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32-9-31
Section 32-9-31 Measuring and weighing vehicles. Any officer enumerated in Section
32-9-3 having reason to believe that the height, length, width, or weight of any truck, semitrailer
truck, or trailer is in excess of the maximum limits prescribed by Section 32-9-20
or permitted by any permit issued under authority of Section 32-9-29 is authorized
to measure or weigh the same, either by means of portable or stationary scales, and may require
such vehicle to be driven to the nearest stationary scales, in the event such scales are within
a distance of five miles. All scales used for the weighing of vehicles as provided in this
section shall be approved by the weights and measures division of the Department of
Agriculture and Industries. The officer shall require the operator of the truck, semitrailer
truck, or trailer to unload such portion of load as may be necessary to decrease the gross
weight of such vehicle to the maximum gross weight permitted by this title or by the terms
of any...
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32-9-20
Section 32-9-20 Schedule of restrictions. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to
drive or move on any highway in this state any vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight except
in accordance with the following: (1) WIDTH. Vehicles and combinations of vehicles, operating
on highways with traffic lanes 12 feet or more in width, shall not exceed a total outside
width, including any load thereon, of 102 inches, exclusive of mirrors or other safety devices
approved by the Department of Transportation. The Director of Transportation may, in his or
her discretion, designate other public highways for use by vehicles and loads with total outside
widths not exceeding 102 inches, otherwise; vehicles and combinations of vehicles, operating
on highways with traffic lanes less than 12 feet in width, shall not exceed a total outside
width, including any load thereon, of 96 inches, exclusive of mirrors or other safety devices
approved by the Department of Transportation. No passenger vehicle shall...
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32-1-1.1
Section 32-1-1.1 Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this title,
for the purpose of this title, shall have meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section,
except when the context otherwise requires: (1) ALLEY. A street or highway intended to provide
access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban districts and not intended for the
purpose of through vehicular traffic. (2) ARTERIAL STREET. Any United States or state numbered
route, controlled-access highway, or other major radial or circumferential street or highway
designated by local authorities within their respective jurisdictions as part of a major arterial
system of streets or highways. (3) AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE. Such fire department vehicles,
police vehicles, and ambulances as are publicly owned, and such other publicly or privately
owned vehicles as are designated by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency
or the chief of police of an incorporated city. (4) BICYCLE....
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40-12-240
Section 40-12-240 Definitions. (a) For the purpose of this article, the following terms
shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama
Department of Revenue. (2) ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS. A place actually occupied either
continuously or at regular periods at or from which a business or a part thereof is transacted.
(3) FARM TRACTOR. Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for
drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements designed and used for agricultural purposes
and only incidentally moved upon public highways. (4) FARMER. An individual, partnership,
cooperative corporation, or other entity actively engaged in agriculture or agricultural activities
as the same are circumscribed and defined in paragraphs a. and b. of Section 41-14-51(1).
(5) FLEET. A group of similarly classified fleet vehicles comprised of 50 or more units or
other amount as prescribed by the department. (6) FLEET OPERATOR. A person,...
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32-9-29
Section 32-9-29 Permits for movement of oversized vehicles or loads. (a) Authorized;
application; issuance; seasonal, etc., limitations; refusal, revocation, or cancellation.
(1) The Director of the Department of Transportation or the official of the department designated
by the director, upon application and for good cause being shown therefor, may issue a permit
in writing authorizing the applicant to operate or move upon the state's public roads a vehicle
or combination of no more than two vehicles and loads whose weight, width, length, or height,
or combination thereof, exceeds the maximum limit specified by law; provided, that the load
transported by such vehicle or vehicles is of such nature that it is a unit which cannot be
readily dismantled or separated; provided, however, that bulldozers and similar construction
equipment shall not be deemed readily separable for purposes of this chapter; and further
provided, that no permit shall be issued to any vehicle whose operation upon...
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40-12-264
Section 40-12-264 Time limit for purchase of tags or plates; dealer plates; manufacturer
plates. (a) Any person, including a motor vehicle dealer, acquiring a new or used motor vehicle
may be granted a grace period of 20 calendar days from date of acquisition to procure a license
tag or plate. (b) Notwithstanding Section 32-6-65, a new or used motor vehicle dealer
who has a current regulatory license required under this article and a dealer license as required
by Section 40-12-51 or Section 40-12-169 may purchase dealer license plates
from the department upon presentation of the current licenses and payment of the fee for a
private passenger automobile as provided in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of Section
40-12-242 and subsection (a) of Section 40-12-273 per dealer plate. An additional two
dollar ($2) issuance fee shall also be collected by the department. A new or used motor vehicle
dealer that has a current regulatory license required under this article and a dealer license
as...
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32-5-240
Section 32-5-240 Required lighting equipment and illuminating devices of vehicles. (a)
When lighted headlamps required. (1) Every vehicle upon a highway within this state, except
a parked vehicle, which shall be subject to Section 32-5-244, shall display lighted
lamps and illuminating devices required by this section for different classes of vehicles
at the following times: a. From a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise. b.
At any time when the windshield wipers of the vehicle are in use because of rain, sleet, or
snow, except when the use is intermittent because of misting rain, sleet, or snow. c. At any
time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles
on the highway at a distance of 500 feet. (2) Notwithstanding subdivision (1), whenever motor
vehicles or other vehicles are operated in combination during a time that lamps and illuminating
devices are required to be lighted, any lamp, other than a tail lamp, that, by reason of...
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37-3-4
Section 37-3-4 Exemptions. (a) This chapter shall not be construed to apply to: (1)a.
School buses or other motor vehicles which are owned by county boards of education or under
contract with county boards of education, regardless of whether or not the school buses and
other motor vehicles are being used exclusively for the transportation of school children
and school teachers to and from school and provided the school buses and other motor vehicles
do not take on passengers for fare on a certificated route. b. Motor vehicles for hire while
operating wholly within the limits of a city or incorporated town or within the police jurisdiction
thereof, or between two or more incorporated towns or cities whose city limits join or are
contiguous or whose police jurisdictions join or are contiguous. c. Motor vehicles while used
in the transportation of property when the owner of the vehicle is legally and regularly engaged
in the business of selling such property and is the owner and has the...
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40-23-4
Section 40-23-4 Exemptions. (a) There are exempted from the provisions of this division
and from the computation of the amount of the tax levied, assessed, or payable under this
division the following: (1) The gross proceeds of the sales of lubricating oil and gasoline
as defined in Sections 40-17-30 and 40-17-170 and the gross proceeds from those sales of lubricating
oil destined for out-of-state use which are transacted in a manner whereby an out-of-state
purchaser takes delivery of such oil at a distributor's plant within this state and transports
it out-of-state, which are otherwise taxed. (2) The gross proceeds of the sale, or sales,
of fertilizer when used for agricultural purposes. The word "fertilizer" shall not
be construed to include cottonseed meal, when not in combination with other materials. (3)
The gross proceeds of the sale, or sales, of seeds for planting purposes and baby chicks and
poults. Nothing herein shall be construed to exempt or exclude from the computation of...
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40-12-248
Section 40-12-248 License taxes and registration fees - Trucks or truck tractors - Generally.
(a) For each truck or truck tractor using the public highways of this state, annual license
taxes and registration fees based on the gross vehicle weight in pounds are imposed and shall
be charged. For the purposes of this section, the term "gross vehicle weight"
shall mean the empty weight of the truck or truck tractor plus the heaviest load to be carried
and, in the case of combinations, shall be deemed to include also the empty weight of the
heaviest trailer with which the power unit shall be placed in combination, plus the heaviest
load to be carried. No tolerance or margin of error shall be allowable under this section,
except as provided in subsection (b). (b) For each truck or truck tractor using the public
highways of this state, the annual license taxes and registration fees herein imposed (i)
shall consist of the base amount applicable to the truck or truck tractor under the schedule...
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