(a) The director shall upon request consent to the immediate cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance, or the director shall direct and the State Treasurer shall return to the person entitled thereto any money or securities deposited pursuant to this chapter as proof of financial responsibility, or the director shall waive the requirement of filing proof, in any of the following events:
(1) At any time after three years from the date such proof was required when, during the three-year period preceding the request, the director has not received record of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail which would require or permit the suspension or revocation of the license, registration, or nonresident's operating privilege of the person by or for whom such proof was furnished; or
(2) In the event of the death of the person on whose behalf such proof was filed or the permanent incapacity of such person to operate a motor vehicle; or
(3) In the event the person who has given proof surrenders his or her license and registration to the director.
(b) The director shall not consent to the cancellation of any bond or the return of any money or securities in the event any action for damages upon a liability covered by such proof is then pending or any judgment upon any such liability is then unsatisfied or in the event the person who has filed such bond or deposited such money or securities has within one year immediately preceding such request been involved as an operator or owner in any motor vehicle accident resulting in injury or damage to the person or property of others. An affidavit of the applicant as to the nonexistence of such facts, or that he or she has been released from all of his or her liability or has been finally adjudicated not to be liable for such injury or damage shall be sufficient evidence thereof in the absence of evidence to the contrary in the records of the director.
(c) Whenever any person whose proof has been cancelled or returned under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section applies for a license or registration within a period of three years from the date proof was originally required, any such application shall be refused unless the applicant shall reestablish such proof for the remainder of such three-year period.
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.