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AL Code § 32-16-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 16 - Selling Used Motor Vehicles.|Section 32-16-1 - Definitions.

Section 32-16-1Definitions. The terms "dealer" and "vendor" as used in this chapter shall be construed to include every individual, partnership, corporation or association whose business in whole or in part is that of selling new or used motor vehicles and likewise shall be construed to include every agent, representative or consignee of any such dealer as defined above, as fully as if the same had been herein expressly set out; except, that no agent, representative or consignee of such dealer or vendor shall be required to make and file the bond if such dealer or vendor for whom such agent, representative or consignee acts shall have fully complied with all of the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 220, p. 263; Code 1940, T. 36, §104.)
AL Code § 32-16-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 16 - Selling Used Motor Vehicles.|Section 32-16-2 - Registration of Certain Vehicles; Bond of Certain Dealers.

Section 32-16-2Registration of certain vehicles; bond of certain dealers. Every dealer in used or secondhand motor vehicles who is a nonresident of the State of Alabama, or who does not have a permanent place of business in the State of Alabama, and any person, firm or corporation who brings any used or secondhand motor vehicle into the State of Alabama for purposes of sale or resale, except as a trade-in on a new motor vehicle, or another used car, shall, within 10 days from date of entering of said used or secondhand motor vehicle into the State of Alabama, register such motor vehicle with the probate judge of the county in which said secondhand or used motor vehicle is brought, on a form to be provided by the probate judge, and shall, before said used or secondhand car is put on a used car lot for sale, or offered for sale, or sold, execute bond with two good and sufficient sureties or with a surety company duly authorized to do business in the State of Alabama as surety or sureties thereon, payable to the said probate judge for the use or benefit of the purchaser and his vendees, conditioned to pay all loss, damages and expenses that may be sustained by the purchaser or vendees, that may be occasioned by reason of any fraudulent misrepresentations or breaches of warranty as to freedom from liens, quality, condition, use or value of said motor vehicle being so sold. Said bond shall be in the full amount of the sale price of such secondhand or used motor vehicle, but in no event to exceed the sum of $1,000.00, and such bond shall be filed with the probate judge of the county in which such sale is made by the vendor, and such bond shall be approved by said probate judge as to the amount thereof and as to the solvency of the surety or sureties thereon, for which services the vendor shall pay a fee of $1.00 as registration and recording, which said sum shall be held and disposed of as other registration and recording fees are now held and disposed of by him; and the said vendor shall pay over to the probate judge at the time of the registration of said bond the further sum of $5.00, which said sum shall be by the probate judge paid over to the county treasury of the respective counties, less a fee of $.50 to be retained by the probate judge to the credit of county school funds, the same to be distributed and disposed of as provided by law. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 220, p. 263; Code 1940, T. 36, §105.)
AL Code § 32-16-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 16 - Selling Used Motor Vehicles.|Section 32-16-3 - Right of Action Dependent Upon Compliance.

Section 32-16-3Right of action dependent upon compliance. 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. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 220, p. 263; Code 1940, T. 36, §106.)
AL Code § 32-16-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 16 - Selling Used Motor Vehicles.|Section 32-16-4 - Penalty.

Section 32-16-4Penalty. Any vendor or dealer in used or secondhand motor vehicles who shall violate or fail to observe any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction for such violation, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00, and/or by imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more than six months. The Director of Public Safety and his subordinate officers are hereby authorized and required to enforce, and are charged with the duty of enforcing, the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 220, p. 263; Acts 1939, No. 621, p. 988, §1; Code 1940, T. 36, §107.)
AL Code § 32-17-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 17 - Warranty Work on Motor Vehicles.|Section 32-17-1 - Compensation by Manufacturer, etc., for Work Performed by Dealer or Representative.

Section 32-17-1Compensation by manufacturer, etc., for work performed by dealer or representative. No manufacturer of motor vehicles, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch or officer, agent or other representative thereof shall fail to compensate adequately and fairly its dealer or representative for labor, parts or expenses incurred by the dealer or representative with regard to factory warranty agreements performed by the dealer or representative. In no event shall said manufacturer of motor vehicles, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch pay to its dealer or representative a labor rate per hour for warranty work less than that charged by said dealer or representative to its retail customer. Conversely, no franchised dealer or representative shall charge its manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch a labor rate per hour in excess of the rate charged its retail customers. (Acts 1971, No. 2053, p. 3304, §1.)
AL Code § 32-17-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 17 - Warranty Work on Motor Vehicles.|Section 32-17-2 - Penalty.

Section 32-17-2Penalty. Any manufacturer of motor vehicles, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch or officer, agent or other representative thereof, or any dealer or representative of the same, who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined a sum not less than $10.00 nor more than $500.00 for each such violation. (Acts 1971, No. 2053, p. 3304, §2.)
AL Code § 32-17A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 17A - Nonoriginal Equipment Manufacturer Aftermarket Crash Parts Disclosure.|Section 32-17A-1 - Definitions.

Section 32-17A-1Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings respectively ascribed to them, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AFTERMARKET CRASH PART. A replacement for any of the nonmechanical sheet metal or plastic parts which generally constitute the exterior of a motor vehicle, including inner and outer panels. (2) INSTALLER. An individual who performs the work of replacing or repairing parts of a motor vehicle. (3) INSURER. Includes an insurance company and any person authorized to represent the insurer with respect to a claim and who is acting within the scope of the person's authority. (4) NONORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER AFTERMARKET CRASH PART. An aftermarket crash part made by any manufacturer other than the original vehicle manufacturer or his or her supplier. (5) REPAIR FACILITY. A motor vehicle dealer, garage, body shop, or other commercial entity which undertakes the repair or replacement of those parts that generally constitute the exterior of a motor vehicle. (Acts 1989, No. 89-662, p. 1315, §1.)
AL Code § 32-17A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 17A - Nonoriginal Equipment Manufacturer Aftermarket Crash Parts Disclosure.|Section 32-17A-2 - Identification of Nonoriginal Equipment Manufacturer Aftermarket Crash Parts Manufactured or Supplied in This State.

Section 32-17A-2Identification of nonoriginal equipment manufacturer aftermarket crash parts manufactured or supplied in this state. Any nonoriginal equipment manufacturer aftermarket crash part manufactured or supplied for use in this state on or after January 1, 1990, shall have affixed thereto or inscribed thereon the logo, identification number, or name of its manufacturer. Such manufacturer's logo, identification number, or name shall be visible after installation whenever practicable. (Acts 1989, No. 89-662, p. 1315, §2.)
AL Code § 32-17A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 17A - Nonoriginal Equipment Manufacturer Aftermarket Crash Parts Disclosure.|Section 32-17A-3 - Disclosure Document.

Section 32-17A-3Disclosure document. In all instances where nonoriginal equipment manufacturer aftermarket crash parts are used in preparing an estimate for repairs, the written estimate prepared by the insurer and repair facility shall clearly identify each such part. A disclosure document attached to the estimate shall contain the following information in no smaller than 10 point type: THIS ESTIMATE HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED ON THE USE OF AFTERMARKET CRASH PARTS SUPPLIED BY A SOURCE OTHER THAN THE MANUFACTURER OF YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE. THE AFTERMARKET CRASH PARTS USED IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS ESTIMATE ARE WARRANTED BY THE MANUFACTURER OR DISTRIBUTOR OF SUCH PARTS RATHER THAN THE MANUFACTURER OF YOUR VEHICLE. (Acts 1989, No. 89-662, p. 1315, §3.)
AL Code § 32-18-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 18 - Municipal Testing Stations.|Section 32-18-1 - Definitions.

Section 32-18-1Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: (1) PERSON. Every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, or corporation. (2) OPERATOR. Every person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a street, alley, or thoroughfare. (3) MOTOR VEHICLE. Any vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular power, including traction engines, tractor cranes, power shovels, road building machines, road rollers, road sweepers, and sand spreaders, which are self-propelled; and trailers, semitrailers, and motorcycles. This definition shall not include traction engines, tractor cranes, power shovels, road building machines, road rollers, road sweepers, and sand spreaders which are not self-propelled; or tractors used exclusively for agricultural purposes, well drillers, electric trucks with small wheels used in factories, warehouses, and railroad stations and operated principally on private property and such vehicles as run only upon rails or tracks; or motor vehicles to the extent of five or more owned by any person having testing equipment and facilities meeting the requirements of the city; or motor vehicles engaged in the business of carrying and transporting passengers or property and subject to the supervision and regulation of the Alabama Public Service Commission. (4) OWNER. A person who holds the legal title to a motor vehicle, or, in the event a motor vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee or in the event a mortgagor of a motor vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter. (Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, §1.)
AL Code § 32-18-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 18 - Municipal Testing Stations.|Section 32-18-2 - City May Set Up or Designate Testing Stations.

Section 32-18-2City may set up or designate testing stations. Any city shall have the power to acquire, establish, erect, equip, operate, and maintain motor vehicle testing stations therein, to pay for the same out of the proceeds of the collection of fees charged for testing motor vehicles, and to make rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of any ordinance adopted under the terms of this chapter. Such city may also designate privately operated stations as official inspecting stations on which such city shall by agreement with the owners or operators of such stations impose the power and authority to conduct such inspections in lieu of or in addition to the stations operated by such city and in accordance with the terms of this chapter and any ordinance adopted under its provisions. (Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, §2.)
AL Code § 32-18-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 18 - Municipal Testing Stations.|Section 32-18-3 - Fees.

Section 32-18-3Fees. Such city shall have the power to fix the amount of fees, not exceeding $1.00 per test and not more than $2.00 per annum, for the inspection of any motor vehicle for any and all defects prohibited by law upon and for every restriction and requirement imposed by law with respect to the equipment and maintenance of any such motor vehicle operated upon the streets, alleys, or highways of such city. In addition to inspections required by ordinance, any owner or operator may have his motor vehicle inspected as often as he or she may reasonably desire, between such inspection periods as may be fixed by such city. Such city shall have additional power to set aside all fees so collected by it in a separate fund out of which all costs and expenses in connection with or growing out of the construction, establishment, equipment, operation, and maintenance of such stations by it shall be paid. Any surplus remaining in such fund shall be paid into a fund for traffic regulation and enforcement. (Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, §3; Acts 1963, No. 550, p. 1169, §1.)
AL Code § 32-18-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 18 - Municipal Testing Stations.|Section 32-18-4 - Use of Streets Dependent Upon Compliance With Ordinance.

Section 32-18-4Use of streets dependent upon compliance with ordinance. The right to use the streets, alleys, and highways of any city enacting any such ordinance shall be dependent upon compliance with the terms of such ordinance and with the laws of the state relating to motor vehicles and the parking or use thereof on the streets, alleys, or highways of such city. (Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, §4.)
AL Code § 32-18-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 18 - Municipal Testing Stations.|Section 32-18-5 - Stickers; Control of Tests.

Section 32-18-5Stickers; control of tests. The Director of Public Safety of Alabama shall approve the shape, size, color, and inscription of a sticker to be placed by any such city so operating or in which are operated motor vehicle testing stations hereunder upon the windshield of any motor vehicle so passing the tests herein provided. No such certificate shall be issued or attached to any motor vehicle until and unless such vehicle shall, upon such inspection, be found to comply with the terms and conditions and requirements imposed by law and the ordinance adopted under this chapter. The director shall also have supervision and control over the type of tests and the facilities therefor in any such motor vehicle testing station, and any such city desiring to establish any such station or to designate any privately owned station shall first procure the approval of such tests and facilities by the Director of Public Safety. (Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, §5.)
AL Code § 32-18-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 18 - Municipal Testing Stations.|Section 32-18-6 - City May Pay for Testing Stations From Earnings or Out of General Fund.

Section 32-18-6City may pay for testing stations from earnings or out of general fund. Any such city shall have additional powers to pay for any such testing station or stations operated by it and for the equipment, maintenance, and operation thereof out of past or future earnings of such station or stations or out of the general fund. (Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, §6.)
AL Code § 32-18-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 18 - Municipal Testing Stations.|Section 32-18-7 - Applicable to Residents or Persons Who Maintain Place of Business in City.

Section 32-18-7Applicable to residents or persons who maintain place of business in city. Any such city may provide for the inspection of motor vehicles operated upon the streets, alleys, or highways thereof when owned or operated by residents or by persons who maintain a place of business in any such city where so operated. (Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, §7; Acts 1963, No. 550, p. 1169, §2.)
AL Code § 32-18-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 18 - Municipal Testing Stations.|Section 32-18-8 - Penalty; Seizure of Motor Vehicle.

Section 32-18-8Penalty; seizure of motor vehicle. Any such city shall have the power to enforce such ordinance by fine, not exceeding $100.00, or imprisonment, not exceeding six months, or both. Each day's violation of such ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. Such fine or imprisonment may be imposed upon either the owner or operator of any such motor vehicle. Such city shall have authority also to seize and impound any motor vehicle which has not been inspected in accordance with the terms of such ordinance and to hold the same until inspection is made as provided by such ordinance. Any expense incurred in the seizure and impounding of such motor vehicle, together with any storage fees, shall be a first lien on the same; and the city shall have authority to enforce such lien as provided by law. (Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, §8.)
AL Code § 32-19-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 19 - Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices.|Section 32-19-1 - Use of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device; Operation at Night; Restrictions.

Section 32-19-1Use of electric personal assistive mobility device; operation at night; restrictions. (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. (Act 2003-342, p. 851, §2.)
AL Code § 32-19-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 19 - Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices.|Section 32-19-2 - Operation of Shared Micromobility Device Systems.

Section 32-19-2Operation of shared micromobility device systems. (a) A shared micromobility device system may not operate or deploy shared micromobility devices on the public highways or bikeways of the state without first obtaining authorization or permission from the applicable county or municipality in which the shared micromobility device system will be operated. (b) Every person riding a shared micromobility device shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the rider of a bicycle in this title, except as to specific provisions in this section and except as to those specific provisions in this title which by their nature can have no application. (c) A person may not park a shared micromobility device on a sidewalk in a manner that impedes the normal or reasonable movement of pedestrian or other traffic or in violation of county or municipal parking regulations. (d) A shared micromobility device is not a motor vehicle and is not subject to the provisions of this title relating to insurance, license plates, registration, operator's licenses, or certificates of title. (e) A shared micromobility device shall be labeled with visible language identifying its use in a shared micromobility device system. (f) The owner or operator of a shared micromobility device system shall procure and keep in full force a commercial liability insurance policy with minimum limits of one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence, insuring against bodily injury, including death, and property damage caused by the negligence or wantonness of the owner or operator of a shared micromobility device system. (g) Counties and municipalities may regulate the operation of shared micromobility devices. The authorization or permission from the applicable county or municipality may be conditioned on certain requirements, including, but not limited to: (1) Minimum insurance requirements that may be in addition to the mandatory insurance requirements under subsection (f). (2) Age requirements of users. (3) Safety rules and maintenance requirements. (4) Such other requirements as the county or municipality deems advisable. (Act 2019-437, §2.)
AL Code § 33-1-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-1 - State May Engage in Promoting, Constructing, Operating, etc., Harbors and Ports; Expenditure of Funds to Entertain Customers, etc., Authorized; Audit and Accounting of Certain Expenditures.

Section 33-1-1State may engage in promoting, constructing, operating, etc., harbors and ports; expenditure of funds to entertain customers, etc., authorized; audit and accounting of certain expenditures. The State of Alabama may engage in, through the agency of the Alabama State Port Authority provided and designated by law, works of internal improvement, and of promoting, developing, constructing, maintaining and operating all harbors, seaports or riverports within the state or its jurisdiction, including the acquisition or construction, maintaining and operating at seaports and riverports of harbor watercraft and terminal railroads, as well as all other kinds of terminal facilities. Such work or improvement and facilities shall be under the management and control of the state through the governing agency provided and designated by law. The Alabama State Port Authority in further promoting harbors, seaports and riverports within the state, through its director, and such employees as may be designated in writing by the director, shall be authorized to expend funds of the department to entertain customers or prospective customers, industrial prospects or in promoting public relations in such manner as the director deems appropriate; provided, that all funds expended under this section and Sections 33-1-11 and 33-1-12 shall be subject to audit and accounting as otherwise provided for by law. (Acts 1955, No. 367, p. 887, §1; Acts 1971, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 57, p. 95.)