Alabama Administrative Code
Title 810 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
Chapter 810-5-1 - VEHICLE REGISTRATION
Section 810-5-1-.226 - Department Requirements For Accurate Registration Information
Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 810-5-1-.226
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1) The license plate issuing officials are required to maintain accurate motor vehicle registration records by license plate number, and to make the records available to the Revenue Department in a timely manner in accordance with § 40-12-260. The following procedures are hereby adopted to achieve this goal:
(a) In order to ensure that information is
available to law enforcement in a timely manner, license plate issuing
officials shall submit all motor vehicle registration records to the department
by the next business day following the date the registration was issued. The
official should review these records to ensure the registration records are
accurate and complete in the databases.
(b) All motor vehicle registration receipts
and records for license plates shall not include any information in the space
provided for current license plate number except the actual numbers and letters
which appear on the license plate.
(c) Dashes and other special characters are
not allowed in any license plate messages. Related to personalized plate
messages, spaces may be included and the letter O will always be replaced with
the number zero (0).
(d) Primary
and secondary tag types, as well as other information required by the
department, should be reflected in the registration records.
Author: Sherry Helms
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 40-2 A-7(a)(5), 40-2-11, 40-12-272.
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