APPENDIX A: VEHICLE AND HOLIDAY INFORMATION

TYPES OF VEHICLES

STANDARD VEHICLE ABBREVIATIONS

TRUCKS AND TRACTORS

Arrow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ARRO

Autocar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AUTO

Barrett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARR

Brockway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BROC

Chevrolet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHEV

Clark Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLAR

Clark-Wilcox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLAX

Diamond Reo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DIAR

Diamond T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DIAT

Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DODG

Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FEDL

Ford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FORD

Freightliner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRHT

FWD Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FWD

General Motors Corp . . . . . . . . . . . GMC

Hendrickson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HEND

Hino. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HINO

International Harvester Co. . . . . . . . INTL

IVEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IVEC

Kenworth Truck Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . KW

MACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MACK

Magius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAGI

Marnon Harrington . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAHA

Marmon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARM

Mercedes Benz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MERZ

Nissan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NISS

Peterbuilt Motor Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . PTRB

REO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . REO

Unpublished Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . TRUK

Volvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VOLV

Volvo White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VWHT

Western Star. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WSTR

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHIT

White-General Motors. . . . . . . . . . . WGMC

BUSES

American Motors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMGC

Arrowcoach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ARRC

Bluebird. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BLUB

Cruise Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRUI

General Motors Corp. . . . . . . . . . . GMC

Golden Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GOLE

Motorcoach Ind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MCIN

Prevost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PREV

Safetyliner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAFT

Silver Eagle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SILV

Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YELL

VEHICLE COLOR CODES

To ensure uniform color on all tag receipts and title certificates, the color codes in the chart below should be used. If a vehicle is one color, the appropriate three letter code describing that color is sufficient.

Example: White will be WHI, Black will be BLK

When describing a vehicle with more than one color, the order of listing shall be from top to bottom or front to rear. A slash ( / ) should be used to separate the color codes.

Example: White over Black – WHI/BLK

COLOR CODES

Beige. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BGE

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BLK

Blue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BLU

Blue, Dark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DBL

Blue, Light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LBL

Bronze. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRZ

Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRO

Copper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CPR

Cream or Ivory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRM

Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GLD

Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRN

Green, Dark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DGR

Green, Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LGR

Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRY

Lavender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAV

Maroon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAR

Orange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ONG

Pink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PNK

Purple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PLE

Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RED

Silver (Aluminum or Stainless Steel) . . . SIL

Tan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TAN

Turquoise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRQ

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHI

Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YEL

STATE OF ALABAMA LEGAL HOLIDAYS

Based on Section 1-3-8 of Code of Alabama 1975 as amended by Act 91-250

Holiday Always falls on

New Year’s Day January 1

Robert E. Lee 3rd Monday in January

Martin Luther King, Jr.

George Washington 3rd Monday in February

Thomas Jefferson

Confederate Memorial Day 4th Monday in April

National Memorial Day last Monday in May

Jefferson Davis 1st Monday in June

Independence Day July 4

Labor Day 1st Monday in September

Columbus Day 2nd Monday in October

Veterans Day November 11

Thanksgiving 4th Thursday in November

Christmas Day December 25

*Mardi Gras Day Tuesday before Ash Wednesday

*Mardi Gras is observed in Baldwin and Mobile Counties only.

If any holiday falls on a Sunday, the following day is the holiday. If any holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding day is the holiday.

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