Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 32-7-1 (2026)
Citation of Chapter.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This chapter may be cited as the Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act.
(Acts 1951, No. 704, p. 1224, §43.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2024 · leading case: Grimes v. Alfa Mut. Ins. Co., 227 So. 3d 475 (Ala. 2017).
Grimes v. Alfa Mut. Ins. Co., 227 So. 3d 475 (Ala. 2017). “On February 14, 2014, Liberty Mutual filed a motion for a partial summary judgment, arguing that, under the Alabama Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, § 32-7-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975 (“the MVSRA”), and the Mandatory Liability Insurance Act, § 32-7A-1 et seq.”
Peacock v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 51 So. 3d 298 (Ala. 2010). “Factual Background and Procedural History The Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act, § 32-7-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, provides that motor-vehicle liability insurance policies in Alabama must include uninsured/underinsured-motorist (“UM”) coverage, unless the insured rejects…”
Alfa Specialty Ins. Co. v. Jennings, 906 So. 2d 195 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005). “In contrast, § 32-7-23, a part of Alabama's Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act, § 32-7-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 ("the MVSRA"), does purport to govern automobile liability insurers and, specifically, imposes an obligation as to a type of coverage that must be included in…”
Alabama Farm Bureau Mut. Cas. Ins. Co. v. Pigott, 393 So. 2d 1379 (Ala. 1981). “Appellees add that Thad Ira Pigott, as administrator, would have been financially protected if Brenda Jones, the uninsured motorist, had complied with Alabama's "Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act" (§ 32-7-1, et seq., Code 1975) by purchasing liability insurance, since…”
Kuck v. Alabama Dep't of Pub. Saf. (In Re Kuck), 116 B.R. 821 (Bankr. S.D. Ala. 1990). “Alabama Code 1975, § 32-7-1 et seq. (Repl.”
Dutton v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 383 So. 2d 519 (Ala. 1980). “…contemplated nor intended by the Legislature, the State Insurance Commissioner, the insurer, or the insured. . § 32-7-1, et seq., Ala.Code 1975.”
Smith v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co., 500 So. 2d 1042 (Ala. 1986). “The minimum liability insurance attainable pursuant to the public policy expressed in Alabama's Motor Safety-Responsibility Act (§§ 32-7-1 et seq., Code 1975) is $10,000.”
Madison v. Dir., Dep't of Pub. Saf., 465 So. 2d 1148 (Ala. Civ. App. 1984). “This is an appeal from suspension of a driver’s license under the Alabama Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act, §§ 32-7-1 to -42, Code 1975. Appellant was involved in a two-car motor vehicle accident on October 13, 1983.”
Weaver v. Champion Ins. Co., 567 So. 2d 380 (Ala. Civ. App. 1990). “On February 27, 1989, that court concluded that the Plan’s practice of assigning policies with limits in excess of the minimum limits of coverage ($20,000/$40,000) mandated by the Alabama Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act (Act), §§ 32-7-1 through -42, Ala.Code 1975 (1989…”
Ron's Bonds, Inc. v. Tracy Pritchett-Owens, as Adm'x of the Est. of Pharlanphas Pritchett, & Dorothy Cook (Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court: CV-23-106). (Ala. Civ. App. 2024). “Code 1975, a part of the Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act, § 32-7-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975. That section provides, in relevant part: "(a) If 20 days after the receipt of a report of a motor vehicle accident within this state which has resulted in bodily injury or death,…”
Worthy v. State Dep't of Pub. Saf., 599 So. 2d 629 (Ala. Civ. App. 1992). “As a result of the accident, the Director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety (Director) notified Worthy that her driver’s license would be suspended if she did not meet the requirements of the Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act (Act) found in §§ 32-7-1 through -42,…”
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