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Statutes > Alabama > Title32 > Chapter6 > 32-6-272Section 32-6-272
Issuance of distinctive plates; proof of membership; maintenance of lists; fees; violations.
The distinctive license plates here provided for shall be prepared by the Commissioner of Revenue and shall be issued through the judge of probate, license commissioner, or other license issuing official of the several counties of the state in like manner as are other motor vehicle license plates or tags and such officers shall be entitled to their regular fees for such service. An applicant for a distinctive plate shall present to the license issuing official proof of his or her membership in a fire department by means of certificate signed by the chief officer of the applicant on a form prescribed by the Alabama Forestry Commission. The Alabama Forestry Commission shall prepare a list of certified volunteer fire departments and federal fire departments and the Firefighters' Personnel Standards and Education Commission shall prepare a list of all paid or part-paid fire departments. The Forestry Commission and the Firefighters' Personnel Standards and Education Commission shall submit to the judge of probate, license commissioner, or other license issuing official of each county by December 1 of each year the lists of the eligible fire departments. An applicant for a distinctive plate shall present to the issuing official proof of his or her identification, and the firefighter shall be issued the requested number of distinctive license plates or tags upon the payment of the regular license fee for tags, as provided by law, but shall not be required to pay the three dollar ($3) fee. The distinctive license plates or tags so issued shall be used only upon and for personally-owned, private, passenger vehicles, to include station wagons and pick-up trucks, registered in the name of the firefighter making application therefor, and when so issued to the applicant shall be used upon the vehicle for which issued in lieu of the standard license plates or license tags normally issued for such vehicle. Anyone who is proven to have either falsely obtained or certified an individual to obtain a distinctive firefighter license plate shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished according to law.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-550, p. 909, §3; Acts 1986, No. 86-456, p. 833; Acts 1989, No. 89-944, p. 1857, §1; Acts 1991, No. 91-579, p. 1066, §2; Act 2006-422, p. 1048, §1.)