Alabama Administrative Code › Title 810 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE › Chapter 810-5-8 - MANDATORY LIABILITY INSURANCE › Section 810-5-8-.06 - Mandatory Liability Insurance Registration Suspension, Reinstatement, And Revocation Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) The
			 department shall suspend a vehicle registration in accordance with §
								32-7A-12,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
, and electronically provide a current list of suspended
			 registrations to local licensing officials authorized to collect Mandatory
			 Liability Insurance (MLI) reinstatement fees. Local licensing officials may not
			 register, renew, or transfer a registration appearing on the list of suspended
			 registrations until the registration is reinstated in accordance with §
								32-7A-12 and §
								32-7A-17,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
.
(2)
Reinstatement of Suspended Registrations
.
(a) If the vehicle was not insured on the
			 insurance verification date, as described in §
									32-7A-7,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
, the registrant must apply to their local licensing official
			 to reinstate the registration upon payment of the reinstatement fee required
			 under §
									32-7A-12,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
, and provide evidence of current insurance coverage in
			 accordance with §
									32-7A-17,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
.
(b) If the
			 vehicle was insured on the insurance verification date, the registrant must
			 apply to their local licensing official to reinstate the registration without
			 payment of a reinstatement fee by providing evidence of insurance coverage on
			 the insurance verification date in accordance with §
									32-7A-12,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
.
(c) Evidence of
			 insurance is acceptable in a name other than the registered owner name(s) if
			 the vehicle identification number (VIN) on the motor vehicle and on the
			 evidence of insurance match.
(d)
			 Upon reinstatement, the local licensing official shall, upon request by the
			 registrant, provide the registrant with a Notice of Registration Reinstatement
			 Receipt. The Notice of Registration Reinstatement Receipt is valid thirty (30)
			 calendar days from the date of issuance and provides the registrant or driver
			 of the vehicle with proof of registration reinstatement and compliance with the
			 MLI law for the vehicle. The Registration Reinstatement Receipt is not
			 acceptable as a substitute for an Alabama Motor Vehicle Registration Tag and
			 Tax Receipt. Any erasures or other alterations of the information on the
			 receipt will render it void.
(e)
			 Local licensing officials shall deny registration for a vehicle when the
			 registrant attempts to avoid the registration suspension and payment of
			 reinstatement fees through transfer of vehicle ownership to a spouse or
			 dependent, or to another entity for which the registrant has an ownership
			 interest.
(f) Reinstatement fees
			 collected by local licensing officials less the amount to be retained by the
			 local licensing official as provided by §
									32-7A-12,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
, must be remitted to the State Comptroller on or before the
			 twentieth (20th) day of the month following the month that the reinstatement
			 fees were collected.