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AL Code § 32-8-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 8 - Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-8-3 - Powers and Duties of Department.

Section 32-8-3Powers and duties of department. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-171 IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 31, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The department shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests, and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out this chapter. (b) The department may do any of the following: (1) Make necessary investigations to procure information required to carry out this chapter. (2) Adopt and enforce reasonable rules to carry out this chapter. (3) Assign a new identification number to a vehicle if it has none, or its identification number is destroyed or obliterated, or its motor is changed, and shall issue a new certificate of title showing the new identification number. (4) Revoke the authority of a dealer or other person appointed by the department to act as a designated agent under this chapter and rules adopted thereunder when the department finds that the dealer or other person has failed to faithfully perform his or her duties under this chapter or has been convicted of violating any felony provisions of this chapter or of Title 40. (5) Revoke the authority of a title service provider to act as an agent on behalf of persons described in subdivision (22) of Section 32-8-2 when the department finds that the title service provider has failed to faithfully perform his or her duties under this chapter and rules adopted thereunder or has been convicted of violating any felony provisions of this chapter or of Title 40. (c) The department, in accordance with applicable privacy and confidentiality statutes, rules, and regulations, may make available information concerning the status of a title on any vehicle as reflected by the records in a manner prescribed by the department. The department shall charge the fees set forth in Section 32-8-6; provided, that no fee shall be charged to Alabama law enforcement agencies or law enforcement agencies of any other state when that state furnishes like or similar information without charge to the department or to Alabama law enforcement agencies. (d) Whenever this chapter provides that a written certificate or other document is to be filed with the department, the commissioner may establish procedures for and accept in lieu of such paper document a filing made by electronic means and may waive the notarization requirements as otherwise required by this chapter. The department may also establish procedures for the electronic transfer of title and the recording and release of security interests. The filing or transfer by electronic means shall be accepted only if the content of the filing satisfies all of the requirements of this chapter. (Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §26; Act 2003-345, p. 870, §1; Act 2009-281, p. 472, §1; Act 2009-746, p. 2236, §2; Act 2019-238, §1; Act 2021-171, §2.)
AL Code § 32-8-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 8 - Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-8-7 - Additional Commission Fee.

Section 32-8-7Additional commission fee. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-171 IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 31, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The judge of probate or other county official who is authorized and required by law to issue license plates and who is required to process applications for certificate 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 applications. (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. (Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §32; Acts 1988, 1st Sp. Sess., No. 88-730, p. 127, §2; Act 2021-171, §2.)
AL Code § 32-8-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 8 - Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-8-8 - Right of Inspection for Violations.

Section 32-8-8Right of inspection for violations. (a) Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman of an incorporated municipality or duly authorized representative of the Department of Public Safety or Department of Revenue of this state may enter into the premises of any automobile salvage dealer, junkyard, automobile, or other motor vehicle dealer licensed therefor by the State of Alabama or any political subdivision thereof and inspect the identification numbers of all motor vehicles or parts thereof contained on said premises, at any time of the day or night in order to enforce the provisions of this chapter. (b) Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman of an incorporated municipality, or duly authorized commissioned law enforcement officer of the Department of Public Safety or the Department of Revenue of this state shall have the power to serve and execute any and all search warrants obtained in accordance with law for the purposes of the provisions of this chapter. (c) Interference by any person with proper inspection by lawful officers as authorized by this section is a misdemeanor. (Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §42.)
AL Code § 32-8-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 8 - Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-8-9 - Forms and Rules.

Section 32-8-9Forms and rules. The department shall provide each designated agent with the forms and rules and regulations provided for in this chapter. (Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §48; Act 2009-281, p. 472, §1.)
AL Code § 32-8-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 8 - Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-8-10 - Enforcement of Chapter.

Section 32-8-10Enforcement of chapter. The department is charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and it is hereby authorized and empowered to call upon any and all law enforcement agencies and officers of this state for such assistance as it may deem necessary in order to assure such enforcement; and it shall be the duty of such law enforcement agencies and officers to render such assistance to the department when called upon by it to so do. (Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §47.)
AL Code § 32-8-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 8 - Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-8-11 - Aiding, Abetting, etc., in Violations.

Section 32-8-11Aiding, abetting, etc., in violations. A person who, whether present or absent, aids, abets, induces, procures, or causes the commission of an act which if done directly by him, would be a felony or a misdemeanor under a provision of this chapter, is guilty of the same felony or misdemeanor. (Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §43.)
AL Code § 32-8-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 8 - Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-8-12 - Offenses Constituting Felonies.

Section 32-8-12Offenses constituting felonies. A person is guilty of a Class C felony who, with fraudulent intent: (1) Alters, forges, or counterfeits a certificate of title; (2) Alters or forges an assignment of a certificate of title, or an assignment or release of a security interest, on a certificate of title or a form the department prescribes; (3) Has possession of or uses a certificate of title, knowing it has been altered, forged, or counterfeited; or (4) Uses a false or fictitious name or address, or makes a material false statement, or fails to disclose a security interest, or conceals any other material fact, in an application for a certificate of title. (Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §44; Act 2009-281, p. 472, §1.)
AL Code § 32-8-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 8 - Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-8-13 - Offenses Constituting Misdemeanors.

Section 32-8-13Offenses constituting misdemeanors. 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. (Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §45; Act 2009-281, p. 472, §1.)
AL Code § 32-8-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 8 - Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-8-14 - Penalties.

Section 32-8-14Penalties. Repealed by Act 2009-281, p. 472, §3, effective July 1, 2009.  (Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §46.)
AL Code § 32-8-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 8 - Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.|Article 2 - Certificate of Title.|Section 32-8-30 - Certificate Required for Certain Motor Vehicles and Travel Trailers; Penalty.

Section 32-8-30Certificate required for certain motor vehicles and travel trailers; penalty. (a) Except as provided in Section 32-8-31, every owner of a motor vehicle which is in this state and which is required to be registered under the motor vehicle laws of this state and for which no certificate of title has been issued by the department, shall make application to a designated agent as herein defined for a certificate of title to the vehicle. (b) In the event that the owner's legal name, as recorded on the current certificate of title, has changed, the owner shall make application for a corrected certificate of title to record the current legal name of the owner. The application for certificate of title shall be made prior to the renewal of the registration for the motor vehicle. (c) Any dealer, acting for himself or herself or another, who sells, trades or otherwise transfers any vehicle required to be titled under this chapter who does not comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  (Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §2; Acts 1989, No. 89-918, p. 1817, §2; Act 2009-746, p. 2236, §2; Act 2015-362, §2; Act 2016-358, §1.)
AL Code § 32-8-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 8 - Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.|Article 2 - Certificate of Title.|Section 32-8-31 - Exemptions.

Section 32-8-31Exemptions. 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, semi-trailer, 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, semi-trailer, 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. Section 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) Any other vehicles as prescribed by the department. (Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §3; Acts 1989, No. 89-918, p. 1817, §3; Act 2003-345, p. 870, §1; Act 2009-281, p. 472, §1; Act 2009-746, p. 2236, §2; Act 2010-579, p. 1283, §1; Act 2011-205, p. 384, §2; Act 2016-358, §1.)
AL Code § 32-8-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 8 - Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.|Article 2 - Certificate of Title.|Section 32-8-32 - Prerequisite to Issuance of License Plates.

Section 32-8-32Prerequisite to issuance of license plates. (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). (Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §33; Act 2009-281, p. 472, §1; Act 2009-746, p. 2236, §2; Act 2010-579, §1.)
AL Code § 32-8-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 8 - Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.|Article 2 - Certificate of Title.|Section 32-8-33 - Prerequisite to Assessment for Ad Valorem Taxes.

Section 32-8-33Prerequisite to assessment for ad valorem taxes. No motor vehicle required to be titled under the provisions of this chapter shall be assessed for ad valorem taxes by a tax assessor, director of revenue, or other county official authorized and required by law to assess motor vehicles for ad valorem taxes unless the application therefor is accompanied by a copy of an application for a certificate of title to such vehicle, a certificate of title to such vehicle, a duplicate certificate of title to such vehicle where the original is held by a lienholder, or a copy of an application for a replacement certificate of title; provided, however, when the owner of a motor vehicle has complied with the provisions of this section in licensing a motor vehicle or having the license for a motor vehicle transferred to him or her this section shall not apply thereafter to the renewal of such license by such owner of such motor vehicle. (Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §32A.)
AL Code § 32-8-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 8 - Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.|Article 2 - Certificate of Title.|Section 32-8-34 - Designated Agents of Department; Bond of Title Service Providers.

Section 32-8-34Designated agents of department; bond of title service providers. (a) Each judge of probate, commissioner of licenses, director of revenue, or other county official in this state authorized and required by law to issue motor vehicle license plates shall by virtue of his or her office be a designated agent of the department. Judges of probate, commissioners of licenses, directors of revenue, or other licensing officials may perform their duties under this chapter either personally or through any of their deputies. (b) Every dealer, as defined in this chapter, shall be a designated agent of the department. The dealers shall perform their duties under this chapter personally, through any of their officers or employees, or through a title service provider; provided, that the dealer shall enter into a bond with a corporate surety authorized to do business in this state as surety thereon, payable to the State of Alabama in a sum as provided in Section 40-12-398, conditioned on the faithful performance of their duties under this chapter. No dealer appointed under this subsection as a designated agent shall process title applications on behalf of another dealer unless both dealerships are owned by the same entity. (c) The department may appoint other persons in this state as its designated agents. Such agents shall perform their duties under this chapter either personally, through any of their officers or employees, or through a title service provider. An appointee shall enter into a bond as provided in subsection (b). Full-time bonded employees of the Department of Revenue may serve as designated agents without additional bond. A qualified designated agent of the department located outside of this state may continue as a designated agent of the department as long as he or she complies with the requirements of this chapter. (d) Each title service provider shall enter into a bond with a corporate surety authorized to do business in this state as a surety, thereon payable to the state in a sum provided in Section 40-12-398, conditioned on the faithful performance of their duties under this chapter. (Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §4; Act 2003-345, p. 870, §1; Act 2009-746, p. 2236, §2; Act 2015-362, p. 1109, §2; Act 2019-238, §1.)
AL Code § 32-8-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 8 - Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.|Article 2 - Certificate of Title.|Section 32-8-36 - Application for Certificate With Bond or Cash.

Section 32-8-36Application for certificate with bond or cash. If the department is not satisfied as to the ownership of the vehicle or that there are no undisclosed security interests in it, the department may accept the application but shall either: (1) Withhold issuance of a certificate of title until the applicant presents documents reasonably sufficient to satisfy the department as to the applicant's ownership of the vehicle and that there are no undisclosed security interests on it; or (2) As a condition of issuing a certificate of title, require the applicant to file with the department a bond in the form prescribed by the department and executed by the applicant, and executed by a person authorized to conduct a surety business in this state. The bond shall be in an amount prescribed by the department and conditioned to indemnify any prior owner and lienholder and any subsequent purchaser of the vehicle or person acquiring any security interest in it, and their respective successors in interest, against any expense, loss, or damage, including reasonable attorney's fees, by reason of the issuance of the certificate of title of the vehicle or on account of any defect in or undisclosed security interest upon the right, title and interest of the applicant in and to the vehicle. Any such interested person has a right of action to recover on the bond for any breach of its conditions, but the aggregate liability of the surety to all persons shall not exceed the amount of the bond. The bond shall be returned at the end of three years or prior thereto if the vehicle is no longer registered in this state and the currently valid certificate of title is surrendered to the department, unless the department has been notified of the pendency of an action to recover on the bond. (3) The department may establish uniform bond amounts for vehicles. (Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §10; Act 2010-579, p. 1283, §1.)
AL Code § 32-8-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 8 - Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.|Article 2 - Certificate of Title.|Section 32-8-37 - Check of Vehicle Identification Number Against List of Stolen Vehicles; Issuance of Certificate; Records.

Section 32-8-37Check of vehicle identification number against list of stolen vehicles; issuance of certificate; records. (a) The department upon receiving an application for certificate of title shall check the vehicle identification number shown in the application against the record of stolen or converted vehicles maintained by it. (b) The department shall examine each application received and, when satisfied that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall issue a certificate of title to the vehicle on the form prescribed by the department. (c) The department shall maintain a record of all certificates of title issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter: (1) Under a distinctive title number assigned to the vehicle; (2) Under the vehicle identification number; (3) Under the name of the owner; and (4) In the discretion of the department, by any other method the department determines. (Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §6.)