Ala. Code § 32-6-273 (1975) Nontransferability of Plates As Between Motor Vehicle Owners; Transfer of Plates to Newly Acquired Vehicle

• Library: Alabama Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Ala. Code § 32-6-273 (1975)

The distinctive license plates issued hereunder shall not be transferable as between motor vehicle owners and in the event the owner of a vehicle bearing such distinctive plates shall sell, trade, exchange or otherwise dispose of same such plates shall be retained by the owner to whom issued and by him or her returned to the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county who shall receive and account for same in the manner stated below. In the event such owner shall acquire by purchase, trade, exchange or otherwise a vehicle for which no standard plates have been issued during the current license period, the judge of probate or license commissioner of the county shall, upon being furnished by the owner thereof proper certification of the acquisition of such vehicle and the payment of the motor vehicle license tax due upon such vehicle, authorize the transfer to the vehicle of the distinctive license plates previously purchased by such owner, which plates shall authorize the operation of the vehicle for the remainder of the then current license period. In the further event the owner of such distinctive plates shall acquire by purchase, trade, exchange, or otherwise a vehicle for which standard plates have been issued during the current license year the judge of proba...