ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION
810-5-75-.46.01. Assignment of Certificate of Title - Transferor’s Signature Requirements.
(1) As required under Section 32-8-39 (c), Code of Alabama 1975, as amended, the Alabama Certificate of Title provides an assignment to be completed by the owner (transferor) upon transfer of a titled vehicle, as well as reassignments for licensed dealers
to complete to further transfer the vehicle. The transferor of a vehicle must provide a properly assigned certificate of title to the transferee upon the transfer of a vehicle unless the transfer is by operation of law.
(2) The transferor’s signature on a certificate of title, manufacturers’ statement of origin, dealer reassignment form, power of attorney, and other documents requiring an assignment by the transferor shall meet the following criteria:
- (a) Shall be the legal signature of transferor.
- (b) Signature of transferor must be hand written.
- (c) Signature must be first name first.
- (d) Signature of each transferor is required when names of owners on the face of the certificate of title are joined by the conjunction “and”, or when there is NO conjunction joining the names of the owners.
- (e) Signature of either transferor is acceptable when names of owners on the face of the certificate of title are joined by the conjunction “or” or “and/or”.
- (f) If the transferor is a company, a representative of the company must sign as transferor. The signature of the representative must comply with all requirements set out in this regulation. Writing or printing the company name will not be acceptable as a signature.
(Authority: Section 32-8-1 through 32-8-88, Code of Alabama 1975) (Adopted effective December 10, 1997)
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