32-7A-8
Section 32-7A-8 Suspension of registration - Notice. When the department determines that an owner has registered or maintained the registration of a motor vehicle without a liability insurance policy or a commercial automobile liability insurance policy in accordance with Section 32-7A-4, the department, following the expiration of the 30-day period from the date of the notice provided under Section 32-7A-11, shall notify the owner that such owner's vehicle registration has been suspended. The notice shall be in writing and shall be mailed by the U.S. Postal Service, to the registrant's last known address as reflected on the department's motor vehicle registration records. The notice shall set forth the appeal rights available to the registered owner pursuant to Chapter 2A of Title 40. (Act 2000-554, p. 1005, §1; Act 2011-688, p. 2076, §2; Act 2019-446, §1.)...
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41-27-42
Section 41-27-42 Assessment of penalties for noncompliance. (a) If the agency determines that the motor vehicle the driver was driving at the time of the motor vehicle incident was not in compliance, the agency shall issue the assessment of a civil penalty in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) for the first offense, three hundred dollars ($300) for a second offense, and four hundred dollars ($400) for a third or subsequent offense against the driver for failure to comply with the Mandatory Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Law unless the motor vehicle is owned by any person, firm, association, or corporation licensed and engaged in the business of renting or leasing motor vehicles. The notice shall be sent by first class U.S. mail to the address in the records of the agency or otherwise available to the agency on a traffic citation or accident report. The notice shall state that the driver's license of the person will be suspended for 90 days if the person, within 45 days of the...
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27-13-121
Section 27-13-121 Approved courses. To qualify for the insurance premium reduction described in Section 27-13-120, the motor vehicle accident prevention course shall be sponsored by the National Safety Council, the American Automobile Association, or the AARP or shall be an equivalent course approved by the Department of Public Safety. The course shall consist of not less than six classroom or online hours of instruction, the instructors for the course shall be certified by the sponsoring entity, and the contents of the course shall be outlined by the sponsoring entity. (Act 2000-432, p. 793, §2; Act 2012-389, p. 1048, §1.)...
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32-7-22
Section 32-7-22 Motor vehicle liability policy defined; policy provisions. (a) A motor vehicle liability policy, as the term is used in this chapter, means an owner's or an operator's policy of liability insurance, certified as provided in Section 32-7-20 or Section 32-7-21 as proof of financial responsibility, and issued, except as otherwise provided in Section 32-7-21, by an insurance carrier duly authorized to transact business in this state, to or for the benefit of the person named in the policy as insured. (b) The owner's policy of liability insurance: (1) Shall designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all motor vehicles to be insured; and (2) Shall insure the person named in the policy and any other person, as insured, using any motor vehicle or motor vehicles designated in the policy with the express or implied permission of the named insured, against loss from the liability imposed by law for damages arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of...
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41-27-44
Section 41-27-44 Finality of penalty; failure to pay. If after a hearing, a person is found to be driving a motor vehicle in violation of the Mandatory Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Law, the civil penalty shall be final. If the civil penalty is not paid within 15 days, the person's driver's license shall be suspended for 90 days. (Act 2016-361, §5.)...
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41-27-47
Section 41-27-47 Subsequent criminal penalty for same violation prohibited. Any driver assessed a civil penalty for a violation of the Mandatory Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Law shall not thereafter be subject to a criminal penalty for the same violation. (Act 2016-361, §7.)...
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32-7-35
Section 32-7-35 Assigned risk plans. After consultation with insurance companies authorized to issue automobile liability policies in this state, the Commissioner of Insurance shall approve a reasonable plan or plans for the equitable apportionment among such companies of applicants for such policies and for motor vehicle liability policies who are in good faith entitled to but are unable to procure such policies through ordinary methods. When any such plan has been approved, all such insurance companies shall subscribe thereto and participate therein. Any applicant for any such policy, any person insured under any such plan and any insurance company affected may appeal to the Commissioner of Insurance from any ruling or decision of the manager or committee designated to operate such plan. Any person aggrieved hereunder by any order or act of the Commissioner of Insurance may, within 10 days after notice thereof, file a petition in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama for a...
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32-7A-17
Section 32-7A-17 Reinstatement of suspended registration; verification by license plate issuing officials. (a) License plate issuing officials shall not register or re-register a motor vehicle or transfer the license plates if the registration is suspended pursuant to Section 32-7A-12. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), upon the request of the registrant, the license plate issuing official shall reinstate a registrant's suspended registration at such time the registrant meets the provisions of reinstatement provided for by this chapter. (c) No vehicle registration or renewal thereof shall be issued to any motor vehicle unless the license plate issuing official receives satisfactory evidence of insurance or verification of motor vehicle liability insurance through the online insurance verification system, liability insurance bond, or deposit of cash that provides the minimum motor vehicle insurance coverage required by Section 32-7-6 or is exempted under Section 32-7A-5. Verification...
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32-5-316
Section 32-5-316 Courts may prohibit operation of motor vehicles by persons convicted of violation of automobile laws. Whenever a defendant is convicted by any court of competent jurisdiction of operating a motor vehicle in violation of any criminal statute or ordinance, the court trying the case, in its discretion, may, in addition to the other punishment fixed by law, enter an order forbidding such person to drive a motor vehicle upon any street or highway in the State of Alabama for a period to be specified by the court, or perpetually, as the court may determine. Any person driving a motor vehicle in violation of such an order of court shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any defendant against whom such an order has been entered shall have the same right of appeal and supersedeas as is now granted him or her with reference to the sentence of the court imposing punishment fixed by law, and the appellate court shall have the right to modify or annul the order forbidding the operation by...
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32-7A-23
Section 32-7A-23 Evidence of coverage at time of citation. No person charged with violating the requirements of this chapter to maintain or present, or both, evidence of insurance shall be convicted of a Class C misdemeanor in accordance with subsection (a) of Section 32-7A-16 if such person produces in court satisfactory evidence that, at the time of the citation, the motor vehicle was covered by a liability insurance policy, commercial automobile liability insurance policy, liability insurance bond, or deposit of cash in accordance with Section 32-7A-4. However, such person may be convicted of a traffic violation as set forth in subsection (b) of Section 32-7A-16. (Act 2011-688, p. 2076, §4.)...
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