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Ala. Code § 32-10-5 (2026)

Immediate Reports of Accidents.

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(a) The driver of any motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or the death of any person shall immediately by the quickest means of communication give notice of such accident to the local police department if such accident occurs within a municipality; otherwise to the office of the county sheriff or to the state highway patrol.

(b) Every coroner or other official performing like functions upon learning of the death of a person in his jurisdiction as the result of a traffic accident shall immediately notify the nearest office of the director.

(Acts 1943, No. 558, p. 548, §6.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2018–2018 · leading case: Dailey v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 270 So. 3d 274 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018).
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Dailey v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 270 So. 3d 274 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). · cites it 3× “the office of the county sheriff or to the state highway patrol" if the accident occurs outside municipal limits, Ala. Code 1975, § 32-10-5(a), and violations of that duty are punishable as felonies under Ala.”
Dailey v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 270 So. 3d 274 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). · cites it 3× “the office of the county sheriff or to the state highway patrol" if the accident occurs outside municipal limits, Ala. Code 1975, § 32-10-5(a), and violations of that duty are punishable as felonies under Ala.”
Ala. Code § 32-10-5(a): 2 cases
Dailey v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 270 So. 3d 274 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “the office of the county sheriff or to the state highway patrol" if the accident occurs outside municipal limits, Ala. Code 1975, § 32-10-5(a), and violations of that duty are punishable as felonies under Ala.”
Dailey v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 270 So. 3d 274 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “the office of the county sheriff or to the state highway patrol" if the accident occurs outside municipal limits, Ala. Code 1975, § 32-10-5(a), and violations of that duty are punishable as felonies under Ala.”
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