Code of Alabama
Chapter 7 - Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act.
Section 32-7-18 - Proof of Financial Responsibility Required Upon Certain Convictions.

(a) Whenever the director, under any law of this state, suspends or revokes the license of any person upon receiving record of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail, the director shall also suspend the registration for all motor vehicles registered in the name of such person; except, that he or she shall not suspend such registration, unless otherwise required by law, if such person has previously given or shall immediately give and thereafter maintain proof of financial responsibility with respect to all motor vehicles registered by such person.
(b) Such license and registration shall remain suspended or revoked and shall not at any time thereafter be renewed nor shall any license be thereafter issued to such person, nor shall any motor vehicle be thereafter registered in the name of such person until permitted under the motor vehicle laws of this state and not then unless and until he or she shall give and thereafter maintain proof of financial responsibility.
(c) If a person is not licensed, but by final order or judgment is convicted of or forfeits any bail or collateral deposited to secure an appearance for trial for any offense requiring the suspension or revocation of license, or for operating a motor vehicle upon the highways without being licensed to do so, or for operating an unregistered motor vehicle upon the highways, no license shall be thereafter issued to such person and no motor vehicle shall continue to be registered or thereafter be registered in the name of such person until he or she shall give and thereafter maintain proof of financial responsibility.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.

Chapter 7 - Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act.

Section 32-7-1 - Citation of Chapter.

Section 32-7-2 - Definitions.

Section 32-7-3 - Administration of Chapter; Appeal to Court.

Section 32-7-4 - Director to Furnish Operating Record.

Section 32-7-5 - Report Required Following Accident.

Section 32-7-6 - Security Required; Suspensions; Applicability.

Section 32-7-6.1 - Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Coverage.

Section 32-7-7 - Further Exceptions to Requirement of Security.

Section 32-7-8 - Duration of Suspension.

Section 32-7-9 - Application to Nonresidents, Unlicensed Drivers, Unregistered Motor Vehicles and Accidents in Other States.

Section 32-7-10 - Form and Amount of Security.

Section 32-7-11 - Custody, Disposition and Return of Security.

Section 32-7-12 - Matters Not to Be Evidence in Civil Actions.

Section 32-7-13 - Courts to Report Nonpayment of Judgments.

Section 32-7-14 - Suspension of License, Registration, or Operating Privilege for Nonpayment of Judgment.

Section 32-7-15 - Suspension to Continue Until Judgments Paid and Proof Given.

Section 32-7-16 - Payments Sufficient to Satisfy Requirements.

Section 32-7-17 - Installment Payment of Judgments.

Section 32-7-18 - Proof of Financial Responsibility Required Upon Certain Convictions.

Section 32-7-19 - Alternate Methods of Giving Proof; Registration of Motor Vehicle of Person Required to Give Proof.

Section 32-7-20 - Certificate of Insurance as Proof.

Section 32-7-21 - Certificate Furnished by Nonresident as Proof.

Section 32-7-22 - Motor Vehicle Liability Policy Defined; Policy Provisions.

Section 32-7-23 - Uninsured Motorist Coverage; "Uninsured Motorist" Defined; Limitation on Recovery.

Section 32-7-24 - Notice of Cancellation or Termination of Certified Policy.

Section 32-7-25 - Chapter Not to Affect Other Policies.

Section 32-7-26 - Bond as Proof of Financial Responsibility.

Section 32-7-27 - Money or Securities as Proof.

Section 32-7-28 - Owner May Give Proof for Others.

Section 32-7-29 - Substitution of Proof.

Section 32-7-30 - Additional Proof May Be Required.

Section 32-7-31 - Duration of Proof; When Proof May Be Cancelled or Returned.

Section 32-7-32 - Transfer of Registration to Defeat Purpose of Chapter Prohibited.

Section 32-7-33 - Surrender of License and Registration.

Section 32-7-34 - Self-Insurers.

Section 32-7-35 - Assigned Risk Plans.

Section 32-7-36 - Exceptions.

Section 32-7-37 - Other Violations; Penalties.

Section 32-7-38 - Employment of Necessary Employees.

Section 32-7-40 - Chapter Supplemental to Other Laws.

Section 32-7-41 - Chapter Not to Prevent Other Process.

Section 32-7-42 - Uniformity of Interpretation.

Section 32-7-43 - Nondiscriminatory Application.