THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-300 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(a) Upon the installation of a system for the issuance of driver licenses and nondriver identification cards with color photographs of licensees and nondrivers thereon, all initial Alabama licenses and nondriver identification cards and renewals of licenses issued in this state shall be issued in the following manner:
(1) The individual shall apply under oath to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, for an initial Alabama driver license or nondriver identification card and to the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county of his or her residence for the renewal of a license or nondriver identification card upon a form which shall be provided by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.
(2) For the renewal of a driver license or nondriver identification card, the judge of probate or license commissioner shall take a color photograph of the licensee with equipment to be furnished by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to be attached to each application.
(b)(1) For the purpose of defraying the cost of issuing driver licenses or nondriver identification cards with color photographs of the licensee or nondriver thereon, except as provided in Section 32-6-4.1, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, judge of probate, or license commissioner shall collect for each license or identification card the required fee for a four-year license or an identification card, and the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, judge of probate, or license commissioner shall give the licensee a driver license or identification card. Except as provided by rules of the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, the nondriver identification card shall bear no expiration date for any person 62 years of age or older.
(2) A qualified student, as defined in Section 16-28-40(b), is exempt from the driver license issuance fee required by this section.
(c)(1) Any male applicant who applies for a driver license or a learner license or a renewal of the license who is at least 18 years of age, but less than 26 years of age, shall be registered in compliance with the requirements of Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 453, as amended.
(2) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall forward in an electronic format the necessary personal information of the applicants identified in this subsection to the Selective Service System. The applicant's signature on the application shall serve as an indication that the applicant either has already registered with the Selective Service System or that he is authorizing the agency to forward to the Selective Service System the necessary information for registration. The agency shall notify the applicant at the time of application that his signature constitutes consent to registration with the Selective Service System, if he is not already registered.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.
Chapter 6 - Licenses and Registration.
Article 1 - Drivers' Licenses.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 32-6-1 - Required; Expiration Date; Renewal; Identification Cards for Nondrivers.
Section 32-6-1.2 - Veteran's Driver's License.
Section 32-6-2 - Persons Exempt From Securing License.
Section 32-6-3 - Examination Prior to Application for License or Renewal.
Section 32-6-3.1 - Information and Instruction on Dangers of Drowsy Driving.
Section 32-6-4 - Issuance of License or Identification Card; Selective Service Registration.
Section 32-6-4.1 - Special Nondriver Identification Cards - Issuance; Fees; Expiration.
Section 32-6-4.3 - Nondriver Identification Cards - Honorably Discharged Veterans.
Section 32-6-5 - Reports; Disposition of Funds.
Section 32-6-6 - Contents of Licenses; Photo Specifications; Fee for Photo License or Card.
Section 32-6-6.2 - Emergency Contact Information.
Section 32-6-7 - Persons to Whom License Not to Be Issued.
Section 32-6-7.1 - Persons With Physical Disabilities or Impairments.
Section 32-6-7.2 - Restrictions on Issuance to Persons Under 18 Years of Age
Section 32-6-7.3 - Maintenance and Report of Statistical Information.
Section 32-6-7.4 - Disciplinary Point System - Age of Student Eligibility.
Section 32-6-7.5 - Disciplinary Point System - Determination; Hearing.
Section 32-6-8 - Temporary Instruction and Learner's Licenses.
Section 32-6-9 - Possession and Display of License.
Section 32-6-10 - Reciprocal Agreements - Other States or Countries.
Section 32-6-11 - Reciprocal Agreements - Authorities in Charge of Federal Military Installations.
Section 32-6-12 - Restricted Licenses.
Section 32-6-12.1 - Limited Driving Permits.
Section 32-6-13 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations.
Section 32-6-14 - Records to Be Kept by Director.
Section 32-6-15 - Duplicate of Lost or Destroyed License.
Section 32-6-17 - Cancellation, Suspension, or Revocation - Reinstatement; Fees.
Section 32-6-18 - Penalties - Violations in General; Disposition of Funds.