ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION

 
 
810-5-75-.26.01.  Title Procedure - Motor Vehicles Exempt From Titling in Other States - Reference: Section 32-8-1 through 32-8-88, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended.
 
(1)  Some states exempt from titling, motor vehicles which are a certain number of model years old or older as established in their Code. Those states allow ownership of such exempt vehicles to be transferred by a bill of sale. Although exempt from titling in those states, the vehicles are still required to be registered.
 
(2)  The State of Alabama requires that motor vehicles designated a 1975, and subsequent year model, (except those specifically exempted in Section 32-8-31, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended), be titled. Therefore, any motor vehicle entering Alabama which is required to be registered and titled as outlined in Section 32-8-30, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended, from a state where it was exempt from titling due to age, weight or type of vehicle, shall be titled in this state by the first Alabama purchaser (including licensed motor vehicle dealers). Application for title shall be supported by outstanding certificate of title issued for the vehicle, if any, and/or the last officially validated Registration, notarized (if required by the foreign jurisdiction) bill of sale, and lien satisfaction statement (if available).
 
(3)  Pursuant to Section 32-8-39 (b), Code of Alabama 1975, as amended, Alabama shall issue a "distinctive" certificate of title for all vehicles previously registered in a foreign jurisdiction whose laws do not require that lienholders be named on a certificate of title in order to perfect their security interests. The Alabama Certificate of Title shall contain the legend, "This vehicle may be subject to an undisclosed lien."
 
(4)  If no notice of a security interest in the vehicle is received by the department within four (4) months from the issuance of the distinctive certificate of title, the department shall, upon application and surrender of the distinctive certificate of title, issue a certificate of title in ordinary form.
 
(5)  Fee as required in the schedule of fees and commissions:

(Authority: Sections 32-8-1 through 32-8-88 Code of Alabama 1975, as amended)  (Adopted through APA effective June 21, 1995)

 
 
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