The method provided in this article of perfecting and giving notice of security interest in motor vehicles required to be titled under the terms of this chapter or titled under the terms hereof, shall be exclusive.
Security interests in motor vehicles required to be titled or which are titled under this chapter, are hereby exempted from the provisions of law which otherwise require the filing or recording of financing statements or of other instruments creating or evidencing security interests.
Security interests in motor vehicles not required to be titled under this chapter or not titled under the terms hereof, which are perfected under any other applicable laws of this state shall not be affected by this chapter but shall continue in all respects to be governed by such other laws of this state.
(Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §24.)
Notes of Decisions
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1 in the last 5 years), 1985–2025 · leading case:
In re Jones, 544 B.R. 692 (Bankr. M.D. Ala. 2016).
In re Jones, 544 B.R. 692 (Bankr. M.D. Ala. 2016).
“If delivery of the required documents and fee is proffered within 30 days of the creation of the security agreement, perfection of the security interest relates back to its creation; otherwise, it becomes perfected on the date of delivery. ALA. CODE § 32-8-61(b).”
Southtrust Bank of Alabama v. Toffel (In Re Blackerby), 53 B.R. 649 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1985).
“Code Section 32-8-66 (1983). The Court has already found as a matter of fact that the Bank complied with these statutory provisions in perfecting its security interest at the time of the making of Loan # 1.”
Gina Marie Byers & Jeremy Michael Byers (Bankr. S.D. Ala. 2020).
· cites it 2× “Ala. Code §32-8-66 . Further, the provision of the Alabama Code delineating the effect of a certificate of title provides in pertinent part, “ [A] certificate of title issued by the department is prima facie evidence of the facts appearing on it”.”
Felton (N.D. Ala. 2025).
“Chapter 8 or Chapter 20 of Title 32.”). Rather, it is Title 32, Chapter 8 of the Code of Alabama that provides the exclusive method of perfecting a security interest in motor vehicles.”
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