Title 32

(a) The director shall create divisions within the Department of Public Safety as shall be necessary. The divisions shall include all of the following: (1) An administrative division. (2) A highway patrol division. (3) A driver’s license division. (4) A service division. (5) An i…

The director shall appoint chiefs of said divisions and all other employees subject to the provisions of the Merit System Act, and said chiefs and employees shall hold their positions subject to the provisions of the Merit System Act. (Acts 1953, No. 585, p. 828, §4.)

It shall be the duty of the Director of the Department of Public Safety, and he shall have power to do all that is necessary to administer and enforce: (1) All laws contained in this title, as the same may now or hereafter be amended; (2) All other laws relating or pertaining to …

The compensation of the officers, agents, and employees provided for by this chapter shall be paid by warrants drawn by the Comptroller on the funds appropriated by the Legislature therefor as the salaries of state officials and employees are paid, and the necessary expenses and …

Whenever any officer, agent, or employee of the Department of Public Safety shall be called upon by the Governor, or the appointing authority of said department, to perform a duty or duties, or to be present at or on an alert basis at the scene of, or at any marshalling point for…

Whenever the Director of Public Safety is required or allowed by law to furnish a copy of any record or report in the department’s files, the director shall set and collect a fee not to exceed the sum of fifteen dollars ($15) for each record or report, unless a different fee is o…

When the Director of Public Safety is allowed by Alabama law to provide a criminal history records search of convictions within the State of Alabama, the director shall set and collect a minimum fee of $20.00 or the actual cost incurred. All fees collected under the provisions of…

The Director of Public Safety, with the approval of the Governor, may establish and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations not in conflict with the laws of this state concerning operation of motor vehicles and concerning the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. (Ac…

The Governor is authorized to establish and maintain a state highway patrol. (Acts 1939, No. 181, p. 300; Code 1940, T. 36, §71; Acts 1943, No. 446, p. 408; Acts 1953, No. 17, p. 22; Acts 1955, No. 43, p. 260, §3.)

No state trooper shall be entitled to any costs, fees, or mileage for attending any court, but instead the proper authority shall collect such costs, fees, and mileage as may be due such officers for attendance on any court or for any official act and shall promptly turn the same…

Members of the state highway patrol, when duly appointed, shall have the powers of peace officers in this state and may exercise such powers anywhere within the state. (Acts 1953, No. 585, p. 828, §7.)

Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, all officers and members of the state highway patrol shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in the amount of $2,000.00, for the faithful performance of their duties. (Acts 1943, No…

The officers and members of the state highway patrol shall be subject to the same liabilities, penalties, and damages under their bonds as sheriffs are under their bonds. (Acts 1953, No. 585, p. 828, §9.)

In all cases where arrests are made by a state trooper, an arrest fee of $5.00 for such arrest shall be collected by the proper authorities and promptly turned over to the Director of Public Safety, who shall cover the same into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fun…

Any person who, at the time of his or her retirement, is employed by the state Department of Public Safety as a state trooper or other law-enforcement officer shall receive, as a part of his or her retirement benefit, without cost to him or her, his or her badge, pistol, and such…

The Director of the Department of Public Safety is hereby authorized to establish a state trooper reserve of the Alabama state troopers to be composed of such persons who may volunteer to serve as state trooper reserves of the Alabama state troopers. Such service to be without co…

Reserve state troopers serving with the Alabama state troopers shall at all times serve under the direction and supervision of the Director of the Department of Public Safety and/or members of the Alabama state troopers. State trooper reserves, while serving under the supervision…

The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall determine the fitness of persons to serve as state trooper reserves. (Acts 1978, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 123, p. 1838, §3.)

The duties of a state trooper reserve officer shall be limited to assisting the Department of Public Safety in the performance of its regularly constituted duties and shall serve under the immediate supervision of a lawful Department of Public Safety officer. (Acts 1978, 2nd Ex. …

State trooper reserves shall have the authority to carry firearms when summoned to duty. (Acts 1978, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 123, p. 1838, §5.)

THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2026-374, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. When used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION. Information collected and st…

THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2026-374, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. (a) The director may open to any person for inspection, copying, and mechanical reproduction, during the department’s regular business hours, criminal history information on any individual, if the individual ha…

THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2026-374, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. In accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, the director shall promulgate reasonable procedures and regulations for the implementation of this article. (Acts 1992, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 92-676, p. 56, §3.…

THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2026-374, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. Any person who willfully disseminates information other than the information authorized by this article, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed by law. (A…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Public Safety Motor Vehicle Replacement Fund of the Alabama Department of Public Safety. This fund shall assist in providing the necessary funds to replace the Department of Public Safety law enforcement motor vehicles. Vehicles p…

Any funds created from depreciation, equipment replacement allowance, and salvage value for replacement of law enforcement motor vehicles in the department shall be deposited in the Public Safety Motor Vehicle Replacement Fund created pursuant to Section 32-2-80; however the expe…

The Department of Public Safety may not transfer automotive vehicles from law enforcement personnel nor vehicles designated for law enforcement purposes to other personnel in that department nor shall vehicles be transferred to be used for any other purpose in that department nor…

(a) Any other provisions to the law contrary notwithstanding, the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall be responsible for the disposal of any agency vehicles or property. Such vehicles or property shall be sold by the Secretary or his or her designee either…

The funds designated by this article to be deposited to the Motor Vehicle Replacement Fund are intended to be in addition to the amounts transferred annually to the Department of Public Safety from the Public Road and Bridge Fund pursuant to Act 91-797. Funds transferred to the D…

(a) The Director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety shall employ the necessary state Capitol police officers, subject to the state Merit System laws, to preserve order, to prevent and investigate crime, and protect and save from injury persons and property at the Capitol …

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ALERT SYSTEM. The Blue Alert system. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Public Safety. (3) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Department of Public Safety. (4) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. A law …