ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION
810-5-50-.32. Report of Unclaimed Vehicle - Where Vehicle Unclaimed for Longer than Thirty (30) Days (Form MVT 38-1).
(1) An operator of a place of business for garaging, repairing,
parking or storing vehicles for the public, in which a vehicle remains unclaimed
for the period designated in Section 32-8-84(c), Code of Alabama 1975,
and whose owner's name and address are unknown to the operator, shall complete
a report of unclaimed vehicle (Form MVT 38-1) and cause such form to be mailed
or delivered to the Department within the period established in Section 32-8-84(c),
Code of Alabama 1975.
(2) The individual completing the report of an unclaimed vehicle
(Form MVT 38-1) shall provide the following information on the form: vehicle
identification number, make, year, model, body type, color, number of cylinders,
date vehicle was left at operator's establishment, name and address of firm
making report, type of firm making report, license plate number and state of
issuance if available, name of law enforcement agency if impounded by such an
agency, and the signature and date of the individual who completes the form.
(3) A certified copy of the Alabama title history including the
current Alabama title information for any vehicle reported as unclaimed may
be obtained from the Department upon written request and the payment of the
required fee as specified in Section 32-8-6, Code of Alabama 1975, as
amended. (Authority: Section 32-8-1 through 32-8-88, Code of Alabama
1975, as amended) (Adopted November 22, 1996)
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