ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION
810-5-75-.39. ALTERED DOCUMENTS. Reference: Sections 32-8-1 through 32-8-87, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended.
(1) The Department will not accept any document that has been altered. This includes, but is not limited to, applications for title, certificates of title, manufacturer's certificates of origin, assignments of titles and certificates of origin, bills of sale, affidavits and all forms required by the Department whether they be Alabama forms or forms from another jurisdiction.
(2) Any document on which correction tape, liquid paper, white-out, yellow-out or any other type of fluid or means (such as an ink-out) is used to remove, obliterate, delete or cover up previously entered information will not be accepted. The Department will require a replacement document to be obtained for the altered document.
(3) When an error is made on a document, a single line shall be drawn through the incorrect information and the correct information shall be entered above the incorrect information. The person who made the error shall give a notarized affidavit stating the reason(s) for the error and/or correction and attach said affidavit to the document. NOTE: Persons who enter information, change, or alter a document that pertains to an
assignment must obtain notarized affidavit(s) from the assignee(s) attesting to the incorrect and/or corrected entry. (§32-8-3(a)(2))
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