and Report of Statistical Information
Status: in_force

Each state, county, and municipal police department must maintain statistical information on traffic stops of the nature specified in Section 32-6-7.2 on minorities and report that information monthly to the Department of Public Safety and the Attorney General.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-172 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-172
Section 32-5A-172 Establishment of State Speed Zones
Status: in_force

Whenever the Director of Public Safety and the Director of Transportation, with the approval of the Governor, shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any maximum speed hereinbefore set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of the state highway system, the directors may determine and declare a reasonable and safe maximum limit thereat, which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected. Such a maximum speed limit may be declared to be effective at all times or at such times as are indicated upon the signs; and differing limits may be established for different times of day, different types of vehicles, varying weather conditions, and other factors bearing on safe speeds, which shall be effective when posted upon appropriate fixed or variable signs.
Ala. Code § 32-6-62.1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-62.1
Section 32-6-62.1 Temporary Registration and License Plates for Certain Vehicles Permanently Licensed in Another Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who takes delivery within this state of a new passenger vehicle or new truck manufactured within this state of a gross weight not exceeding 8,000 pounds, from the manufacturer or an affiliated corporation, and if the vehicle is to be permanently licensed in another jurisdiction, upon application to the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county in which the manufacturer is located, upon providing proof of ownership of the vehicle, and upon payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25), shall be issued a temporary metal license plate to be affixed to the vehicle and a temporary registration certificate. This temporary license plate may not be transferred to another owner or vehicle.

(b) The license plate shall be valid for a period not exceeding 90 days from the date of issuance upon payment of a twenty-five dollar ($25) fee for each 30-day period, or partial period, of validation. Once this temporary license plate is issued, the validation period for the license plate may not be extended. In no case may this temporary license plate be issued for a period exceeding 90 days.

(c) Upon expiration of the validation period, or when the vehicle is permanently licensed in another jurisdiction, whichever occurs first, this temporary license plate shall become invalid but may be retained by the owner of the vehicle as a memento or souvenir.

(d) The temporary license plates herein authorized shall be designed by the manufacturer of the motor vehicle subject to the advice and review of the Department of Revenue.

(e) The provisions of Chapter 12 of Title 40, and this chapter, relating to the display of license plates, validation decals, enforcement, including presentation of the temporary registration certificate upon request, shall be applicable to the license plates issued under this section.

(f) The judge of probate or license commissioner of the county issuing the temporary metal license plates herein authorized shall remit manufacturing costs of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) to the state Comptroller for each temporary license plate issued. The balance of the funds shall be deposited in the county public road and bridge fund.

(g) This section shall be read in pari materia with all other vehicle registration laws, specifically, Section 32–6–210.
Ala. Code § 32-5A-151 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 32-5A-151
Section 32-5A-151 Certain Vehicles Must Stop at All Railroad Grade Crossings; Exceptions
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the driver of any vehicle described in regulations issued pursuant to subsection (c), before crossing at grade any track or tracks of a railroad, shall stop such vehicle within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along such track for any approaching train, and for signals indicating the approach of a train and shall not proceed until he or she can do so safely. After stopping as required herein and upon proceeding when it is safe to do so the driver of any said vehicle shall cross only in such gear of the vehicle that there will be no necessity for manually changing gears while traversing such crossing and the driver shall not manually shift gears while crossing the track or tracks. Nothing contained in this section is intended to abrogate or modify the present Alabama doctrine of “stop, look, and listen” obtaining in the courts of Alabama.

(b) This section shall not apply at:

(1) Any railroad grade crossing at which traffic is controlled by a police officer or human flagman;

(2) Any railroad grade crossing at which traffic is regulated by a traffic-control signal;

(3) Any railroad grade crossing protected by crossing gates or any alternately flashing light signal intended to give warning of the approach of a railroad train;

(4) Any railroad grade crossing at which an official traffic control device gives notice that the stopping requirement imposed by this section does not apply.

(c) The Director of Transportation shall adopt such regulations as may be necessary describing the vehicles which must comply with the stopping requirements of this section. In formulating such regulations the Director of Transportation shall give consideration to the number of passengers carried by the vehicle and the hazardous nature of any substance carried by the vehicle in determining whether such vehicle shall be required to stop. Such regulations shall correlate with and so far as possible conform to the most recent regulation of the United States Department of Transportation.
Ala. Code § 32-7-33 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-33
Section 32-7-33 Surrender of License and Registration
Status: in_force

Any person whose license or registration shall have been suspended as provided in this chapter, or whose policy of insurance or bond, when required under this chapter, shall have been cancelled or terminated or who shall neglect to furnish other proof upon request of the director shall immediately return his or her license and registration to the director. If any person shall fail to return to the director the license or registration as provided herein, the director shall forthwith direct any peace officer to secure possession thereof and to return the same to the director.
Ala. Code § 32-15A-11 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 15A / Section 32-15A-11
Section 32-15A-11
Status: in_force

(a) A peer-to-peer car sharing program may not enter into a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement with an individual who will operate a shared vehicle unless the individual meets any of the following requirements:

(1) Is 18 years of age or older and holds a driver license issued under Section 32-6-1, which authorizes him or her to operate vehicles of the class of the shared vehicle.

(2) Is a nonresident who meets both of the following requirements:

a. Has a driver license issued by the state or country of his or her residence which authorizes him or her to drive vehicles of the class of the shared vehicle.

b. Is 18 years of age or older.

(3) Is 18 years of age or older and is specifically authorized by Section 32-6-2, to drive vehicles of the class of the shared vehicle.

(b) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall keep a record of all of the following:

(1) The name and address of the shared vehicle driver.

(2) A copy of the driver license of the shared vehicle driver and each other individual, if any, who will operate the shared vehicle.

(3) The place of issuance of the driver license.
Ala. Code § 32-7-37 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-37
Section 32-7-37 Other Violations; Penalties
Status: in_force

(a) Failure to report an accident as required in Section 32-7-5 shall be punished by a fine not in excess of $25.00, and in the event of injury or damage to the person or property of another in such accident, the director shall suspend the license of the person failing to make such report or the nonresident’s operating privilege of such person until such report has been filed and for such further period not to exceed 30 days as the director may fix.

(b) Any person who gives information required in a report or otherwise as provided for in Section 32-7-5, knowing or having reason to believe that such information is false, or who shall forge or, without authority, sign any evidence of proof of financial responsibility, or who files or offers for filing any such evidence of proof knowing or having reason to believe that it is forged or signed without authority, shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

(c) Any person whose license or registration or nonresident’s operating privilege has been suspended or revoked under this chapter and who, during such suspension or revocation drives any motor vehicle upon any highway or knowingly permits any motor vehicle owned by such person to be operated by another upon any highway, except as permitted under this chapter, shall be fined not more than $500.00 or imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both.

(d) Any person willfully failing to return license or registration as required in Section 32-7-33 shall be fined not more than $500.00 or imprisoned not to exceed 30 days, or both.

(e) Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be fined not more than $500.00 or imprisoned not more than 90 days, or both.
Ala. Code § 32-6-49.19 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-49.19
Section 32-6-49.19 License Fees and Term; Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of defraying the cost of issuing commercial driver licenses, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, judge of probate, or license commissioner shall collect all of the following fees:

(1) For each commercial driver license or commercial driver license learner’s permit, a fee equal to the sum of all fees imposed for the issuance of a Class D driver license.

(2) For each Class A commercial driver license , an additional sum of thirty dollars ($30).

(3) For each Class B commercial driver license, an additional sum of twenty dollars ($20).

(b)(1) Commercial driver licenses shall be issued for a period of four years .

(2) Commercial driver license learner’s permits shall be issued for a period of one year.

(c) The additional revenue from the additional fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Public Safety Fund .
Ala. Code § 32-6-49.7 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-49.7
Section 32-6-49.7 Commercial Driver License Required; Exceptions
Status: in_force

(a) Except when driving with a commercial driver license learner’s permit and accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver license valid for the vehicle being driven, no person may drive a commercial motor vehicle on the highways of this state unless the person holds, and is in immediate possession of, a commercial driver license with applicable endorsements valid for the vehicle he or she is driving.

Active duty military or National Guard personnel operating government vehicles, farmers operating certain commercial motor vehicles, firefighters and operators of emergency equipment exempt from licensing provisions of the CMVSA are exempt from this article as detailed in FHWA’s “Notice of Final Disposition” published in the Federal Register, September 26, 1988, 53 FR 37313, and as hereafter updated.

Commercial driver license requirements do not apply to drivers of vehicles used for personal use such as recreational vehicles which would otherwise meet the definition of a commercial motor vehicle.

(b) No person may drive a commercial motor vehicle on the highways of this state while his or her driving privilege is suspended, revoked, or cancelled, while subject to a disqualification, or in violation of an out of service order.
Ala. Code § 32-9-29.1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 32-9-29.1
Section 32-9-29.1 Special Permits for Movement of Certain Site-Built Buildings
Status: in_force

(a) The Director of the State Department of Transportation or the official of the State Department of Transportation designated by the director may, at his or her discretion, upon application and for good cause being shown therefor, issue special permits to the applicant, for movement on or over the public highways, for motor vehicles when used in the transportation of site-built residential buildings or otherwise, which had at one time been affixed to a permanent foundation; provided, however, that this section shall not extend to those motor vehicles used in the transportation of what is commonly referred to as mobile homes, house trailers, prefabricated housing, or other factory-built buildings.

The applicants for the permits issued under this section shall state if the route of the movement will cross one or more railroads at grade.

If such a crossing is to be made, the Director of the State Department of Transportation or the official of the State Department of Transportation designated will notify the railroad or railroads involved, stating the time and route of the anticipated move.

(b) The fee for the issuance of such permits shall be the same as set forth in Section 32-9-29(c).