2024 Code of Alabama
Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.
Chapter 6 - Licenses and Registration.
Article 1 - Drivers’ Licenses.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 32-6-15 - Duplicate of Lost or Destroyed License.
Section 32-6-15
Duplicate of Lost or Destroyed License.
(a) In the event any driver license issued under this article is lost or destroyed, the individual to whom the same was issued may upon collection of the required fee and upon furnishing proof to the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency that the same has been lost or destroyed, secure a duplicate. No fee shall be charged to a qualified student, as defined by Section 16-28-40(b)(2), for his or her first duplicate driver license. The second and subsequent duplicates applied for shall require the payment of a fee of fifteen dollars ($15) and, upon furnishing proof to the secretary that his or her previously held license or duplicate has been lost or destroyed, secure another duplicate. Application for a duplicate shall be made to the secretary on forms provided by the secretary. The fee shall be collected by the secretary, paid into the State Treasury, and credited to the Highway Traffic Safety Fund for the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.
(b) Any person making a false affidavit to the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency for the purpose of obtaining a duplicate driver license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days or by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
(Acts 1939, No. 181, p. 300; Code 1940, T. 36, §74; Acts 1971, No. 1933, p. 3121; Acts 1973, No. 1290, p. 2203; Acts 1988, 1st Sp. Sess., No. 88-728, p. 125, §1; Act 2000-800, p. 1901, §1; Act 2022-300, §1.)
