Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 32-8-13 (2026)
Offenses Constituting Misdemeanors.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor who:
(1) With fraudulent intent, permits another, not entitled thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title;
(2) Willfully fails to mail or deliver a certificate of title or application therefor to the department within 10 days after time required by this chapter;
(3) Willfully fails to deliver to his or her transferee a certificate of title within 10 days after the time required by this chapter; or
(4) Knowingly and willfully commits a fraud in any application for a title or registration; or
(5) Willfully violates any other provision of this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §45; Act 2009-281, p. 472, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1986–2020 · leading case: Treadwell Ford, Inc. v. Campbell, 485 So. 2d 312 (Ala. 1986).
Treadwell Ford, Inc. v. Campbell, 485 So. 2d 312 (Ala. 1986). “§ 32-8-13. The legislature substantially amended § 32-8-87 after the time of this accident.”
Hand v. State, 873 So. 2d 255 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “The title of § 32-8-13, Ala.Code 1975, uses the plural terms “offenses ” and “misdemeanors.”
Smith v. The City of Dothan, Alabama (M.D. Ala. 2020). “Similarly, under § 32-8- 11, a person is guilty of aiding and abetting a violation of § 32-8-13(4), which makes it a crime for someone to knowingly and willfully commit a fraud in any application for a title or registration.”
— Ala. Code § 32-8-13(2) — 1 case
Hand v. State, 873 So. 2d 255 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “The title of § 32-8-13, Ala.Code 1975, uses the plural terms “offenses ” and “misdemeanors.”
— Ala. Code § 32-8-13(3) — 1 case
Hand v. State, 873 So. 2d 255 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “The title of § 32-8-13, Ala.Code 1975, uses the plural terms “offenses ” and “misdemeanors.”
— Ala. Code § 32-8-13(4) — 1 case
Smith v. The City of Dothan, Alabama (M.D. Ala. 2020). “Similarly, under § 32-8- 11, a person is guilty of aiding and abetting a violation of § 32-8-13(4), which makes it a crime for someone to knowingly and willfully commit a fraud in any application for a title or registration.”
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