Code of Alabama - Title 32: Motor Vehicles and Traffic - Chapter 13 - Abandoned Motor Vehicles

• Section 32-13-1 Abandoned motor vehicle defined; posted notice
  For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE. A motor vehicle as defined in Section...
• Section 32-13-2 Removal of motor vehicles; liability; lien on vehicles removed; notice
  (a) A law enforcement officer or, in a Class 1 municipality, a parking enforcement officer or traffic enforcement officer who is not required to be...
• Section 32-13-3 Authority to sell; notice; bill of sale; records; voiding of sale; title
  (a) A person, as defined in Section 40-12-240, in possession of a motor vehicle that is considered an abandoned motor vehicle may sell the motor...
• Section 32-13-4 Contesting sale; hearing
  (a) The current owners, registrants, secured parties, and lienholders of record, if any, of a motor vehicle, prior to the sale, may contest the sale...
• Section 32-13-5 Rejection of bids
  The person making the sale shall have the right to reject any and all bids if the amount bid be unreasonably low, and shall have...
• Section 32-13-6 Deductions from proceeds
  A person or entity making the sale of the motor vehicle shall deduct from the proceeds of the sale the reasonable cost of repair, towing,...
• Section 32-13-7 Disposition of proceeds
  Repealed by Act 2006-414, p. 1027, §2, effective July 1, 2006.
• Section 32-13-8 Chapter cumulative; power of municipality not restricted
  This chapter is cumulative and shall not be construed as limiting or restricting any power or authority any municipality may now have or possess under...
• Section 32-13-9 Administration of chapter; assistance of law enforcement agencies and officers
  The department shall administer this chapter and may call upon any law enforcement agency and officer of this state for assistance as it may deem...
• Section 32-13-10 False statements regarding sale of abandoned motor vehicle
  (a) A person, with fraudulent intent, may not make a material false statement regarding the sale of an abandoned motor vehicle. (b) A person in...
• Section 32-13-11 Application of abandoned motor vehicle statutes
  Act 2015-470, 2015 Regular Session, only applies to the sale of an abandoned motor vehicle for which notice of the sale is published on or...

Last modified: May 3, 2021