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  • If the registration is revoked and I do not purchase a new vehicle during the registration period, can the ad valorem tax be refunded?

If the registration is revoked and I do not purchase a new vehicle during the registration period, can the ad valorem tax be refunded?

The local licensing office or Property Tax Division should be contacted to answer this question at (334) 242-1525.

Contact the local licensing office or the Property Tax Division (334-242-1525) to answer this question.

Related FAQs in Liability Insurance, Revocation and Suspensions
An MLI verification notice is mailed to the address on the vehicle registration and/or emailed (if email address is available) to registrants asking for proof of insurance coverage for the vehicle on the verification date. If no response is received after 30 days from the MLI verification notice, the license plate has not been surrendered within 30 days or insurance cannot be verified by the DOR, a NOS is mailed to the registrant notifying them that their registration has been suspended.

Ask the insurer to visit the Be Sure to Insure Alabama website to provide to ALDOR confirmation of coverage on the vehicle for the requested verification date as shown on the verification notice. The insurer must provide the confirmation on the insurer’s letterhead and submit it from the insurer’s email address so we know the response is being provided directly from the insurer.

Registrants are required to provide licensing officials with insurance information (policy number, NAIC #, policy type), including updates, when the vehicle is registered. This information is used by DOR to verify vehicle insurance using the Online Insurance Verification System (OIVS).

Visit your local licensing official to pay the required reinstatement fee ($200 for first suspension; $400 for second and subsequent suspensions) and provide evidence of current Alabama liability insurance coverage.

ALDOR uses the online insurance verification system (OIVS) web services to verify policy information with insurers in real time. The OIVS is accessible to ALDOR, licensing officials, and law enforcement.

If OIVS does not return a “confirmed” response, the registrant will be required to present the evidence of insurance document.

ALDOR will continue to attempt to verify the policy information submitted and will send a verification notice to the registrant to follow up on any unconfirmed responses received from the insurer.