26-2A-104
Section 26-2A-104 Who may be guardian; priorities. (a) Any qualified person may be appointed guardian of an incapacitated person. (b) Unless lack of qualification or other good cause dictates the contrary, the court shall appoint a guardian in accordance with the incapacitated person's most recent nomination in a durable power of attorney. (c) Except as provided in subsection (b), the following are entitled to consideration for appointment in the order listed: (1) The spouse of the incapacitated person or a person nominated by will of a deceased spouse or by other writing signed by the spouse and attested by at least two witnesses or acknowledged; (2) An adult child of the incapacitated person; (3) A parent of the incapacitated person, or a person nominated by will of a deceased parent or by other writing signed by a parent and attested by at least two witnesses or acknowledged; (4) Any relative of the incapacitated person with whom the person has resided for more than six months prior...
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32-7A-4
Section 32-7A-4 Liability insurance required. (a) No person shall operate, register, or maintain registration of, and no owner shall permit another person to operate, register, or maintain registration of, a motor vehicle designed to be used on a public highway unless the motor vehicle is covered by a liability insurance policy, a commercial automobile liability insurance policy, motor vehicle liability bond, or deposit of cash. (b)(1) The liability insurance policy or commercial automobile liability insurance policy shall be issued in amounts no less than the minimum amounts set for bodily injury or death and for destruction of property under Section 32-7-6(c). (2) The motor vehicle liability bond shall be in the amount of not less than the minimum amounts of liability coverage for bodily injury or death and for destruction of property under subsection (c) of Section 32-7-6. The bond shall be conditioned on the payment of the amount of any judgment rendered against the principal in...
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45-2-182
Section 45-2-182 Regulation of motor vehicle wreckers. (a) In Baldwin County, all motor vehicle wreckers shall be placed upon a rotation system to be devised by the Alabama State Department of Public Safety to be used in calling wreckers to the scene of motor vehicle wrecks or where a motor vehicle is disable. Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any municipality which has an ordinance or which enacts an ordinance contrary to the provisions herein. (b) A request system shall be used in cases where the owner or operator of the motor vehicle expresses a preference for a particular wrecker, but in cases where no preference is expressed or where the owner/operator is unconscious or otherwise unable to communicate, the trooper or other law enforcement officer shall call the wrecker at the top of the rotation list. (c) Wreckers shall not go to the scene of a wreck unsolicited; nor while en route to a wreck, shall they speed or drive recklessly....
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32-15-5
Section 32-15-5 Hiring with intent to defraud. 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 shall be punished by imprisonment in a state penitentiary for not more than 10 years nor less than one year and one day, or shall be fined not more than $5,000.00, or shall be both fined and imprisoned. The refusal to pay the hire of such motor vehicle or absconding without paying or offering to pay such hire shall be prima facie evidence of such fraudulent intent. (Acts 1927, No. 456, p. 507; Code 1940, T. 36, §100; Acts 1983, No. 83-564, p. 865, §1.)...
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32-5A-190
Section 32-5A-190 Reckless driving. (a) Any person who drives any vehicle carelessly and heedlessly in willful or wanton disregard for the rights or safety of persons or property, or without due caution and circumspection and at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property, shall be guilty of reckless driving. (b) Every person convicted of reckless driving shall be punished upon a first conviction by imprisonment for a period of not less than five days nor more than 90 days, or by fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and on a second or subsequent conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 10 days nor more than six months, or by a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and the court may prohibit the person so convicted from driving a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state for a period not exceeding six...
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32-6-18
Section 32-6-18 Penalties - Violations in general; disposition of funds. (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 punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100), to be fixed in the discretion of the judge trying the case. In addition to all fines, fees, costs, and punishments prescribed by law, there shall be imposed or assessed an additional penalty of fifty dollars ($50). This additional penalty of fifty dollars ($50) imposed pursuant to this subsection shall be assessed in all criminal and quasi-criminal proceedings in municipal, district, and circuit courts, including, but not limited to, final bond forfeitures, municipal ordinance violations wherein the defendant is adjudged guilty or pleads guilty,...
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32-7-36
Section 32-7-36 Exceptions. This chapter shall not apply with respect to any motor vehicle owned by the United States, this state or any political subdivision of this state or any municipality therein; nor, except for Sections 32-7-5 and 32-7-28, with respect to any motor vehicle which is subject to the supervision and regulation of the Alabama Public Service Commission which have filed with such commission a bond or insurance policy, the liability under which is not less than that required of the operator of a motor vehicle under the terms of this chapter. Any person, firm, association, or corporation licensed and engaged in the business of renting or leasing motor vehicles to be operated on the public highways shall only be required to furnish proof of financial ability to satisfy any judgment or judgments rendered against the person, firm, association, or corporation in his or her or its capacity as owner of the motor vehicles and shall not be required to furnish proof of its...
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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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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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8-20-5
Section 8-20-5 Limitations on cancellations, modifications, terminations, and nonrenewals of franchise relationships. (a) Notwithstanding the terms, provisions, or conditions of any agreement or franchise or notwithstanding the terms or provisions of any waiver, no manufacturer shall cancel, terminate, modify, fail to renew, or refuse to continue any franchise relationship with a licensed new motor vehicle dealer unless the manufacturer has: (1) Satisfied the notice requirement of this section. (2) Acted in good faith as defined in this chapter. (3) Has good cause for the cancellation, termination, modification, nonrenewal, or noncontinuance. (b) Notwithstanding the terms, provisions, or conditions of any agreement or franchise or the terms or provisions of any waiver, good cause shall exist for the purposes of a termination, cancellation, modification, nonrenewal, or noncontinuance when: (1) There is a failure by the new motor vehicle dealer to comply with a provision of the franchise...
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