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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 32-8-1 - Short Title. - This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Certificate...
Section 32-8-2 - Definitions. - For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall...
Section 32-8-3 - Powers and Duties of Department. - (a) The department shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of...
Section 32-8-6 - Transaction Fees; Commissions; Disposition of Funds; Disclosure of Information. - (a) There shall be paid to the department for issuing...
Section 32-8-7 - Additional Commission Fee; Collection of Commissions. - (a) The judge of probate or other county official who...
Section 32-8-8 - Right of Inspection for Violations. - (a) Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman of an incorporated municipality...
Section 32-8-9 - Forms and Rules. - The department shall provide each designated agent with the forms...
Section 32-8-10 - Enforcement of Chapter. - The department is charged with the enforcement of the provisions...
Section 32-8-11 - Aiding, Abetting, etc., in Violations. - A person who, whether present or absent, aids, abets, induces,...
Section 32-8-12 - Offenses Constituting Felonies. - A person is guilty of a Class C felony who,...
Section 32-8-13 - Offenses Constituting Misdemeanors. - A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor who:...
Section 32-8-14 - Penalties. - Repealed by Act 2009-281, p. 472, ยง3, effective July 1,...
Article 2 - Certificate of Title.
Section 32-8-30 - Certificate Required for Certain Motor Vehicles and Travel Trailers; Penalty. - (a) Except as provided in Section 32-8-31, every owner of...
Section 32-8-31 - Exemptions. - No certificate of title shall be issued under this chapter...
Section 32-8-32 - Prerequisite to Issuance of License Plates. - (a) No motor vehicle license (or license plate) shall be...
Section 32-8-33 - Prerequisite to Assessment for Ad Valorem Taxes. - No motor vehicle required to be titled under the provisions...
Section 32-8-34 - Designated Agents of Department; Bond of Title Service Providers. - (a) Each judge of probate, commissioner of licenses, director of...
Section 32-8-35 - Application for First Certificate. - (a) The application for the first certificate of title of...
Section 32-8-36 - Application for Certificate With Bond or Cash. - If the department is not satisfied as to the ownership...
Section 32-8-37 - Check of Vehicle Identification Number Against List of Stolen Vehicles; Issuance of Certificate; Records. - (a) The department upon receiving an application for certificate of...
Section 32-8-38 - Use of Duplicate Copy of Application as Permit to Operate Motor Vehicle; Return of Duplicate and Tags Upon Refusal to Issue Certificate. - (a) The rules and regulations promulgated by the department shall...
Section 32-8-39 - Contents and Effect of Certificate. - (a) Each certificate of title issued by the department shall...
Section 32-8-40 - Distinctive Certificates for Certain Vehicles. - If the department is not satisfied that there are no...
Section 32-8-41 - Delivery of Certificate. - The certificate of title shall be mailed to the first...
Section 32-8-42 - Refusing Certificate. - The department shall refuse issuance of certificate of title if...
Section 32-8-43 - Certificates Lost, Stolen, Mutilated, Etc. - (a) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated,...
Section 32-8-44 - Transfer of Ownership - Generally. - (a) If an owner transfers his interest in a vehicle,...
Section 32-8-45 - Transfer of Ownership - to or From Dealer; Records. - (a) If a dealer buys a vehicle and holds it...
Section 32-8-46 - Transfer of Ownership - by Operation of Law. - (a)(1) If the interest of an owner in a vehicle...
Section 32-8-47 - Transfer of Ownership - When Department to Issue New Certificate. - (a) The department, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate...
Section 32-8-49 - Suspension or Revocation of Certificates. - (a) The department shall suspend or revoke a certificate of...
Article 3 - Security Interests.
Section 32-8-60 - Excepted Liens and Security Interests. - This chapter does not apply to or affect any of...
Section 32-8-60.1 - Security Interest Not Created Where Rental Price May Be Adjusted by Reference to Amount Realized Upon Sale. - In the case of motor vehicles as defined in Section...
Section 32-8-61 - Perfection of Security Interests. - (a) Unless excepted by this section, a security interest in...
Section 32-8-62 - Procedure When Owner Creates Security Interest. - If an owner creates a security interest in a vehicle:...
Section 32-8-63 - Assignment by Lienholder. - (a) A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security...
Section 32-8-64 - Release of Security Interest. - (a) Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a...
Section 32-8-64.1 - Satisfaction of Security Interest After 12 Years. - Except for liens and security interests listed on certificates of...
Section 32-8-64.2 - Release of Certain Liens. - (a) Except for liens and security interests listed on certificates...
Section 32-8-65 - Duty of Lienholder to Disclose Information. - A lienholder named in a certificate of title shall, upon...
Section 32-8-66 - Exclusiveness of Procedure. - The method provided in this article of perfecting and giving...
Section 32-8-67 - Filing and Recording of Notices of Security Interests; Examination of Record. - (a) The department shall file each notice of security interest...
Section 32-8-68 - Recording and Releasing Security Interests by Electronic Means. - Notwithstanding any requirement in this chapter that a lien on...
Article 4 - Antitheft Laws.
Section 32-8-80 - Exceptions From Provisions of Article. - This article does not apply to the following unless a...
Section 32-8-81 - Unauthorized Use of Vehicles. - A person not entitled to possession of a vehicle who,...
Section 32-8-82 - Unauthorized Receiving or Disposing of Vehicles. - A person not entitled to the possession of a vehicle...
Section 32-8-83 - Unauthorized Damaging or Tampering With Vehicles. - (a) A person who, willfully and without right to do...
Section 32-8-84 - Unclaimed Motor Vehicles; Suspension of Registration of Stolen or Converted Vehicles. - (a) The following shall be considered an unclaimed motor vehicle:...
Section 32-8-85 - False Report of Theft or Conversion. - A person who knowingly makes a false report of the...
Section 32-8-86 - Removed, Falsified or Unauthorized Identification Number, Registration or License Plate; Seizure of Vehicle, Part, etc., When Number Altered, etc.; Disposition of Forfeited Property. - (a) A person who willfully removes or falsifies an identification...
Section 32-8-87 - Dismantling, Destroying, Changing Identity of Vehicle; Certificate Requirements; Insurance Claims; "Total Loss"; Removal of Identification Numbers, Plates, etc.; Transfer of Salvage Vehicles; Inspections; "Component Parts"; Rebuilt... - (a) Each owner of a motor vehicle and each person...
Section 32-8-88 - Motor Vehicle Theft Facility Prohibited; Definitions; Seizure and Forfeiture of Property; Disposition of Proceeds of Forfeiture Sale. - (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions...