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All residents of Alabama who are owners of qualified motor vehicles as defined in the International Registration Plan (IRP) may purchase license plates in this category.
The plates may not be personalized.
A plate may be transferred when one fleet vehicle is being replaced by another. The plates are not transferable between vehicle owners.
The license plate design changes every five (5) years.
The registration period is Annual – staggered. Registrants are assigned a registration renewal month (January – November) based on the date that the apportioned fleet was created.
This plate may be displayed upon any power unit that is used or intended for use in two (2) or more jurisdictions and that is used for the transportation of persons for hire or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property, and one of the following:
Effective January 1, 2016, charter buses traveling in two or more jurisdictions will be considered qualified vehicles. A recreational vehicle, a vehicle displaying restricted plates or a government owned vehicle is not an apportionable vehicle. However, any vehicle, regardless of weight, in which the registrant plans to haul commercially intrastate in any jurisdiction other than Alabama, may be apportioned at the option of the registrant.
In order to register a qualified motor vehicle with an apportioned license plate, the registrant must present the following documents to the license plate issuing official Alabama Department of Revenue:
Registration fees are distributed amongst the U.S. and Canadian member jurisdictions based on the mileage reported by the registrant. Alabama registration fees are distributed in accordance with Section 40-12-270, Code of Alabama 1975.