Ala. Code § 32-6-350 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-350
Section 32-6-350 Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish an Alabama Veteran Tag Program to recognize certain veterans.

(b) The owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state and who is an eligible veteran pursuant to subsection (c) may be issued a distinctive license tag pursuant to this division. The veteran shall make application to the judge of probate or commissioner of licenses, comply with state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, pay the regular license fee for a tag as provided by law for a private passenger or pleasure motor vehicle, and pay an additional fee of three dollars ($3) for the initial issuance of the tag except a Vietnam veteran’s tag. In the case of a Vietnam veteran’s tag, the additional fee for the initial issuance of the tag shall be six dollars ($6), three dollars ($3) of which shall be distributed to the Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., Alabama State Council, to be used to assist Vietnam veterans. For each renewal year, an additional fee of three dollars ($3) shall be paid for the Vietnam veterans tag. The additional fee of three dollars ($3) shall be distributed to the Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., Alabama State Council, to be used to assist Vietnam veterans.

(c) The distinctive license tags in the Alabama Veteran Tag Program shall include veterans of the United States Armed Forces exposed to dangerous levels of radiation due to the atomic bomb and weapon testing from 1944 to 1962, Vietnam veterans, Korean War veterans, World War II veterans, veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, veterans of Desert Shield/Desert Storm, veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom, veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, veterans of the Cold War serving at any time between September 2, 1945, and December 26, 1991 , and veterans of Operation Inherent Resolve . The distinctive tags shall be issued, printed, and processed in the same manner as other distinctive tags as provided in this chapter. The payment of the required motor vehicle license fees and taxes when required by this section for a year during which a new vehicle license plate is not issued shall be evidenced as provided in Section 32-6-63.

(d) The Vietnam Veterans of America , Alabama State Council for the Vietnam veterans distinctive tag, and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for the other distinctive veteran tags shall each respectively design or have designed the distinctive veteran tags, subject to approval by the Commissioner of Revenue and compliance with all laws and rules. An applicant for a Vietnam veteran tag shall be a Vietnam era veteran , and the local veteran’s affairs officer in the county in which application is made for the distinctive tag shall certify all Vietnam veterans eligible for a Vietnam veteran distinctive tag. An applicant for other veteran distinctive tags shall be a veteran of the appropriate conflict or otherwise qualify for a veteran tag as authorized by this section, and shall be certified as eligible by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

(e) The distinctive license tags shall not be transferable between motor vehicle owners and shall be subject to the same provisions of law related to the transferring of distinctive motor vehicle tags provided in Section 32-6-154 or as otherwise provided by law or rule of the Department of Revenue.
Ala. Code § 32-6-155.3 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-155.3
Section 32-6-155.3 “Alabama Bicentennial” Distinctive License Plates
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 32-6-64, 32-6-67, and 32-6-68, upon application to the judge of probate, license commissioner, or other issuing official, compliance with motor vehicle registration and licensing laws, and payment of regular fees required by law for license plates, owners of private passenger or pleasure motor vehicles who are residents of Alabama shall be issued distinctive “Alabama Bicentennial” license plates.

(b) 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.

(c) The “Alabama Bicentennial” license plate shall be designed by the Department of Revenue, subject to approval by the Legislative Oversight Committee created pursuant to Section 32-6-67.

(d)(1) The plates shall be issued, printed, and processed like other distinctive plates provided in this chapter, furnished for the licensing years commencing January 1, 2016, and ending December 31, 2020. The plates issued pursuant to this subdivision may not be renewed after December 31, 2020.

(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (1), beginning January 1, 2022, “Alabama Bicentennial” license plates shall be issued, printed, and processed like other distinctive plates as provided in this chapter.

(e) The Department of Revenue may adopt rules necessary to administer this section.
Ala. Code § 32-6-510 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-510
Section 32-6-510 Issuance of Distinctive License Tags and Plates
Status: in_force

(a) Effective January 1, 1998, upon application to the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county where he or she resides, compliance with the motor vehicle registration and licensing laws, payment of the regular fees required by law for license tags or plates for private passenger or pleasure motor vehicles, and payment of an additional annual fee of fifty dollars ($50), the owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of Alabama and a member or supporter of one of the following may be issued one of the following distinctive tags as provided below:

(1) A member in good standing of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Alabama, hereinafter referred to as “Freemasons,” or any other person who presents a valid membership card validated by any other masonic organization, may be issued a “Freemason” tag.

(2) A member in good standing of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America, Orient of Alabama, hereinafter referred to as “the Scottish Rite,” or any other person who presents a valid membership card validated by any other Scottish Rite organization, may be issued a distinctive “Scottish Rite” tag.

(3) A member in good standing of the Alabama Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, hereinafter referred to as “the Eastern Star,” or any other person who presents a valid membership card validated by any other masonic organization, may be issued an “Eastern Star” distinctive tag.

(4) A person who is licensed and employed as an emergency medical technician may be issued a distinctive “Emergency Medical Technician” tag.

(5) A supporter of the Boy Scouts of America may be issued a “Boy Scout” tag.

(6) A supporter of the Girl Scouts of America may be issued a distinctive “Girl Scout” tag.

(b) These tags or plates authorized pursuant to this division shall be valid for five years, and may then be replaced with either conventional, personalized, or new distinctive 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. Each organization for which a distinctive license tag or plate is issued shall appoint a design committee consisting of three persons who shall serve without pay to design a distinctive tag or plate which design shall be submitted to the Department of Revenue for approval. In absence of an appointed committee, the Department of Revenue shall design the tag for the organization. The tags or plates shall be issued, printed, and processed like other distinctive and personalized tags and plates provided for in this chapter. Section 32-6-54 shall not apply to the tags or plates designed pursuant to this division.
Ala. Code § 32-7-13 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-13
Section 32-7-13 Courts to Report Nonpayment of Judgments
Status: in_force

Whenever any person fails within 60 days to satisfy any judgment, upon the written request of the judgment creditor or his or her attorney, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court, or of the judge of a court which has no clerk in which any such judgment is rendered within this state, to forward to the director immediately after the expiration of the 60 days a certified copy of such judgment.

If the defendant named in any certified copy of a judgment reported to the director is a nonresident, the commissioner shall transmit a certified copy of the judgment to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registration certificates of the state of which the defendant is a resident.
Ala. Code § 32-7-6.1 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 32-7-6.1
Section 32-7-6.1 Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Coverage
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2000-554, p. 1005, §3, effective January 1, 2001.
Ala. Code § 32-6-1.2 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-1.2
Section 32-6-1.2 Veteran’s Driver’s License
Status: in_force

(a) The driver’s license of a resident of this state who is an honorably discharged veteran as evidenced by the veteran’s DD Form 214, or if the veteran does not have a DD Form 214, as evidenced by the veteran’s Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge Record, upon request of the eligible veteran, shall have the word veteran displayed on the license.

(b) The Department of Public Safety may not impose any charge in addition to the driver’s license fee for the issuance or renewal of a veteran’s driver’s license.
Ala. Code § 32-9-24 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 32-9-24
Section 32-9-24 Exemptions - Farm Tractors
Status: in_force

Farm tractors shall be exempt from the restrictions of this article as to width, but, however, shall not exceed nine feet in width.
Ala. Code § 32-2-21 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-2-21
Section 32-2-21 Disposition of Costs, Fees, and Mileage Otherwise Collectible by Officers
Status: in_force

No state trooper shall be entitled to any costs, fees, or mileage for attending any court, but instead the proper authority shall collect such costs, fees, and mileage as may be due such officers for attendance on any court or for any official act and shall promptly turn the same over to the Director of Public Safety, who shall cover the same into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.
Ala. Code § 32-6-49.2 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-49.2
Section 32-6-49.2 Purpose; Construction
Status: in_force

The purpose of this article is to implement the federal Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (CMVSA) (Title XII of Pub. Law 99-570) and reduce or prevent commercial motor vehicle accidents, fatalities, and injuries by:

(a) Permitting commercial drivers to hold only one license;

(b) Disqualifying commercial drivers who have committed certain serious traffic violations, or other specified offenses;

(c) Strengthening commercial driver licensing and testing standards.

This article is a remedial law which should be liberally construed to promote the public health, safety, and welfare. To the extent that this article conflicts with general driver licensing provisions, this article prevails. Where this article is silent, the general driver licensing provisions apply.
Ala. Code § 32-6-420 — Alabama Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 32-6-420
Section 32-6-420 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 distinctive “Alabama Jaycee” license tags and plates. An officer of the Alabama Jaycees who is verified as an officer by the Alabama Jaycees headquarters may request that a distinctive license tag or plate be issued to him or her, which identifies the applicant as a Jaycee officer. These tags or plates shall be valid for five years, and may then be replaced with either conventional, personalized, or new “Alabama Jaycee” 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 Jaycee” license tags or plates shall be designed by the Department of Revenue with the advice of the Alabama Jaycees. The tags or plates shall be issued, printed, and processed like other distinctive and personalized tags or plates provided for in this chapter.