Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 32-9A-3 (2026)
Inspection of Records; Etc., Rules and Regulations.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Any records required to be maintained by operators of commercial motor vehicles pursuant to state or federal laws or regulations shall be open to inspection during the normal business hours of a carrier by members designated by the director. The inspection may be made without a warrant. Members of the department designated by the director may also go on the property of an operator of a commercial motor vehicle to conduct inspections of facilities and records to ensure compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations governing commercial motor vehicle operations.
The director may promulgate reasonable rules and regulations relating to this chapter subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.
(Act 98-493, p. 952, §3.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2008–2009 · leading case: United States v. Steed, 548 F.3d 961 (11th Cir. 2008).
United States v. Steed, 548 F.3d 961 (11th Cir. 2008). “Gonzalez conducted this inspection pursuant to an Alabama statute, and the government asked the court to take judicial notice of Ala.Code § 32-9A-3. When Osgood asked why he had been pulled over, Gonzalez informed him that he had been following another vehicle too closely.”
United States v. Altemio Gonzales, 342 F. App'x 446 (11th Cir. 2009). “Ala.Code § 32-9A-3 (1998). An officer may only prolong a traffic stop under “special circumstances,” such as to investigate the driver’s license and registration, to run a criminal history check, or where there is “articulable suspicion of other illegal activity.”
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