Title 40 — Title 40

When a person has obtained a license to engage in or carry on any business, employment, or profession at any definite place in a county or city in Alabama and desires to remove to any other place within the same county or city where the license was granted and wishes his license …

Penalties and Citation Fees on Delinquent Licenses. (a) The county commission of each county is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a license inspector. (b) It shall be the duty of the license inspector to scrutinize the records and stubs kept in the office of the probate …

Each person owning or operating any fertilizer factory shall pay a license tax as follows: In which the capital invested does not exceed $25,000, $50; in which the capital invested exceeds $25,000 and does not exceed $50,000, $100; in which the capital invested exceeds $50,000 an…

Each person, other than the original bona fide owners, selling goods, wares, or merchandise as an insurance, bankruptcy, mortgage, insolvent, assignee’s, executor’s, administrator’s, receiver’s, trustee’s, removal, or closing out sale, or a sale of goods, wares, and merchandise d…

Each dealer in fireworks such as roman candles, sky rockets, torpedoes, firecrackers, cannon crackers, cap guns, devil wheels, and such other articles commonly known as fireworks shall pay the following license tax: In cities, or within two miles of said cities, of 25,000 populat…

For each flying jenny, called also hobbyhorses, and merry-go-rounds, roller coasters, or other devices of like character, there shall be paid a license tax of $50 per year, $20 for each month or $5 for each week in each place in which such device is operated, whether incorporated…

Each fortuneteller, palmist, clairvoyant, astrologer, phrenologist, or crystal gazer, where any fee is charged directly or indirectly or any gratuity is accepted, shall pay a license tax of $40. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §528.)

Each person selling fruit from a fruit stand, store, or other established place of business shall pay a license tax as follows: In cities or towns of over 10,000 inhabitants, $10; and in all other places, whether incorporated or not, $5. This section shall not apply to regular me…

Each person operating for profit a gasoline filling station or pump in cities or towns, or within three miles thereof, shall, on October 1, of each year, pay the following annual privilege tax: In cities of 100,000 inhabitants and over, where only one pump or filler is used, $28 …

Each person whose principal business is the selling of plate glass or other glass shall pay the following license tax: In cities of 100,000 inhabitants or more, $50; in cities or towns of more than 30,000 and under 100,000 inhabitants, $35; in cities or towns of more than 7,000 a…

Each person operating a golf course or courses where the game of golf, miniature golf, or a similar game is played, either indoors or out, where a charge is made, shall pay the following license tax: Iin towns and cities of 500 and not exceeding 10,000 inhabitants, or within 10 m…

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §534.)

Before entering upon the duties of their office, all license inspectors shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in amounts to be fixed by the Department of Revenue, for the faithful performance of their duties. History: (Acts 1943, No. 122, p…

Each person dealing in hides or furs, whether principal business or not, shall pay the following license tax: In counties of 100,000 inhabitants or over, $25; in counties of 40,000 inhabitants and less than 100,000 inhabitants, $20; and in counties of less than 40,000 inhabitants…

Every horse show, rodeo, dog and pony show, or like exhibition or show, where any charge is made therefor, shall pay a license tax of $25 for each day of performance. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §510; Acts 1967, No. 412, p. 1068.)

Each person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging horses, mules, jacks, or jennets shall pay a license tax of $20 in each county where such person engages in said business. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §536.)

Each manufacturer of ice cream who sells any part of his output at wholesale shall pay the following license tax: In cities of 35,000 inhabitants and more, $50; in cities of less than 35,000 and not less than 7,000 inhabitants, $10; and in all other places $5. Nothing in this sec…

Each ice factory shall pay an annual license tax of $1 for each ton capacity per day. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §539.)

Each person keeping a public inn or lodginghouse of five or more bedrooms where transient guests are lodged for pay shall be deemed for the purposes of this title to be engaged in the business of keeping a hotel. A transient guest is one who puts up for less than one week at such…

(a) Each junk dealer shall pay the following license tax: in all places of less than 1,000 inhabitants, whether incorporated or not, $10; in towns of 1,000 inhabitants and less than 3,000 inhabitants, or within 10 miles thereof, $20; in cities and towns of 3,000 and less than 10,…

(a) Each person renting or supplying laundered towels, aprons, coats, linens or supplying other similar service, except those persons engaged in the business of renting diapers who do not rent or supply laundered towels, aprons, coats or linens shall pay the following license tax…

Each person, firm or corporation who operates what is commonly known as a power or steam laundry shall pay the following license tax: In cities and towns of 35,000 inhabitants and over, $60; in cities and towns of less than 35,000 and not less than 15,000 inhabitants, $30; in cit…

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §544.)

Every license granting authority to engage in or exercise any business, employment, or profession, unless expressly authorized elsewhere or otherwise, shall designate the place of such business, employment, or profession at some specified house or other definite place within the …

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §545; Acts 1971, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 132, p. 213.)

Each wholesale dealer or jobber of lumber and timber and each wholesale dealer in lumber and timber on commission whether maintaining an established place of business or not shall pay a license tax of $100. A sawmill operator, regularly licensed under Section 40-12-154, shall not…

Each person operating a lumberyard shall pay the following license tax: In cities of 100,000 inhabitants and over, $75; in cities of less than 100,000 and not less than 35,000 inhabitants, $40; in cities of less than 35,000 and not less than 7,000 inhabitants, $25; in cities of l…

Each person operating a shop for the repair or rebuilding of machinery or making parts therefor for the public and charging for same shall pay the following license tax: In cities or towns of 100,000 or more inhabitants, $40; in cities or towns of 50,000 and less than 100,000 inh…

Each person engaging in the business of manicuring, hairdressing or administering facial treatments shall pay a license tax of $5; provided, that this section shall not apply to such persons employed in beauty shops and beauty shop colleges, paying the license tax as provided und…

Each person engaging in the business of manufacturing or upholstering cushions, mattresses, pillows, or rugs, or the renovating, cleaning or reworking of same, shall pay for the privilege of engaging in such business, $15; provided, that the license tax shall be $5 in towns of 3,…

Each person engaged in the practice of medicine, chemistry, bacteriology, roentgenology, or other similar profession, except chemists, bacteriologists, and roentgenologists employed full time by physicians, nonprofit scientific institutions, and hospitals, and except doctors empl…

Every person engaged in the business of selling or soliciting orders for the sale or purchase of mimeographs, duplicating machines, dictaphones, teletypes, or other similar machines, and except any person regularly employed by a said agent of or dealer in which said agent of or d…

Every person engaged in the business of mining iron ore or operating an iron ore mine in the State of Alabama shall pay to the State of Alabama a license or privilege tax by the twentieth of each month for the privilege of operating said iron ore mine during the current month in …

Every person, partnership, joint stock company, or association engaged in the business of mining iron ore or coal in this state shall, by the twentieth day of each month, make a report, duly sworn to before some officer authorized to administer oaths, to the Department of Revenue…

Where any person, firm, or corporation is engaged in more than one business which is made by the provisions of law subject to taxation, such incorporated company or person shall pay the tax provided by law on each branch of the business. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code…

Every person or corporation receiving coal or iron ore from any mine in this state for transportation or use shall render to the Department of Revenue by the twentieth day of each month a statement in writing, duly sworn to by some person having knowledge of the facts before some…

Each person who sells or erects monuments or tombstones in the state shall pay an annual license tax of $5 for each county in which he sells or erects such monument or tombstone; provided, that this shall not apply to benevolent and fraternal societies that place monuments at the…

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §560.)

Every person engaging or continuing in the business of operating a moving picture show, or show of like character, to which admission is charged shall pay the following license tax: In cities of 35,000 inhabitants and over, $200; in cities and towns of less than 35,000 and not le…

Each person operating a newsstand for the sale of magazines or periodicals shall pay an annual license tax of $5. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §563.)

Each oculist, optometrist, or optician practicing his profession shall pay the following license tax: In cities or towns of over 5,000 inhabitants, $25; in cities and towns of 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants, $10; and all other places, whether incorporated or not, $5, but no license s…

Each osteopath or chiropractor practicing his profession shall pay an annual license tax of $20 to the state, but no license shall be paid to the county. If such business is conducted as a firm or corporation in which more than one person is engaged, each osteopath or chiropracto…

Each cold storage plant, packinghouse, or refrigerated warehouse used for storage for hire of any food product shall pay a license fee according to the following schedule based on cubic feet of refrigerated space: Less than 25,000 cubic feet, $15; 25,000 and not over 50,000 cubic…

Each pawnbroker shall pay a license tax of $250 for each place of business; but, if such pawnbroker sells pistols or sawed-off shotguns, or revolvers, however acquired, he shall pay the additional license tax required for dealers in pistols or sawed-off guns or revolvers by this …

(a) Every itinerant vendor or peddler who shall sell or offer for sale any drugs, ointments or medical preparations intended for treatment of any disease or injury, who shall by speech, writing or printing or any other method profess to treat or cure diseases, injury or deformity…

Wherever in this title two or more licenses on the same business or occupation are required, it is hereby declared to be the intention of the Legislature that all such licenses as are herein levied shall be collected without credit or offset, except where specific provision is ma…

Every photograph gallery or person engaged in photography, when the business is conducted at a fixed location, shall pay the following license tax: in cities and towns of 75,000 inhabitants and over, $25 for each fixed location; In cities and towns of less than 75,000 and not les…

Each person engaged in the business of selling, renting or delivering pianos, organs, small musical instruments or all such articles in this state, either in person or by agent, consignee or broker, shall pay $50 as a license tax to the state for each county in which he has an es…

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §571.)

Persons dealing in pistols, revolvers, maxim silencers, bowie knives, dirk knives, brass knucks or knucks of like kind, whether principal stock in trade or not shall pay the following license tax: In cities and towns of 35,000 inhabitants and over, $150; and in all other places, …