Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 32-10-2 (2026)
Duty to Give Information and Render Aid.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The driver of any motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or the death of any person or damage to any vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall give his name, address and the registration number of the vehicle he is driving, shall upon request exhibit his driver’s license to the person struck or the driver or occupant of or person attending any motor or other vehicle collided with or damaged and shall render to any person injured in such accident reasonable assistance, including the transportation of, or the making of arrangements for the transportation of such person to a physician or hospital for medical or surgical treatment, if it is apparent that such treatment is necessary or if such transportation is requested by the injured person.
(Acts 1943, No. 558, p. 548, §3.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1978–2021 · leading case: McCray v. City of Dothan, 169 F. Supp. 2d 1260 (M.D. Ala. 2001).
McCray v. City of Dothan, 169 F. Supp. 2d 1260 (M.D. Ala. 2001). “However, he contends that because Woodruff and other officers approached him about a civil property damage dispute, they had no legal authority to require him to answer any question or to forcibly remove him from the restaurant.”
Bishop State Cmty. Coll. v. Thomas, 13 So. 3d 978 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). “Code 1975, provides that a violation of § 32-10-2 is a Class C felony "when such violation involved .”
City of Prattville v. Corley, 892 So. 2d 845 (Ala. 2003). “Code 1975; § 22-21-170, Ala.Code 1975; § 22-21-311, Ala.Code 1975; § 25-5-57, Ala.”
Bettis v. State, 534 So. 2d 1135 (Ala. Crim. App. 1988). “James Earl Bettis was indicted by the Wilcox County Grand Jury for leaving the scene of an accident in violation of § 32-10-2, Code of Alabama 1975, and for manslaughter in violation of § 13A-6-3, Code of Alabama 1975.”
Lamar v. State, 803 So. 2d 576 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001). “1988), that § 32-10-1 requires the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident of the type described in that section to comply with the requirements of § 32-10-2, Ala.Code 1975, rather than § 32-10-3, as the statute states.”
State v. J.Z.S., 808 So. 2d 1220 (Ala. Crim. App. 2000). “was indicted for leaving the scene of an accident that had resulted in injury to another person, a violation of § 32-10-2, Ala.Code 1975. 1 J.Z.S. was 17 years old at the time *1222 of the accident.”
Woods v. State, 224 So. 3d 677 (Ala. Crim. App. 2016). “See Ala. Code 1975, § 32-10-2, § 32-10-6. However, the grand jury indicted Russell only for the misdemeanor offense of leaving the scene of an accident.”
Burnett v. State, 494 So. 2d 200 (Ala. Crim. App. 1986). “Burnett now seeks to withdraw his guilty plea upon the grounds that the applicable statutes, § 32-10-2 and § 32-10-6, Code of Alabama 1975, are unconstitutional because § 32-10-6 provides for both felony and misdemeanor punishments for violation of § 32-10-2.”
Mayfield v. State, 545 So. 2d 89 (Ala. Crim. App. 1988). “” We are unable to reconcile § 32-10-3 with the requirements and nature of the offense described in § 32-10-1 and, therefore, conclude that the legislature intended to provide that the requirements of § 32-10-2 be fulfilled upon the “immediate stop” of the driver of the vehicle…”
Tribble v. State, 783 So. 2d 58 (Ala. Crim. App. 1998). “The appellant was sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment for the vehicular homicide conviction, and 10 years' imprisonment for the leaving the scene of an accident conviction. The sentences are to run consecutively.”
Mayfield v. State, 545 So. 2d 87 (Ala. Crim. App. 1986). “This appeal follows a conviction for the offense of “leaving the scene of an accident,” in violation of § 32-10-2, Code of Alabama (1975), and a sentence of 14 months’ imprisonment.”
Lámar v. State, 803 So. 2d 576 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001). “1988), that § 32-10-1 requires the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident of the type described in that section to comply with the requirements of § 32-10-2, Ala.Code 1975, rather than § 32-10-3, as the statute states.”
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