ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION
810-5-1-.205. Temporary Tags - Authorized Uses.
(1) Act No. 79-817, 1979 Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature,
was enacted for the purpose of providing temporary tags to purchasers of motor
vehicles under certain conditions. The Act also provides for three distinct
and temporary type tags to be used by such issuing agents. For the Probate Judges,
License Commissioners, and Directors of Revenue who are already designated agents
under the Title Law, it is only necessary that they file an application with
this office using their designated agent's number under the Title Section to
become a designated agent to issue temporary tags primarily to vehicles to be
licensed out-of-state. However, if for any reasonable and valid reason the Judges
need to issue more than one temporary tag to any one individual they are allowed
to do so under this Act so long as the temporary period does not exceed sixty
days. All issuing agents will be held accountable for those tags assigned to
them by license number for accounting purposes. The same applies to tag receipts.
(2) The dealers will be furnished a distinctive type tag. The dealers
are only authorized to issue temporary tags to those persons who purchase a
motor vehicle for titling and registration in another state. Each such dealer
can only issue one temporary tag to the same individual for the same vehicle.
This also applies to manufacturers and dealers in mobile homes who will have
a third distinctive type motor vehicle tag to be issued only to vehicles which
will be licensed out-of-state.
(3) The Act further provides that mobile home manufacturers and
dealers in mobile homes must post a continuing bond in an amount not less than
$5,000.00 or in lieu of such bond such manufacturer or dealer may file a condensed
balance sheet as of a date not more than three months prior to July 1, of each
year evidencing a net worth of not less than $25,000.00.
(4) The Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Division, will furnish
all forms, receipts, and temporary tags to be used by the issuing agents. The
price of each tag is $2.25 as shown on the remittance advice form and each designated
agent, manufacturer, or dealer shall remit to the Department of Revenue, Motor
Vehicle Division, on the remittance advice form the sum of $1.50 for each temporary
tag issued. The balance of fee ($.75) shall be remitted to the County Commission
of the county in which the tag is issued. The $.75 to be paid to the county
is an issuance fee and no additional fees are to be collected by the issuing
authority. The remittance advice form will be in three parts and the original
of the form is to be remitted to the Department of revenue along with fees listed
thereon. The second copy is to be furnished to county in which issued along
with county remittance and the third copy is to be retained by the issuing agent
for a period of one year from date of issuance for accounting purposes by the
Examiners of Public Accounts. The receipt forms will be in triplicate with the
original to be sent to the Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Division, the
second copy to the purchaser, and the third copy to be retained by the issuing
agent for accounting purposes. These tags are cardboard tags and should be posted
by the purchaser in the rear window of the motor vehicle for which it was purchased.
The information to be written on the tag by each issuing agent shall be in ink
showing the date issued, date expiring, and such other information as is required
on the temporary license tag. All issuing agents are requested to forward the
remittance to this office by the 10th of the month following date issued. (Adopted
September 24, 1979, amended July 30, 1982) (Authority: §40-2-11
and 32-6-218)
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