Title 32

The department shall administer this chapter and may call upon any law enforcement agency and officer of this state for assistance as it may deem necessary in order to ensure enforcement. Law enforcement agencies and officers shall render assistance to the department as requested…

Whoever, with the intent to defraud, shall rent a motor vehicle, the hire of which is determinable either in whole or in part by the distance such motor vehicle travels, knowing that the odometer or other mechanical device attached to such motor vehicle or any part thereof for th…

Whoever rents a motor vehicle to any person to operate upon any public highway or street, knowing that such person is in an intoxicated condition or under the influence of drugs, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to imprisonment in the county…

Whoever, after hiring a motor vehicle from any person or persons under an agreement to pay for the use of such motor vehicle a sum of money determinable either in whole or in part upon the distance such motor vehicle travels during the period for which hired, shall, with the inte…

Whoever, with the intent to deprive or defraud the owner of any motor vehicle, or the person in lawful possession thereof, out of the temporary use, benefit, or enjoyment of such motor vehicle, shall obtain the custody of such motor vehicle from the owner thereof, or from such ow…

Whoever, with intent to defraud the owner of any motor vehicle or any person in lawful possession thereof, hires from such owner, or such owner’s agents, or any person in lawful possession thereof, any motor vehicle shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a Class C felony and…

Any person who, after hiring, leasing or renting a motor vehicle under an agreement in writing, which provides for return of said vehicle to a particular place, or at a particular time, shall abandon such vehicle, or secrete, convert, sell or attempt to sell the same or any part …

Whoever embezzles or fraudulently converts to his own use or secretes, with intent to embezzle or fraudulently convert to his own use, any motor vehicle delivered to him, which may be the subject of larceny or any part thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a Class C felony and shall…

Whoever, after hiring a motor vehicle under an agreement not to permit another to operate or drive same, shall, without first securing the consent of the renter thereto, or the renter’s duly authorized agent, permit another to operate or drive same shall be guilty of a misdemeano…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Program Act. (Act 2026-111, §1.)

Each peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement made in this state shall disclose to the shared vehicle owner and the shared vehicle driver all of the following: (1) Any right of the peer-to-peer car sharing program to seek indemnification from the shared vehicle owner or the sha…

(a) A peer-to-peer car sharing program may not enter into a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement with an individual who will operate a shared vehicle unless the individual meets any of the following requirements: (1) Is 18 years of age or older and holds a driver license is…

(a) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall have sole responsibility for any equipment, including a Global Positioning System or other special equipment, that is placed in or on the shared vehicle to monitor or facilitate the car sharing transaction. (b) A peer-to-peer car shari…

(a) When a vehicle owner registers as a shared vehicle owner on a peer-to-peer car sharing program, and before a shared vehicle owner makes a shared vehicle available for peer-to-peer car sharing on the peer-to-peer car sharing program, the peer-to-peer car sharing program shall …

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall expand or restrict in any manner the respective rights, obligations, or limitations of motor vehicle manufacturers and licensed new motor vehicle dealers as set forth in Chapter 20 of Title 8. (b) Nothing in this chapter limits the right of an ai…

As used in this chapter, the following words have the following meanings: (1) CAR SHARING DELIVERY PERIOD. The period of time during which a shared vehicle is being delivered to the location of the car sharing start time, if applicable, as documented by the governing peer-to-peer…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a peer-to-peer car sharing program shall assume liability of a shared vehicle owner for bodily injury or property damage to third parties during the car sharing period in an amount stated in the peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement.…

When the owner of a vehicle registers as a shared vehicle owner on a peer-to-peer car sharing program, and before the owner makes a vehicle available for peer-to-peer car sharing on the peer-to-peer car sharing program, the peer-to-peer car sharing program shall notify the owner …

(a) An authorized insurer that underwrites motor vehicle liability insurance in this state may exclude any and all coverage and the duty to defend or indemnify for any claim afforded under a shared vehicle owner’s motor vehicle liability insurance policy, including, but not limit…

(a) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall collect and verify records pertaining to the use of all shared vehicles used in a peer-to-peer car sharing program, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) The number of times the shared vehicle is used. (2) Car sharin…

A peer-to-peer car sharing program and a shared vehicle owner shall be exempt from vicarious liability, consistent with 49 U.S.C. § 30106, under any state or local law that imposes liability solely based on vehicle ownership. (Act 2026-111, §7.)

A motor vehicle insurer that defends or indemnifies a claim against a shared vehicle which is excluded under the terms of its policy shall have the right to seek contribution from the motor vehicle insurer of the peer-to-peer car sharing program if the claim is both of the follow…

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a peer-to-peer car sharing program shall have an insurable interest in a shared vehicle during the car sharing period. (b) A peer-to-peer car sharing program may own and maintain as the named insured one or more policies of motor vehic…

The terms “dealer” and “vendor” as used in this chapter shall be construed to include every individual, partnership, corporation or association whose business in whole or in part is that of selling new or used motor vehicles and likewise shall be construed to include every agent,…

Every dealer in used or secondhand motor vehicles who is a nonresident of the State of Alabama, or who does not have a permanent place of business in the State of Alabama, and any person, firm or corporation who brings any used or secondhand motor vehicle into the State of Alabam…

No action nor the right of action to recover any such secondhand or used motor vehicle, nor any part of the selling price thereof, shall be maintained in the courts of this state by any such dealer or vendor, his successors or assigns, when such vendor or dealer shall have failed…

Any vendor or dealer in used or secondhand motor vehicles who shall violate or fail to observe any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction for such violation, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than…

No manufacturer of motor vehicles, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch or officer, agent or other representative thereof shall fail to compensate adequately and fairly its dealer or representative for labor, parts or expenses incurred by the dealer or representative…

Any manufacturer of motor vehicles, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch or officer, agent or other representative thereof, or any dealer or representative of the same, who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fine…

As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings respectively ascribed to them, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AFTERMARKET CRASH PART. A replacement for any of the nonmechanical sheet metal or plastic parts which gene…

Any nonoriginal equipment manufacturer aftermarket crash part manufactured or supplied for use in this state on or after January 1, 1990, shall have affixed thereto or inscribed thereon the logo, identification number, or name of its manufacturer. Such manufacturer’s logo, identi…

In all instances where nonoriginal equipment manufacturer aftermarket crash parts are used in preparing an estimate for repairs, the written estimate prepared by the insurer and repair facility shall clearly identify each such part. A disclosure document attached to the estimate …

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: (1) PERSON. Every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, or corporation. (2) OPERATOR. Every person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a street, alley, or th…

Any city shall have the power to acquire, establish, erect, equip, operate, and maintain motor vehicle testing stations therein, to pay for the same out of the proceeds of the collection of fees charged for testing motor vehicles, and to make rules and regulations for the purpose…

Such city shall have the power to fix the amount of fees, not exceeding $1.00 per test and not more than $2.00 per annum, for the inspection of any motor vehicle for any and all defects prohibited by law upon and for every restriction and requirement imposed by law with respect t…

The right to use the streets, alleys, and highways of any city enacting any such ordinance shall be dependent upon compliance with the terms of such ordinance and with the laws of the state relating to motor vehicles and the parking or use thereof on the streets, alleys, or highw…

The Director of Public Safety of Alabama shall approve the shape, size, color, and inscription of a sticker to be placed by any such city so operating or in which are operated motor vehicle testing stations hereunder upon the windshield of any motor vehicle so passing the tests h…

Any such city shall have additional powers to pay for any such testing station or stations operated by it and for the equipment, maintenance, and operation thereof out of past or future earnings of such station or stations or out of the general fund. (Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, …

Any such city may provide for the inspection of motor vehicles operated upon the streets, alleys, or highways thereof when owned or operated by residents or by persons who maintain a place of business in any such city where so operated. (Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, §7; Acts 1963,…

Any such city shall have the power to enforce such ordinance by fine, not exceeding $100.00, or imprisonment, not exceeding six months, or both. Each day’s violation of such ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. Such fine or imprisonment may be imposed upon either the ow…

(a) Nothing in this title or in Alabama law shall be construed to limit the operation of an electric personal assistive mobility device on public highways, sidewalks, and bike ways of this state except that a person operating an electric personal assistive mobility device shall o…

(a) A shared micromobility device system may not operate or deploy shared micromobility devices on the public highways or bikeways of the state without first obtaining authorization or permission from the applicable county or municipality in which the shared micromobility device …

This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Manufactured Home Certificate of Title Act. (Act 2009-746, p. 2236, §4.)

A person is guilty of a Class C felony who, with fraudulent intent does any of the following: (1) Alters, forges, or counterfeits a certificate of title. (2) Alters or forges an assignment of a certificate of title, or an assignment or release of a security interest, on a certifi…

A person is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor who does any of the following: (1) With fraudulent intent, permits another, not entitled thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title. (2) Willfully fails to mail or deliver a certificate of title or application therefor…

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) DEALER. A person licensed by the Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission as a manufactured …