Title 32

(a) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), upon application from a person required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun, may issue an exemption from this chapter for any motor vehicle owned by the person or in which the person is a habitual…

Each manufacturer of material designed to be affixed or applied to the windows or windshields of a motor vehicle for the purpose of window tinting shall apply to the director for approval and registration of the material and the label for identification and certification of compl…

Any motor vehicle which has material and glazing applied or affixed to the windows or rear windshield of a vehicle, which material and glazing have reduced the light transmission through the window or windshield or increased the light reflectance of the window or windshield, shal…

A person who violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and for a first conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment for not more than 10 days, or by both fine and imprisonment; for a second conviction for an…

(a) Every person, except those specifically exempted by statutory enactment, shall procure a driver’s license before driving a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state. Every new resident of the State of Alabama shall procure an Alabama driver’s license within 30 days after …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the driver’s license of any resident of this state who is a member of the National Guard or the Armed Forces of the United States whose driver’s license has expired and who is on active duty and deployed outside the United States sh…

(a) The driver’s license of a resident of this state who is an honorably discharged veteran as evidenced by the veteran’s DD Form 214, or if the veteran does not have a DD Form 214, as evidenced by the veteran’s Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge Record, upon req…

The Director of Public Safety is hereby empowered to enter into reciprocal agreements, when not in conflict with law, with other states or countries constituting an exchange of rights or privileges in the use of drivers’ licenses within this state by people who hold a valid drive…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) FOREIGN NATIONAL. An individual who is not a citizen of the United States. (2) LICENSE. An Alabama driver license, non-driver identification card, or vessel license. (b) The application for…

The Director of Public Safety is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense of the United States or the duly authorized authorities of any federal military installation relative to the reciprocal recognition of point values assessed against drivers…

(a) The Director of Public Safety, upon issuing an operator’s license, shall have authority whenever the licensee is afflicted with or suffering from a physical disability to impose restrictions suitable to the licensee’s driving ability with respect to the type of or special mec…

(a) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall develop and implement a Class D hardship driver license program with specified and limited driving privileges for inmates in work release programs or community corrections programs and for persons released from incarceration from…

The Director of Public Safety, with the approval of the Governor, shall 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 article. (…

The Director of Public Safety shall file every application for a license received by him or her and shall maintain suitable indices thereto. The Director of Public Safety shall also file all accident reports and abstracts of court records of convictions received by him or her und…

(a) In the event any driver license issued under this article is lost or destroyed, the individual to whom the same was issued may upon collection of the required fee and upon furnishing proof to the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency that the same has been los…

(a) Any person whose driving license has been cancelled, suspended, or revoked under Section 32-5A-195 or any other provision of Alabama law by the Director of Public Safety or by any court of competent jurisdiction shall, upon application for reinstatement of the driving license…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a judge may only order an individual’s driver license or driving privilege be suspended for failing to appear in court when either of the following occur: (1) The individual violates his or her written bond to appear or otherwise fa…

(a) A court may not suspend an individual’s driver license for failure to pay a fine, fee, or court cost as a result of a traffic violation unless the individual fails to make three or more of the required payments if the court’s order permits the payment of fines, fees, or court…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purposes of ensuring that habitually reckless or negligent drivers do not remain on the road, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall add points to an individual’s driver license for any traffic violation for which th…

Nothing in Sections 32-6-17.1, 32-6-17.2, or 32-6-17.3 shall alter or limit any provision of the Motor Vehicle Responsibility Act, Chapter 7 of Title 32, or of the Mandatory Liability Insurance Act, Chapter 7A of Title 32, including a court’s authority to order and enforce restit…

(a) Any person of whom a driver’s license is required, who drives a motor vehicle on a public highway in this state without first having complied with this article or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction shall be p…

(a)(1) Any person whose driver’s or chauffeur’s license issued in this or another state or whose driving privilege as a nonresident has been cancelled, denied, suspended, or revoked as provided in this article and who drives any motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while…

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…

(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. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 401, p. 540, §1.)

The Driver License Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: (a) The party states find that: (1) The safety of their streets and highways is materially affected by the degree of c…

As used in the compact, the term “licensing authority,” with reference to this state, shall mean the Department of Public Safety. The Director of Public Safety shall furnish to the appropriate authorities of any other party state any information or documents reasonably necessary …

The compact administrator provided for in Article VII of the compact shall not be entitled to any additional compensation on account of his or her service as such administrator, but shall be entitled to expenses incurred in connection with his or her duties and responsibilities a…

As used in the compact with reference to this state, the term “executive head” shall mean the Governor. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 401, p. 540, §5.)

Any court or other agency of this state, or a subdivision thereof, which has jurisdiction to take any action suspending, revoking, or otherwise limiting a license to drive, shall report any such action and the adjudication upon which it is based to the Director of Public Safety i…

Article IV of the compact, set forth in Section 32-6-31, shall apply to those offenses enumerated in Section 32-5A-195, and any suspension therefor shall be governed by the provisions of this section. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 401, p. 540, §7.)

(a) Upon the installation of a system for the issuance of driver licenses and nondriver identification cards with color photographs of licensees and nondrivers thereon, all initial Alabama licenses and nondriver identification cards and renewals of licenses issued in this state s…

In addition to the drivers’ licenses and nondriver identification cards provided for in Section 32-6-4, the Director of the state Department of Public Safety shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the issuance of special nondriver identification cards. The Depar…

(a) Each nondriver identification card issued to any person, except cards issued pursuant to Section 32-6-4.1, who is less than 62 years of age shall expire eight years from the date of issuance or as otherwise provided by the rules and regulations of the Director of the Departme…

(a) The nondriver identification card of a resident of this state who is an honorably discharged veteran as evidenced by the veteran’s DD Form 214, or if the veteran does not have a DD Form 214, as evidenced by the veteran’s Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge Rec…

(a)(1) Pursuant to the procedures for issuance and renewal of driver licenses and nondriver identification cards established in this chapter, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), contingent upon the availability of funds, shall issue a digital driver license or nondri…

For purposes of this division these terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DIRECTOR. The Director of Public Safety for the State of Alabama. (2) DEPARTMENT. The state Department of Public Safety. (3) BOARD. The Driver License Medical Advisory Board established under Section…

(a) There is hereby created within the state Department of Public Safety a Driver License Medical Advisory Board for the purposes of advising the director concerning the medical aspects of driver licensure. (b) The board shall consist of a minimum of 18 physicians appointed by th…

The board shall have the following responsibilities: (1) advise the director on medical criteria relating to the safe operation of motor vehicles; (2) recommend to the director procedures and guidelines for licensing individuals with physical or mental impairment; (3) initiate th…

Reports or records, received or made by the board or any of its members, or by the director in determining whether a person meets the medical, physical, or mental standards to be licensed as a driver are for the confidential use of the board and the director’s office, and the rep…

(a) The director shall give fair consideration to any opinion, reports, records, or recommendations of the board or of private physicians licensed to practice in this state and submitting same pursuant to this division; however, all such opinions and reports shall be solely advis…

No civil or criminal action may be brought against the board, any of its members, the director or director’s office or its employees, or any physician licensed to practice in this state, for providing any reports, records, examinations, opinions, or recommendations pursuant to th…

Meetings of the board in which reports received for the purpose of determining the medical condition of an applicant are considered as closed sessions, since those reports are confidential under Section 32-6-43. (Acts 1979, No. 79-619, p. 1097, §6.)