For the years during which the metal license plates are not issued, in lieu thereof, validation decals or other devices suitable for attaching to a motor vehicle license plate shall be issued. The validation decal or device shall indicate the period for which it was issued and shall, when properly affixed to the license plate, evidence payment for the motor vehicle license fees and taxes for the period indicated thereon. Such validation decal or device shall be such size as the legislative oversight committee, as provided for in this section, deems appropriate and shall bear a bright reflective background contrasting with the digits or letters printed thereon. The month and year of expiration shall be printed on the validation decal.
A person changing his or her county of residence shall be required to purchase a license plate indicating his or her new county of residence upon expiration of the license period covered by his or her present license plate or validation device and shall turn in his or her old license plate.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.
Chapter 6 - Licenses and Registration.
Article 2 - License Tags and Plates.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Division 2 - Licensing, Registration and Taxation on Staggered Basis.
Section 32-6-60 - Licensing, Registration, etc., Staggered - Implementation Period.
Section 32-6-62 - Validity Periods for License Plates.
Section 32-6-62.2 - Optional Two-Year Registration for Motor Vehicles.
Section 32-6-63 - Validation Decals, etc., in Lieu of License Plates; Change of Residence.
Section 32-6-64.1 - Manufacture and Distribution of License Plates by Third Party; Funding.
Section 32-6-65 - Uniform Registration Renewal Form; Centralized Registration Prohibited; Penalties.
Section 32-6-66 - Subdivision Construed in Pari Materia.
Section 32-6-67 - Legislative Oversight Committee.
Section 32-6-68 - Annual Fee; Distribution of Fees.
Section 32-6-69 - Distinctive Plates Which May Not Be Personalized; Annual Fee.