Alabama § 33-5-16 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Transfer of Interest or Destruction or Abandonment of Vessel; Change of Address; Duplicate Registration Certificates.
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§ 33-5-16. Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Transfer of Interest or Destruction or Abandonment of Vessel; Change of Address; Duplicate Registration Certificates.
(a) The owner shall furnish the secretary notice of the transfer of all or any part of his or her interest other than the creation of a security interest in a vessel numbered in this state pursuant to this article or of the destruction or abandonment of the vessel within 15 days thereof. The transfer, destruction, or abandonment shall terminate the certificate for the vessel; except, that in the case of a transfer of a part interest which does not affect the owner’s right to operate the vessel, the transfer shall not terminate the certificate.
(b) Any holder of a certificate shall notify ALEA within 15 days if his or her address no longer conforms to the address appearing on the certificate and, as a part of the notification, shall furnish ALEA with his or her new address. The secretary may adopt rules for the surrender of the certificate bearing the former address and its replacement with a certificate bearing the new address or for the alteration of an outstanding certificate to show the new address of the holder.
(c) Any person who has purchased a vessel number for his or her vessel and subsequently loses or misplaces the registration certificate may make application to ALEA, accompanied by a fee of three dollars ($3) for a duplicate registration certificate. Each application shall be made upon forms furnished by ALEA.
(d) The secretary may provide a system through which the judges of probate and license commissioners in this state may issue duplicate registration certificates. A judge of probate or license commissioner who issues a duplicate registration certificate pursuant to this subsection shall be entitled to a fee of two dollars ($2).
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 33-5-16 ("Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Transfer of Interest or Destruction or Abandonment of Vessel; Change of Address; Duplicate Registration Certificates.") 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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