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8-20-8
Section 8-20-8 Warranty obligations of manufacturers and dealers to consumers. Every manufacturer
and new motor vehicle dealer shall fulfill the terms of any express or implied warranty concerning
the sale of a new motor vehicle to the public of the line make which is the subject of a contract
or franchise agreement between the parties. If it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction
that either the manufacturer or new motor vehicle dealer, or both, have violated an express
or implied warranty, the court shall add to any award or relief granted an additional award
for reasonable attorney's fees. (Acts 1981, No. 81-390, p. 596, §8.)...
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40-12-390
Section 40-12-390 Definitions. The following words and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the following meanings: (1) COMMISSIONER. The state Commissioner of Revenue. (2)
DEPARTMENT. The Department of Revenue. (3) DISTRIBUTOR. Any person engaged in the business
of selling or distributing new motor vehicles to new motor vehicle dealers. (4) FACILITATOR.
Any person or his or her designee who facilitates an off-site sale licensed under Section
40-12-395. The term may include the owner of the property where the off-site sale is being
conducted. (5) MANUFACTURER. Any person engaged in the business of manufacturing or assembling
new and unused motor vehicles. (6) MASTER DEALER LICENSE. The license issued by the department
pursuant to this article. (7) MOTOR VEHICLE. Any motor vehicle as defined in Section 40-12-240,
but the term shall not include any trailer not required to have a certificate of title. (8)
MOTOR VEHICLE REBUILDER. Any person engaged in the business of making or...
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40-12-395
Section 40-12-395 License - Supplemental licenses; off-site sales. (a) A person licensed under
this article shall obtain a supplemental license for each additional place of business, in
a manner as prescribed by the commissioner and upon payment of an additional application fee
of five dollars ($5) for each additional location. The signage and other requirements of Section
40-12-392 shall apply to each additional place of business. Only one licensed dealer shall
operate at the same place of business. (b) Notwithstanding the requirement that sales of new
and used motor vehicles shall be made only from the permanent location of the new or used
motor vehicle dealer, such dealers may conduct sales of new and used motor vehicles from locations
off-site of their permanent locations on the following conditions: (1) The off-site sales
events shall not exceed three per dealer per license year with each sale not to exceed 10
consecutive calendar days in duration. Off-site sales of new motor...
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8-20-9
Section 8-20-9 Transportation damages. (a) Notwithstanding the terms, provisions, or conditions
of any agreement or franchise, the new motor vehicle dealer is solely liable for damages to
new motor vehicles occurring after acceptance of the new motor vehicle from the carrier and
before delivery to the ultimate purchaser. (b) Notwithstanding the terms, provisions, or conditions
of any agreement or franchise, the manufacturer is liable for all damages to motor vehicles
occurring before delivery to a carrier or transporter. If a new motor vehicle dealer determines
the method of transportation, the risk of loss passes to the dealer upon delivery of the vehicle
to the carrier. In every other instance, the risk of loss remains with the manufacturer until
such time as the new motor vehicle dealer or his designee accepts the vehicle from the carrier.
(c) With respect to new or used vehicles sold or otherwise transferred by the manufacturer
to a new motor vehicle dealer, the manufacturer shall...
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8-21C-2
Section 8-21C-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) AREA OF SALES RESPONSIBILITY. The geographical area, agreed to by the dealer
and the manufacturer or the distributor or in the manufacturer and dealer agreement, within
which the dealer has the exclusive right to display or sell new recreational vehicles of a
particular line-make of the manufacturer or distributor to the retail public. (2) CAMPING
TRAILER. A vehicular unit that is mounted on wheels and constructed with collapsible partial
side walls that fold for towing by another vehicle and unfold at the campsite to provide temporary
living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use. (3) DEALER. Any person, firm, corporation,
or business engaged in the business of selling recreational vehicles to the general public
and that maintains a permanent business establishment including a service and repair facility
which offers mechanical services for the recreational...
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8-20-13
Section 8-20-13 Procedure, protection, and remedies available to motor vehicle distributors.
All procedures, protections, and remedies afforded to a motor vehicle dealer under Sections
8-20-1 through 8-20-12 of this chapter shall be available to a motor vehicle distributor whose
distributor agreement is terminated, canceled, not renewed, modified or replaced by a manufacturer
or an importer. (Acts 1991, No. 91-567, p. 1048, §1.)...
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8-21C-5
Section 8-21C-5 Manufacturer and dealer agreement - Actions upon failure to cure deficiencies.
(a) If the manufacturer and dealer agreement is terminated, canceled, or not renewed by the
manufacturer or distributor without cause as defined in subsection (b) of Section 8-21C-4
or if the dealer terminates or cancels the manufacturer and dealer agreement for cause as
defined in subsection (f) of Section 8-21C-4, and the manufacturer or distributor fails to
cure the claimed deficiencies within the time provided in Section 8-21C-4, the manufacturer
or distributor, at the election of the dealer and within 45 days after termination, cancellation,
or nonrenewal, shall do all of the following: (1) Repurchase all new, untitled recreational
vehicles that were acquired and delivered to the dealership from the manufacturer or distributor
within 12 months before the effective date of the notice of termination, cancellation, or
nonrenewal that have not been used, except for demonstration purposes,...
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32-17A-3
Section 32-17A-3 Disclosure document. 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 shall contain the following information in no smaller than
10 point type: THIS ESTIMATE HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED ON THE USE OF AFTERMARKET CRASH PARTS
SUPPLIED BY A SOURCE OTHER THAN THE MANUFACTURER OF YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE. THE AFTERMARKET CRASH
PARTS USED IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS ESTIMATE ARE WARRANTED BY THE MANUFACTURER OR DISTRIBUTOR
OF SUCH PARTS RATHER THAN THE MANUFACTURER OF YOUR VEHICLE. (Acts 1989, No. 89-662, p. 1315,
§3.)...
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6-5-521
Section 6-5-521 "Product liability action" defined. (a) A "product liability
action" means any action brought by a natural person for personal injury, death, or property
damage caused by the manufacture, construction, design, formula, preparation, assembly, installation,
testing, warnings, instructions, marketing, packaging, or labeling of a manufactured product
when such action is based upon (1) negligence, (2) innocent or negligent misrepresentation,
(3) the manufacturer's liability doctrine, (4) the Alabama extended manufacturer's liability
doctrine as it exists or is hereafter construed or modified, (5) breach of any implied warranty,
or (6) breach of any oral express warranty and no other. A product liability action does not
include an action for contribution or indemnity. (b) No product liability action may be asserted
or may be provided a claim for relief against any distributor, wholesaler, dealer, retailer,
or seller of a product, or against an individual or business entity...
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6-5-501
Section 6-5-501 Definitions. The following definitions are applicable in this division: (1)
ORIGINAL SELLER. Any person, firm, corporation, association, partnership, or other legal or
business entity, which in the course of business or as an incident to business, sells or otherwise
distributes a manufactured product (a) prior to or (b) at the time the manufactured product
is first put to use by any person or business entity who did not acquire the manufactured
product for either resale or other distribution in its unused condition or for incorporation
as a component part in a manufactured product which is to be sold or otherwise distributed
in its unused condition. (2) PRODUCT LIABILITY ACTION. Any action brought by a natural person
for personal injury, death, or property damage caused by the manufacture, construction, design,
formula, preparation, assembly, installation, testing, warnings, instructions, marketing,
packaging, or labeling of a manufactured product when such action is...
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