No certificate of title shall be issued under this chapter for any of the following:
(1) A vehicle owned by the United States or any agency thereof.
(2) A vehicle owned by a manufacturer or dealer and held for sale, even though incidentally moved on the highway or used for purposes of testing or demonstration, or a vehicle used by a manufacturer solely for testing.
(3) A vehicle owned by a nonresident of this state and not required by law to be registered in this state.
(4) A vehicle for which the Alabama license plate issuing official has verified that both the current owner and operator is recorded as the owner and operator on a currently effective certificate of title issued by another state and the certificate of title is being held by a recorded lienholder.
(5) A vehicle moved solely by animal power.
(6) An implement of husbandry.
(7) Special mobile equipment.
(8) A pole trailer.
(9) A trailer, semitrailer, travel trailer, or moving collapsible and folding camper more than 20 model years old. This exemption is applicable on January 1 of each year and applies to a trailer, semitrailer, travel trailer, or moving collapsible folding camper with a model year, as designated by the manufacturer, more than 20 years from the current calendar year.
(10) A manufactured home as defined in Section 32-20-2.
(11) Utility trailers other than moving collapsible and folding campers.
(12) A low speed vehicle, including neighborhood electric vehicles, defined as a four-wheeled motor vehicle with a top speed of not greater than 25 miles per hour, a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds, and complying with the safety standards provided in 49 C.F.R. § 571.500.
(13) Any other motor vehicle more than 35 model years old. This exemption is applicable on January 1 of each year and applies to all motor vehicles with a model year, as designated by the manufacturer, more than 35 years from the current calendar year.
(14) A mini-truck as defined in Section 40-12-240.
(15) A motor-driven cycle as defined in Section 32-1-1.1.
(16) An off-road vehicle more than 10 model years old.
(17) Any other vehicles as prescribed by the department.
(Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §3; Acts 1989, No. 89-918, p. 1817, §3; Act 2003-345, p. 870, §1; Act 2009-281, p. 472, §1; Act 2009-746, p. 2236, §2; Act 2010-579, p. 1283, §1; Act 2011-205, p. 384, §2; Act 2016-358, p. 890, §1; Act 2024-190, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Harwell v. First Nat'l Bank of Wetumpka (In Re Sewell), 32 B.R. 116 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1983).
“Although defined as a “motor vehicle,” § 169(i) [or § 32-8-31(9) ] exempts mobile homes and certain other “motor vehicles” from the provisions of the title-certificate provisions of the statutes.”
In Re Gray, 40 B.R. 429 (Bankr. W.D. Okla. 1984).
“While holding that a mobile home is a “motor vehicle” required to be licensed and that a financing statement must be filed in order to perfect a purchase money security *432 interest in the mobile home, the Court acknowledged that mobile homes by statute were exempt from the…”
Jordan v. Eufaula Flea Mkt., 643 So. 2d 585 (Ala. 1994).
· cites it 2× “Although § 32-8-30 applies to both dealers and nondealers, it does not apply to nonresidents, Ala.Code 1975, § 32-8-31; therefore, as a nonresident at the time of the sale, Whited was not required to apply for a certificate of title in the State of Alabama.”
Carden v. Ditech Fin., LLC (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2020).
“), and the same is true with respect to causing security interests to be recorded— 5 Section 32-8-31(10) was amended in 2009, effective January 1, 2010, to prohibit the further issuance of certificates of title for manufactured homes under Chapter 8 of Title 32 for liens entered…”
— Ala. Code § 32-8-31(10) — 1 case
Carden v. Ditech Fin., LLC (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2020).
“), and the same is true with respect to causing security interests to be recorded— 5 Section 32-8-31(10) was amended in 2009, effective January 1, 2010, to prohibit the further issuance of certificates of title for manufactured homes under Chapter 8 of Title 32 for liens entered…”
— Ala. Code § 32-8-31(9) — 3 cases
Harwell v. First Nat'l Bank of Wetumpka (In Re Sewell), 32 B.R. 116 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1983).
“Although defined as a “motor vehicle,” § 169(i) [or § 32-8-31(9) ] exempts mobile homes and certain other “motor vehicles” from the provisions of the title-certificate provisions of the statutes.”
In Re Gray, 40 B.R. 429 (Bankr. W.D. Okla. 1984).
“While holding that a mobile home is a “motor vehicle” required to be licensed and that a financing statement must be filed in order to perfect a purchase money security *432 interest in the mobile home, the Court acknowledged that mobile homes by statute were exempt from the…”
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