Ala. Code § 32-18-1 (1975) Definitions

• Library: Alabama Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Ala. Code § 32-18-1 (1975)

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

(1) PERSON. Every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, or corporation.

(2) OPERATOR. Every person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a street, alley, or thoroughfare.

(3) MOTOR VEHICLE. Any vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular power, including traction engines, tractor cranes, power shovels, road building machines, road rollers, road sweepers, and sand spreaders, which are self-propelled; and trailers, semitrailers, and motorcycles. This definition shall not include traction engines, t...

(4) OWNER. A person who holds the legal title to a motor vehicle, or, in the event a motor vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee or in the event a mortgagor of a motor vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter.