Alabama § 32-6-233 - Penalty for False Representations or Misuse of Privileges.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 32-6-233 — Penalty for False Representations or Misuse of Privileges., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 32-6-233. Penalty for False Representations or Misuse of Privileges.
(a) Any person who is not an individual with a long-term or temporary disability, or who is not an owner of a vehicle primarily transporting an individual with a disability, and who willfully and falsely represents himself or herself as an individual with a long-term or temporary disability or as an owner of a vehicle primarily transporting an individual with a disability to obtain the distinctive special access or disability access license plates, or removable windshield placards, or both, prescribed by this division or Section 40-12-300, or who misuses or abuses the parking privilege protected by this division, or owns a vehicle bearing the distinctive special access or disability access license plate and is not entitled to that plate, or is using removable windshield placards and is not entitled to do so under this division, to include use of an altered, or stolen special access or disability access license plate or removable windshield placard, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished according to law.
(b) Any person who misuses or abuses the parking privileges protected by this division by parking in designated special access parking or disability access spaces with expired removable windshield placards shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished according to law.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 32-6-233 ("Penalty for False Representations or Misuse of Privileges.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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