Alabama § 45-39-200.05 - Business Licenses.

§ 45-39-200.05. Business Licenses.

(a) Before any person, firm, or corporation may engage in or carry on any business or other activity in the county for which a license is required by law, a license for the activity shall be purchased from the commissioner and he or she shall be entitled to charge a fee of one dollar ($1) for the issuance of the license. All costs, fees, and penalties, which shall have accrued or for which the person, firm, or corporation is liable in any proceeding commenced for collection, shall be paid before any license is eligible for renewal. The commissioner shall issue the license countersigned by him or her in the form and on the blank furnished to him or her by the State Department of Finance which shall set forth and specify the name of the person, firm, or corporation applying therefor, the business or activity which it proposes to carry on thereunder, the address where it proposes to carry on the business, the time for which it is issued, and if the license is for a peddler, it shall state whether he or she proposes to travel on foot, by wagon, or by motor vehicle. The license shall not be transferable except as otherwise provided by law, nor shall it entitle the holder to carry on any other business or do any other act other than that named herein at any other location than that specified; provided, however, that should it become necessary to move any business from one location to another location in the county, and the business is to continue in the same kind and character and by the same person or firm as that carried on at the former location, then, another license shall not be required for the same licensed year.

(b) The commissioner may mail an application for renewal of a license to all persons, firms, and corporations to whom a license was issued during that license year as reflected on the records in his or her office. For preparing the application and mailing the application by first class mail to the address of the person, firm, or corporation listed on the license records in his or her office, and for the return of a renewed license, the commissioner shall charge and collect a mail fee of one dollar ($1) for each mailing. The commissioner, with the approval of the county commission, may increase the amount of the mail fee by a reasonable amount to adequately cover the costs of handling and mailing of each renewed license. The mail fee shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as other license issuance fees are paid.