Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 32-7-15 (2026)
Suspension to Continue until Judgments Paid and Proof Given.
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The license, registration, and nonresident’s operating privilege shall remain suspended and shall not be renewed, nor shall any such license or registration be thereafter issued in the name of such person, including any such person not previously licensed, unless and until every judgment is stayed, satisfied in full or to the extent hereinafter provided and until the said person gives proof of financial responsibility subject to the exemptions stated in Sections 32-7-14 and 32-7-17.
A discharge in bankruptcy following the rendering of any such judgment shall not relieve the judgment debtor from any of the requirements of this section and Sections 32-7-13 and 32-7-14.
(Acts 1951, No. 704, p. 1224, §14.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1981–2017 · leading case: Layfield v. Dir. of Pub. Saf. of Alabama (In Re Layfield), 12 B.R. 846 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1981).
Layfield v. Dir. of Pub. Saf. of Alabama (In Re Layfield), 12 B.R. 846 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1981). “Whether the second clause of § 32-7-15 of the 1975 Alabama Code is in conflict with the Perez v.”
Grimes v. Alfa Mut. Ins. Co., 227 So. 3d 475 (Ala. 2017). “The Court stated: “We here observe that the -automobile liability policy’ referred to in § 5(c) [now § 32-7-6(c)(l)j is not the same as a ‘motor vehicle liability policy' provided for in connection with the second part of the *483 Act, that is, ‘Proof of Financial…”
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