Code of Alabama
Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.
Chapter 2 - Department of Public Safety.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 32-2-1 - Creation; Headed by Director; Appointment and Term of Director. - There is hereby created a department of the State of...

Section 32-2-2 - Assistant Director. - There is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety...

Section 32-2-3 - Divisions - Creation; Age of Law Enforcement Officers or Trainees. - (a) The director shall create divisions within the Department of...

Section 32-2-4 - Divisions - Chiefs; Employees. - The director shall appoint chiefs of said divisions and all...

Section 32-2-5 - What Laws Director to Enforce. - It shall be the duty of the Director of the...

Section 32-2-6 - Compensation and Expenses of Officers, Employees, Etc. - Method of Payment Generally. - The compensation of the officers, agents, and employees provided for...

Section 32-2-7 - Compensation and Expenses of Officers, Employees, Etc. - Controlling Civil Disturbances; Rescue or Protective Duties. - Whenever any officer, agent, or employee of the Department of...

Section 32-2-8 - Fees for Copies of Records and Reports. - Whenever the Director of Public Safety is required or allowed...

Section 32-2-8.1 - Fee for Criminal History Records Search. - When the Director of Public Safety is allowed by Alabama...

Section 32-2-9 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations. - The Director of Public Safety, with the approval of the...

Section 32-2-10 - Insurance for Employees. - The state Department of Public Safety is authorized, subject to...

Section 32-2-11 - Alabama Bureau of Investigation Cost of Evidence Fund. - (a) There is hereby established a separate fund in the...

Article 2 - Highway Patrol.

Section 32-2-20 - Establishment and Maintenance. - The Governor is authorized to establish and maintain a state...

Section 32-2-21 - Disposition of Costs, Fees, and Mileage Otherwise Collectible by Officers. - No state trooper shall be entitled to any costs, fees,...

Section 32-2-22 - Officers Have Powers of Peace Officers. - Members of the state highway patrol, when duly appointed, shall...

Section 32-2-23 - Bonds of Officers and Members. - Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, all...

Section 32-2-24 - Liabilities Under Bonds. - The officers and members of the state highway patrol shall...

Section 32-2-25 - Arrest Fee; When Fees and Costs Not to Be Paid by County. - In all cases where arrests are made by a state...

Section 32-2-26 - Officers to Receive Badge, Pistol, etc., as Part of Retirement Benefits. - Any person who, at the time of his or her...

Article 3 - State Trooper Reserve.

Section 32-2-40 - Establishment Authorized; Composition; Members to Serve Without Compensation. - The Director of the Department of Public Safety is hereby...

Section 32-2-41 - Reserve Troopers to Serve Under Direction and Supervision of Director of Public Safety; Privileges and Immunities of Reserves. - Reserve state troopers serving with the Alabama state troopers shall...

Section 32-2-42 - Determination of Fitness of Persons to Serve. - The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall determine...

Section 32-2-43 - Duties of Members of Reserve. - The duties of a state trooper reserve officer shall be...

Section 32-2-44 - Authority to Carry Firearms When Summoned to Duty. - State trooper reserves shall have the authority to carry firearms...

Article 4 - Criminal History Information.

Section 32-2-60 - Definitions. - When used in this article, the following terms have the...

Section 32-2-61 - Release of Information and Fees. - (a) The director may open to any person for inspection,...

Section 32-2-62 - Promulgation of Procedures and Regulations. - In accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, the director shall...

Section 32-2-63 - Unauthorized Dissemination of Information. - Any person who willfully disseminates information other than the information...

Article 5 - Public Safety Motor Vehicle Replacement Fund.

Section 32-2-80 - Creation; Purpose. - There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Public...

Section 32-2-81 - Funds - Deposit, Expenditure, and Carry Over. - Any funds created from depreciation, equipment replacement allowance, and salvage...

Section 32-2-82 - Transfer of Vehicles; Notification of Purchase. - The Department of Public Safety may not transfer automotive vehicles...

Section 32-2-83 - Disposal of Vehicles. - (a) Any other provisions to the law contrary notwithstanding, the...

Section 32-2-84 - Funds Designated in Addition to Money Transferred to Department. - The funds designated by this article to be deposited to...

Article 6 - State Capitol Police Officers.

Section 32-2-100 - State Capitol Police Officers. - (a) The Director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety...

Article 7 - Blue Alert System.

Section 32-2-120 - Creation of System; Activation of Alert; Powers and Duties; Boundaries of Alert Area; Termination of Alert; Liability. - (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms...