Title 40 — Title 40

(a) A person may not engage in the business of a motor vehicle wholesale auction unless the person is licensed under this article by the department. (b) A person desiring to engage in the business of a motor vehicle wholesale auction shall apply to the department on a form prescr…

(a) An application for a license as a motor vehicle wholesale auction shall be accompanied by a state privilege license fee equal to the fee levied under Section 40-12-392 and any additional fee for issuing licenses as may be otherwise prescribed by law. (b) A privilege license i…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), before being licensed under this article, a person shall demonstrate proof of responsibility by depositing with the commissioner a continuing surety bond in the amount prescribed under Section 40-12-398 from a company authorized to do bus…

(a) Subject to the appeal provisions allowed under Chapter 2A, the commissioner may suspend or revoke a license issued for the willful and intentional failure of the licensee to comply with this article. (b) A license may be revoked or a license application may be denied by the d…

All bill posting and advertising companies displaying advertisements in public places, including streetcars, and each person engaged in the business of advertising or bill posting shall pay the following license taxes: In counties having 200,000 inhabitants or over, $150; in coun…

A person who violates this article is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. In addition, the department may assess against the person a civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000). The penalty may be assessed against the bond as provided for in Section 40-12-398. History: (A…

Each person engaged in the business of selling or installing air-conditioning plants or equipment which use or require the use of water connections shall pay, in the county in which is located his principal office, an annual state privilege tax of $100 and a county privilege tax …

Owners and operators of permanent amusement parks which shall be open for the public for not more than five months of each year may be exempted from payment of the license or privilege taxes on amusements or entertainments licensed by this title; provided, that they take out and …

Each architect practicing his profession for the public shall pay to the state a license tax of $25, but no license shall be paid to the county. If such business is conducted as a firm or as a corporation in which more than one person above named is engaged, each person so engage…

(a) Each attorney engaged in the practice of law shall pay an annual license tax to the state, but none to the county. On October 1, 2006, and each year thereafter, the annual license tax shall be three hundred dollars ($300). On and after May 15, 2012, the Board of Bar Commissio…

The state Department of Revenue shall, on request by resolution of the governing body of each of the several counties, administer and collect all taxes levied and assessed by the governing body of each of the several counties pursuant to and under the authority of Section 40-12-4…

Auctioneers and apprentice auctioneers shall pay annual license taxes in accordance with Chapter 4 of Title 34.

Each person dealing in, selling, or purchasing for resale automobiles, trucks, or other self-propelled vehicles shall pay an annual state license as provided in this section and shall pay a county license tax of one half the amount of his state license tax for the use of the coun…

Each person selling motor vehicle accessories, including automobile radios, air-conditioning units, motor vehicle parts, motor vehicle batteries and tires, shall pay the following annual license tax in cities of: Over 100,000 population$40.0025,000 to 100,000 population 30.005,00…

Garages or shops where automobiles or other motor vehicles are repaired, painted, trimmed, or welded for the public shall pay the following license taxes: Each shop where the work is done by one man, $5; each shop where the work is done by two men, $10; each shop where the work i…

For each garage where a charge is made for the storage of motor vehicles there shall be a license tax of $2 for each 1,000 square feet or fraction thereof up to 50,000 square feet. On each 1,000 square feet or fraction thereof in excess of 50,000 square feet, the license tax shal…

Each lot or place other than a storage garage where a charge is made for storage of motor vehicles shall pay the following annual license tax: For each 1,000 square feet or major fraction thereof up to 50,000 square feet, $1; on each 1,000 square feet or major fraction thereof in…

Retreading or tire rebuilding shops where motor vehicle tires are retreaded shall pay a license tax of $20. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §469.)

Each person engaged in the business of operating a barbershop shall pay a license fee of $2.50 for each chair. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §470.)

Each owner or lessee of a baseball park where admission fees are charged shall pay the following license taxes: In cities or towns of less than 10,000 inhabitants, or within five miles thereof, $10; in cities or towns of 10,000 and less than 25,000 inhabitants, or within five mil…

Sections 11-51-180 through 11-51-185. In all cases where the governing body of any of the several counties requests by resolution for the administration and collection of such taxes by the state Department of Revenue, the administration and collection thereof shall be made in the…

Each battery shop for the repairing and recharging and selling of batteries shall pay the following license taxes: In cities and towns of over 60,000 inhabitants, $20; in cities and towns of 16,000 inhabitants and not over 60,000 inhabitants, $15; in cities and towns of 5,000 and…

Each person operating what is generally known as a beauty parlor or other place where hairdressing, facial treatments, manicuring, or hair waving is done shall pay a license tax of $10 and for each operator so employed, as follows: In cities of more than 60,000 inhabitants, $6; i…

Each person other than a licensee under Section 40-12-51 engaging in the business of dealing in, renting, or hiring bicycles or motorcycles shall pay the following license tax: In cities or towns over 20,000 inhabitants, $15; in cities or towns of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants, $1…

Each person engaging in the business of making blueprints or developing the same from tracings or drawings for pay shall pay a license tax of $15 for engaging in such business. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §475.)

Each person engaged in the business of making bonds and charging for the same, except guaranty companies or corporations otherwise specifically licensed, shall pay a license tax of $100 per annum. The payment of the license tax required by this section shall authorize the doing o…

Each person engaged in manufacturing, producing, or bottling in bottles or other containers, soda water, carbonated drinks, fruit juices or imitations thereof, flavored milk, and any preparations known as soft drinks shall not use any machine, machines, or apparatus for the filli…

Bowling alleys or tenpin alleys for the use of which money or other compensation is charged shall pay a license tax of $10 for each alley. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §478.)

Each person, other than a merchant paying an ad valorem tax on his stock of goods, who shall as agent or broker sell iron, railway supplies, furnace supplies, or mining supplies, shall pay a privilege tax of $25. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §479.)

Each person operating a manufactory plant for the making of brooms, brushes, mops, or similar articles shall pay a license tax of $10; provided, that this shall not apply to blind persons. Such license tax shall not apply where not more than three persons are employed for the mak…

(a) Each person engaged in the business of selling at retail cereal beverages, carbonated or other soft drinks in bottles, cans, or other sealed containers shall pay an annual license tax of $2.50. (b) Each person engaged in the retail business of selling soft drinks in whatever …

Collection and Administration. (a) All such taxes collected and administered by the Department of Revenue shall be collected and remitted to the governing bodies of the various counties in the manner as provided for the collection and administration of taxes for cities or towns a…

Each person engaged in the business of selling at wholesale nonalcoholic, carbonated, or other soft drinks shall pay an annual license tax of $50; provided, that bottlers who have taken out the bottle license for operating plants in this state shall not be liable under this secti…

(a) In lieu of any other privilege license fees levied under the revenue laws of the State of Alabama, each person who holds a certificate as a certified public accountant and who is a resident of the State of Alabama and who is engaged in the practice of public accounting in the…

Each retail dealer in cigars, cheroots, stogies, cigarettes, smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco, or snuff, or any substitute therefor, either or all, shall pay to the state the following privilege license tax: In cities of 25,000 inhabitants and over, $15; in cities or towns of 10,…

Each wholesale dealer in cigars, cheroots, stogies, cigarettes, smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, or any substitute therefor, either or all, shall pay one privilege license tax to the state of $100 and $5 to each county in which such wholesale dealer does business. The phr…

Each person operating a circus shall pay the following license tax: Where the seating capacity of the circus is less than 2,000, $50; where the seating capacity is 2,000 and less than 4,000, $100; where the seating capacity is 4,000 or more, $200; and the license tax hereinabove …

Each person conducting what is commonly known as a cleaning or pressing business, where wearing apparel is cleaned or pressed, shall pay a license tax of $5 in all places of less than 10,000 inhabitants, whether incorporated or not; in cities or towns of 10,000 inhabitants and le…

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §488.)

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §489.)

Each manufacturer of coffins or caskets shall pay a license tax of $100. This license tax shall not apply to any person who manufactures coffins or caskets without the assistance of any other person or without the assistance of hired labor and which coffins or caskets retail for …

Each dealer in coffins or caskets and each agent or person taking or soliciting orders for retail deliveries of coffins or caskets shall pay the following license tax: In unincorporated places or towns of 1,000 inhabitants or less, $10; in towns and cities of over 1,000 inhabitan…

Any person who shall knowingly make any false affidavit or certificate in connection with the ordering or procuring of a license to carry on any business or do anything in this state for which a license is required shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, when the o…

Each collection agency shall pay the following license tax: In towns and cities of 20,000 or more inhabitants, $100; in towns and cities of less than 20,000 inhabitants, $25. Each person who shall employ agents to solicit claims for collection from persons, firms, or corporations…

Each commission merchant or merchandise broker shall pay one state license tax of $25 and one county license tax of $12.50. Such payment shall be made in the county in which such commission merchant or merchandise broker maintains his principal place of business. Such license sha…

For each concert, musical entertainment, public lecture, or other public entertainment where charges are made for admission, or for the use of any instrument or device or the participation in any exercises or entertainment not given wholly for charitable, school, or religious pur…

(a) Each person engaged in discounting or buying conditional sales contracts, drafts, acceptances, notes, or mortgages on personal property shall pay an annual license tax as follows: Employing capital of $50,000 or less, $5; $50,000 to $100,000, $10; $100,000 to $150,000, $15; $…

Any person, firm, or corporation accepting orders or contracts for doing any work on or in any building or structure requiring the use of paint, stone, brick, mortar, wood, cement, structural iron or steel, sheet iron, galvanized iron, metallic piping, tin, lead, electric wiring,…

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §497.)

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §498.)