Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 8-20-8 (2026)
Warranty Obligations of Manufacturers and Dealers to Consumers.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Every manufacturer and new motor vehicle dealer shall fulfill the terms of any express or implied warranty concerning the sale of a new motor vehicle to the public of the line make which is the subject of a contract or franchise agreement between the parties. If it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that either the manufacturer or new motor vehicle dealer, or both, have violated an express or implied warranty, the court shall add to any award or relief granted an additional award for reasonable attorney’s fees.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-390, p. 596, §8.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1989–2019 · leading case: Tittle v. Steel City Oldsmobile GMC Truck, Inc., 544 So. 2d 883 (Ala. 1989).
Tittle v. Steel City Oldsmobile GMC Truck, Inc., 544 So. 2d 883 (Ala. 1989). “The single provision of the chapter that arguably applies to consumers can be found at § 8-20-8. This section provides for the recovery of attorney fees in a breach of warranty action.”
Sammie Bonner Constr. Co. Inc. v. W. Star Trucks Sales, Inc., Donaldson Co., Inc., 330 F.3d 1308 (11th Cir. 2003). “” Ala.Code § 8-20-8. The district court examined both the statute and the relevant case law and ultimately concluded that Western Star “failed to demonstrate that this statute provides for attorneys’ fees on plaintiffs warranty claim.”
DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Morrow, 895 So. 2d 861 (Ala. 2004). “Also, Morrow sought attorney fees under § 8-20-8, Ala.Code 1975, a part of the Motor Vehicle Franchise Act, § 8-20-1 et seq.”
Johnson v. BMW of North Am., Inc., 583 So. 2d 1333 (Ala. 1991). “On June 26, Johnson filed a petition for an award of attorney fees pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 8-20-8, and the Magnusson-Moss Warranty Act.”
DaimlerChrysler Motors Corp. v. Susan Schein Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge, Inc., 853 So. 2d 925 (Ala. 2003). “Schein objected to this proposal because the new dealership would have been within Schein’s “relevant market area,” as that term is defined in § 8-20-8. Schein sued DaimlerChrysler and Acheson “under the provisions of The Motor Vehicle Franchise Act, Alabama Code, Section 8-20-1…”
Krikorian v. Ford Motor Co. (S.D. Ala. 2019). “See Ala. Code § 8-20-8 . While the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act provides for an award of attorneys’ fees to prevailing plaintiffs, see 15 U.”
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