Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 32-8-1 (2026)
Short Title.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.
(Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §49.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16
cases, 1980–2020 · leading case: Green Tree — Al LLC v. Dominion Resources, L.L.C., 104 So. 3d 177 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011).
Green Tree — Al LLC v. Dominion Resources, L.L.C., 104 So. 3d 177 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). “In 2009, the Alabama Legislature amended and renumbered those sections of the Uniform Certificate of Title and Anti-Theft Act, codified at Ala.Code 1975, § 32-8-1 et seq., relating to certificates of titles for manufactured homes as the Alabama Manufactured Home Certificate of…”
Mattheiss v. Title Loan Express (In Re Mattheiss), 214 B.R. 20 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1997). “Code § 32-8-1 et seq. (1975)), much less determined whether perfection of non-possessory security interests created in pawned vehicles are governed by that act.”
In Re Davis, 269 B.R. 914 (Bankr. M.D. Ala. 2001). “The decision of the Northern District in Mattheiss, as the decision of this Court here, involves the interplay of Alabama’s Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act ( Ala. Code § 32-8-1 et. seq.) and the Alabama Pawnshop Act ( Ala.”
Landmark Chevrolet, Inc. v. Cent. Bank of South, 611 So. 2d 1043 (Ala. 1992). “On appeal, Landmark contends that the trial court erred in holding that it had not complied with the requirements of Ala. Code 1975, § 32-8-1 et seq. (Alabama Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act, “the Act”) and that it was, therefore, contractually liable for the loss…”
Greene v. Assocs. (In Re Green), 248 B.R. 583 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2000). “As with Alabama's Uniform Commercial Code, its Uniform Certificate of Title and Anti-Theft Act, Ala.Code §§ 32-8-1 et seq. (1999), is a standardized version of a uniform statute adopted by various jurisdictions to harmonize the law between and among them relating to, among other…”
Treadwell Ford, Inc. v. Campbell, 485 So. 2d 312 (Ala. 1986). “ISSUES RAISED BY DAIRYLAND Violation of Motor Vehicle Title Law Dairyland's first issue raises the question of liability based on Dairyland's violation of the Alabama Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act, Code 1975, § 32-8-1 et seq. Dairyland violated § 32-8-87(b),…”
In Re Johnson, 269 B.R. 246 (Bankr. M.D. Ala. 2001). “While the mortgage attached to the Proof of Claim filed by Regions does list the mobile home as collateral, Regions failed to properly perfect its interest in the mobile home pursuant to the Alabama Uniform Certificate of Title and Antifheft Act, Ala.Code § 32-8-1, et seq.”
In the Matter of Larson C. Locklin, Debtor. Jacob C. Pongetti, Tr. for the Est. of Larson Locklin v. Gen. Motors Acceptance Corp., 101 F.3d 435 (5th Cir. 1996). “that courts should be especially careful not to “tinker” with the statute that contains this provision, the Alabama Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act (“the act” or “the statute”), Ala.Code § 32-8-1 et seq. In Hill v. McGee, 562 So.”
Carter v. Chrysler Corp., 743 So. 2d 456 (Ala. Civ. App. 1998). “Specifically, the Court held that subsequent purchasers of the automobile were entitled to the statutory protection of § 32-8-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, requiring accurate identification of their automobiles.”
Lary v. Valiant Ins. Co., 864 So. 2d 1105 (Ala. Civ. App. 2002). “More importantly, § 32-8-87(b), which is a part of the Alabama Uniform Certificate of Title and Anti Theft Act, § 32-8-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the Act”), is not concerned with right of possession of salvage vehicles, but instead with tracing title and deterring theft, hence…”
In the Matter of Heard Fam. Trucking, Inc., Debtor. Orix Credit All., Inc. v. Heard Fam. Trucking, Inc., & J.C. Bell, Jr., 41 F.3d 1027 (5th Cir. 1995). “Heard Family cites two sections of Alabama’s Uniform Certificate of Title and Anti-theft Act, Ala.Code § 32-8-1 et seq. (1994), to support this argument.”
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Hartman, 450 So. 2d 152 (Ala. Civ. App. 1984). “Code (1975) and the Uniform Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act, §§ 32-8-1 through -87, Ala. Code (1975), have requirements for the filing of specified notices or forms with particular agencies in order to perfect a lien upon a vehicle for wrecker and storage charges under…”
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