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32-7-2
Section 32-7-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) DIRECTOR. The Director of Public Safety
of the State of Alabama. (2) JUDGMENT. Any judgment which shall have become final by expiration
without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation
on appeal rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States,
upon a cause of action arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of any motor vehicle,
for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to
or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including
the loss of use thereof, or upon a cause of action on an agreement of settlement for those
damages. (3) LICENSE. Any license, temporary instruction...
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32-7-6
Section 32-7-6 Security required; suspensions; applicability. (a) If 20 days after the receipt
of a report of a motor vehicle accident within this state which has resulted in bodily injury
or death, or damage to the property of any one person in excess of five hundred dollars ($500),
the director does not have on file evidence satisfactory that the person who would otherwise
be required to file security under subsection (b) of this section has been released from liability,
or has been finally adjudicated not to be liable, or has executed a duly acknowledged written
agreement or conditional release providing for the payment of an agreed amount in installments
with respect to all claims for injuries or damages resulting from the accident, which agreement
or conditional release may include reasonable interest as set out in Section 32-7-7, the director
shall determine the amount of security which shall be sufficient in his or her judgment to
satisfy any judgment or judgments for damages...
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32-7-23
Section 32-7-23 Uninsured motorist coverage; "uninsured motorist" defined; limitation
on recovery. (a) No automobile liability or motor vehicle liability policy insuring against
loss resulting from liability imposed by law for bodily injury or death suffered by any person
arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle shall be delivered or
issued for delivery in this state with respect to any motor vehicle registered or principally
garaged in this state unless coverage is provided therein or supplemental thereto, in limits
for bodily injury or death set forth in subsection (c) of Section 32-7-6, under provisions
approved by the Commissioner of Insurance for the protection of persons insured thereunder
who are legally entitled to recover damages from owners or operators of uninsured motor vehicles
because of bodily injury, sickness or disease, including death, resulting therefrom; provided,
that the named insured shall have the right to reject such coverage; and...
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32-7-7
Section 32-7-7 Further exceptions to requirement of security. The requirements as to security
and suspension in Section 32-7-6 shall not apply to any of the following persons: (1) The
operator or the owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident wherein no injury or damage
was caused to the person or property of anyone other than the operator or owner. (2) The operator
or the owner of a motor vehicle legally parked at the time of the accident. (3) The owner
of a motor vehicle if at the time of the accident the vehicle was being operated without the
permission of the owner, express or implied, or was parked by a person who had been operating
the motor vehicle without the permission. (4) If, prior to the date that the director would
otherwise suspend license and registration or nonresident's operating privilege under Section
32-7-6, there shall be filed with the director evidence satisfactory to him or her that the
person who would otherwise have to file security has been released...
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32-7A-2
Section 32-7A-2 Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except in those
instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE.
A document issued by an insurer or its authorized representative showing that a specific vehicle
is insured for no less than the minimum limits of liability coverage for bodily injury or
death and for destruction of property under subsection (c) of Section 32-7-6. (2) COMMERCIAL
AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY. An insurance policy that: a. Is written on either a
commercial coverage or other commercially rated personal policy form, including, but not limited
to, a commercial auto, garage, or truckers form, and is not dependent on the type, number,
or ownership of vehicle or entity covered or insured. b. Insures vehicles that are not identified
individually by vehicle identification number on the policy....
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32-7-31
Section 32-7-31 Duration of proof; when proof may be cancelled or returned. (a) The director
shall upon request consent to the immediate cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance,
or the director shall direct and the State Treasurer shall return to the person entitled thereto
any money or securities deposited pursuant to this chapter as proof of financial responsibility,
or the director shall waive the requirement of filing proof, in any of the following events:
(1) At any time after three years from the date such proof was required when, during the three-year
period preceding the request, the director has not received record of a conviction or a forfeiture
of bail which would require or permit the suspension or revocation of the license, registration,
or nonresident's operating privilege of the person by or for whom such proof was furnished;
or (2) In the event of the death of the person on whose behalf such proof was filed or the
permanent incapacity of such person to...
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25-5-1
Section 25-5-1 Definitions. Throughout this chapter, the following words and phrases as used
therein shall be considered to have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context
shall clearly indicate a different meaning in the connection used: (1) COMPENSATION. The money
benefits to be paid on account of injury or death, as provided in Articles 3 and 4. The recovery
which an employee may receive by action at law under Article 2 of this chapter is termed "recovery
of civil damages," as provided for in Sections 25-5-31 and 25-5-34. "Compensation"
does not include medical and surgical treatment and attention, medicine, medical and surgical
supplies, and crutches and apparatus furnished an employee on account of an injury. (2) CHILD
or CHILDREN. The terms include posthumous children and all other children entitled by law
to inherit as children of the deceased; stepchildren who were members of the family of the
deceased, at the time of the accident, and were dependent upon him or...
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32-10-1
Section 32-10-1 Duties of driver involved in motor vehicle accident; removal of vehicle from
roadway. (a) The driver of any motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to
or the death of any person, or in damage to a motor vehicle or other vehicle which is driven
or attended by any person, shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident
or as close thereto as possible and shall then forthwith return to and in every event shall
remain at the scene of the accident until he or she has fulfilled the requirements of Section
32-10-2. Every such stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
(b) If the accident does not involve any apparent injury or the death of a person and the
driver is not impaired, the driver may immediately move the vehicle from the roadway to the
shoulder, emergency lane, median, or other location close to the accident site if the vehicle
is drivable and can be safely moved from the roadway and shall forthwith...
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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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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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