Title 32 — Title 32

The distinctive license plates or tags issued pursuant to this division shall not be transferable between motor vehicle owners, and in the event the owner of a vehicle bearing the distinctive plates sells, trades, exchanges, or otherwise disposes of the motor vehicle, the plates …

Upon termination of membership with the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, an applicant to whom a distinctive license plate was issued under Section 32-6-192 shall, within 30 days, return the plate to the judge of probate or the license commissioner of the count…

If a distinctive license plate deteriorates to the point where inscriptions thereon are not discernible, the owner or lessee may obtain a replacement plate free of charge. History: (Acts 1994, No. 94-695, p. 1335, §5.)

The following persons when driving a motor vehicle under the following conditions are exempt from a license hereunder: (1) Any person in the service of the federal government while driving an official motor vehicle in such service; (2) Any person while driving any road machine, f…

After making such studies and examinations as may be necessary, the Director of the Department of Public Safety shall prescribe in writing the standards and requirements for the equipment and processes to be used to implement this article, and shall cause the State Purchasing Age…

(a) Every applicant for an original driver license, temporary instruction and learner permit, and motor driven cycle operator license, shall pay an examination fee of five dollars ($5) to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency upon applying to the officer, state trooper, or dul…

For purposes of this division, the terms used shall have the meanings as defined in Section 32-8-2. History: (Acts 1979, No. 79-817, p. 1516, §1; Act 2021-426, §1.)

Each designated agent shall, upon proper application, issue to the owner of a motor vehicle which is to be permanently licensed in some state other than Alabama a temporary license tag to be affixed to such motor vehicle and a temporary registration certificate. Each dealer who i…

(a) A manufacturer of a motor vehicle, mobile home, trailer coach, travel trailer, house trailer, semitrailer or trailer, including a utility trailer, manufactured on a chassis or undercarriage as an integral part thereof drawn by a self-propelled vehicle who has a manufacturing,…

Each judge of probate of this state or other county official in this state authorized and required by law to issue motor vehicle license tags shall have the authority, upon proper request, to issue a temporary license tag and a temporary registration certificate to the owner of a…

Each temporary license tag and temporary registration certificate issued hereunder shall be valid for 20 days from the date of issuance and shall be used only on the vehicle for which issued. No temporary license tag shall be renewed nor shall successive temporary license tags be…

The fee for issuance of each temporary license tag shall be two dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) which shall be collected by the designated agent, manufacturer, dealer, or transporter qualifying under Section 32-6-212. From each fee collected, the designated agent, manufactu…

Every designated agent, manufacturer, dealer, or transporter qualifying under Section 32-6-212 issuing a temporary license tag shall insert clearly and indelibly on the face of each temporary license tag the date of issuance and expiration, the make and vehicle identification num…

Every designated agent, manufacturer, dealer, or transporter qualifying under Section 32-6-212 shall maintain for one year a record of all temporary license tags and temporary registration certificates issued by him or her and shall maintain any other information pertaining to th…

Authority. The department shall prescribe the design and material of the temporary license tags, temporary registration certificates, application forms, and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out this division and shall furnish a supply of the materials to designated …

It shall be unlawful for any owner to make any false statement in making application for issuance of a temporary license tag and temporary registration certificate, or for any designated agent, manufacturer, dealer, or transporter qualifying under Section 32-6- 212 to issue a tem…

For purposes of this division, the following terms shall have the following meanings as provided in this section: (1) INDIVIDUAL WITH A LONG-TERM DISABILITY. Any person with a long-term disability which limits or impairs the ability of the person to walk, and the person meets any…

October 1, 2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-498, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) Any individual who submits to the license issuing official a completed special access parking or disability access parking application form approved by the Commissioner of Reve…

(a) For the purpose of parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities, the term “military distinctive license plate” includes any of the following: Medal of Honor license plate; Prisoners of War license plate; Purple Heart Medal Recipients license plate; retired military l…

(a) Commencing on January 1, 2022, a vehicle owner who is qualified to receive a distinctive license plate pursuant to this chapter, who has a long-term disability, as defined in Section 32-6-230, and who submits to the judge of probate, license commissioner, or other issuing aut…

Individuals with long-term and temporary disabilities to whom removable windshield placards or distinctive special access or disability access license plates are issued, and the operators of motor vehicles on which these distinctive license plates are issued when transporting ind…

(a) Any person who is not an individual with a long-term or temporary disability, or who is not an owner of a vehicle primarily transporting an individual with a disability, and who willfully and falsely represents himself or herself as an individual with a long- term or temporar…

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-498, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person who does not have a distinctive special long-term access or long-term disability access license plate or placard or temporary disability placard as provided i…

Official disability parking identification devices issued by any other state, district, or territory subject to the laws of the United States, or any foreign jurisdiction shall be recognized in the State of Alabama. Motor vehicles bearing a valid device from those jurisdictions s…

(a) A distinctive permanent license plate shall be issued to any resident of the state who is a recipient of the Medal of Honor or the widow of a recipient of the Medal of Honor, to any resident who is a recipient of the Purple Heart Medal, to any resident who is a member of the …

An applicant for a veteran distinctive license plate shall be a veteran of the appropriate conflict or otherwise qualify for the distinctive license plate as authorized by this chapter. Notwithstanding subsection (d) of Section 32-6-350, the applicant shall provide the licensing …

The special plates shall be of the same size as regular motor vehicle license plates, distinguished by the letters MOH, LOV, Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, PHM, or AM to be of a different color scheme and design to any other vehicle plate in this state, or …

Such license plates issued pursuant to this division may be transferred to another vehicle of the same weight class owned by the same person upon application being made therefor and approved by the department. It shall be unlawful for any person to whom such plates have been issu…

The provisions of this division shall not affect the registration and licensing of motor vehicles as required by other provisions of the Code of Alabama 1975, but shall be cumulative thereto. Any person violating the provisions of this division or any person who (i) fraudulently …

(a) Any person who submits to the Department of Veterans Affairs an application which includes satisfactory proof that he or she meets the military service and award requirements to be issued a license plate authorized by Section 32-6-250, shall be issued a removable windshield p…

The use and transferability of such plates shall be the same as the method used for National Guard and Air National Guard plates as provided in Sections 32-6-111 through 32-6-114. Provided, however, the license plates shall be permanent in nature and shall not be reissued each ye…

The Department of Revenue shall be empowered to promulgate all necessary rules and regulations necessary to implement this division. History: (Acts 1981, No. 81-699, p. 1176, §6.)

(a) As used in this division, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: “Firefighter” means a current member or members of, or a retired member or members from, a paid, part-paid or volunteer fire department of a city, town, county, or other subdivision of the stat…

AMENDED BY ACTS 2026-243 AND 2026-557, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2027. SEE ACTS FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) A firefighter, upon application and subject to this division, may be issued a distinctive motor vehicle license plate as identification as a firefighter. In addition to the proper…

(a) The distinctive license plates here provided for shall be prepared by the Commissioner of Revenue and shall be issued through the judge of probate, license commissioner, or other license issuing official of the several counties of the state in like manner as are other motor v…

The distinctive license plates issued hereunder shall not be transferable as between motor vehicle owners and in the event the owner of a vehicle bearing such distinctive plates shall sell, trade, exchange or otherwise dispose of same such plates shall be retained by the owner to…

Such distinctive plates or tags shall be prepared and furnished for the licensing year commencing January 1, 1984, and thereafter as is provided by law for the issuance of other license plates. History: (Acts 1982, No. 82-550, p. 909, §5.)

Fees; Use of Plates or Tags. [Effective until January 1, 2027.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-243, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2027. SEE ACTS FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) Professional firefighter means a paid member …

(a) As used in this section, “emergency medical services provider” or “EMSP” means a paramedic, emergency medical technician - intermediate, advanced emergency medical technician, or emergency medical technician who is currently licensed with the Alabama Department of Public Heal…

The words “retired military” as used in this division, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, means only those persons who are nondisability retirees from active duty in the Army, or the Navy, or the Marine Corps, or the Air Force, or the Coast Guard of the Unit…

Retired military persons retired under honorable conditions, national guard retirees, and retired military reservists may, upon application and subject to this division, be issued distinctive motor vehicle license plates or tags identifying these persons with retirement. The spec…

The distinctive license plates provided for by this division shall be prepared by the Commissioner of Revenue and shall be issued through the probate judge or license commissioner of the several counties of the state in like manner as are other motor vehicle license plates or tag…

The distinctive license plates issued pursuant to this division shall not be transferable as between motor vehicle owners, and in the event the owner of a vehicle bearing such distinctive plates shall sell, trade, exchange, or otherwise dispose of same, such plates shall be retai…

Such distinctive plates or tags shall be prepared and furnished for the licensing year commencing October 1, in the year following its passage, and thereafter as is provided by law for the issuance of other license plates. History: (Acts 1987, No. 87-729, p. 1421, §5.)

The provisions of this division shall be construed to be cumulative to any laws or parts of laws relating to motor vehicle license plates or distinctive license plates. History: (Acts 1987, No. 87-729, p. 1421, §7.)

(a) Every person who applies for an initial Alabama driver’s license issued by the Department of Public Safety under this article shall be given and successfully pass an examination before the issuance of a driver’s license. The person shall apply to the officer, state trooper, o…

(a) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall strengthen information on the dangers of drowsy driving in the Alabama Driver’s Manual or any other manual or information created for the purpose of preparing an applicant for a driver’s license or driver’s permit to take the exa…

This division may be cited as the Alabama Driver License Compact Act. History: (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 401, p. 540, §1.)

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-526, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2027. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) Owners of all motor vehicles who are residents of Alabama, upon application to the judge of probate or commissioner of licenses, complying with the state motor vehicle laws relating to registrat…

The net proceeds of the twenty dollars ($20) additional revenues derived from sales of “Helping Schools” plates as provided for in this division, less administrative costs including the cost of production incurred by the Department of Revenue in producing the plates, shall be dis…