Alabama Administrative Code
Title 810 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
Chapter 810-5-1 - VEHICLE REGISTRATION
INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION PLAN
Section 810-5-1-.471 - Alabama Registration Reciprocity Agreements

(1) Under the Authority of Section 40-12-262, Code

of Ala. 1975, Alabama has entered into bilateral reciprocal agreements with the jurisdictions shown below. These agreements permit the interstate movement of vehicles into or through the jurisdictions party to the agreements. The agreements only pertain to vehicle operation and do not include vehicles subject to the International Registration Plan.

(2) Furthermore, the bilateral reciprocity agreements with the jurisdictions of Georgia, Florida, and Indiana permit intrastate operation of vehicles not subject to the International Registration Plan between states party to the agreements for a period up to thirty (30) days.

(3) The bilateral reciprocity agreement with the jurisdiction of Mississippi allows interstate operation of trucks or truck tractors that are properly registered in either jurisdiction to transport timber, unprocessed forest products, or timber harvest supplies/equipment to a timber concentration yard, lumber processing mill or timber tract located in either jurisdiction. Under this agreement, Mississippi also recognizes the Alabama registration exemption on trailers used exclusively for transporting farm products to and from market or for transporting the personal property of the farmer for his/her own use on the farm, as provided in Section 40-12-252, Code of Ala. 1975.

(4) On May 8, 1962, the Commissioner of Revenue, acting under the authority of Title 51, Section 707, Code of 1940, as amended (now Section 40-12-262, Code of Ala. 1975), signed the resolution making the State of Alabama a member of and party to the agreement known as the Multistate Reciprocity Agreement Governing the Interstate Operation of Vehicles.

(5) No reciprocal agreement authorizes the operation of vehicles contrary to the speed, weight or safety laws of any jurisdiction.

(6) A complete and current copy of all registration reciprocity agreements shall be maintained for public inspection at the offices of the Alabama Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Division.