Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-18-82.25

  • preceding: means next before. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

To prevent motor vehicles from escaping taxation and to provide for the more efficient assessment and collection of taxes due on motor vehicles, no license shall be issued to operate a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state, nor shall any transfer be made by the judge of probate as provided under this subpart, until the ad valorem tax and the sales tax on the vehicle are paid in the county for the preceding year as evidenced by receipt of the judge of probate if the motor vehicle belongs to a resident of Conecuh County or is principally used or operated in Conecuh County.