(a) Proof of financial responsibility when required under this chapter with respect to a motor vehicle or with respect to a person who is not the owner of a motor vehicle may be given by filing:
(1) A certificate of insurance as provided in Section 32-7-20 or Section 32-7-21; or
(2) A bond as provided in Section 32-7-26; or
(3) A certificate of deposit of money or securities as provided in Section 32-7-27; or
(4) A certificate of self-insurance, as provided in Section 32-7-34, supplemented by an agreement by the self-insurer that, with respect to accidents occurring while the certificate is in force, he or she will pay the same judgments and in the same amounts that an insurer would have been obligated to pay under an owner's motor vehicle liability policy if it had issued such a policy to the self-insurer.
(b) Proof of financial responsibility relating to a motor vehicle liability policy when required under this chapter with respect to a motor vehicle or with respect to a person who is not the owner of a motor vehicle may be verified through the online insurance verification system of Chapter 7B and Chapter 7A.
(c) No motor vehicle shall be or continue to be registered in the name of any person required to file proof of financial responsibility unless such proof shall be furnished for such motor vehicle.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.
Chapter 7 - Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act.
Section 32-7-1 - Citation of Chapter.
Section 32-7-3 - 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 32-7-10 - 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 32-7-15 - 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 32-7-20 - 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 32-7-37 - 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.