{
 "slug": "alabama",
 "importedOn": "2026-08-29",
 "verified": true,
 "agencyName": "Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Department of Public Safety, Driver License Division",
 "firstOffenseIidNote": "Under Ala. Code § 32-5A-191(e), on a first conviction the 90-day suspension is stayed if the offender elects to install an approved IID for 90 days. The IID becomes mandatory for one year if the offender had a BAC of 0.15 or higher, refused the chemical test, had a passenger under 14, or someone else was injured.",
 "sr22Note": "Ala. Code § 32-7-18 (Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act) provides that whenever the director suspends or revokes a license 'upon receiving record of a conviction,' no license shall thereafter be issued 'unless and until he or she shall give and thereafter maintain proof of financial responsibility'; a DUI conviction under § 32-5A-191 results in such a suspension/revocation. Under § 32-7-31(a)(1) the director may cancel the proof after three years from the date it was required if no further qualifying conviction is recorded. ALEA's Request for Reinstatement Requirements form (DI-46A) calls the filing 'SR22 Insurance', and ALEA's hardship-license rule refers to 'SR-22 insurance ... required ... under applicable law'. Caveat: no ALEA page states the SR-22 requirement specifically for DUI; the statute applies generally to conviction-based suspensions and revocations.",
 "evidence": {
  "agencyName": {
   "url": "https://www.alea.gov/dps/driver-license/driver-records-crash-reports-and-driver-license-reinstatements",
   "quote": "Driver Records, Crash Reports, and Driver License Reinstatements | Alabama Law Enforcement Agency ... Department Of Public Safety ... Driver License"
  },
  "statuteCitation": {
   "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama/section/32-5A-191.4",
   "quote": "Section 32-5A-191.4 Ignition Interlock Devices. (a) As used in Section 32-5A-191, the term, “ignition interlock device” means a constant monitoring device that prevents a motor vehicle from being started at any time without first determining the equivalent blood alcohol level of the operator"
  },
  "statuteUrl": {
   "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama/section/32-5A-191.4",
   "quote": "Section 32-5A-191.4 Ignition Interlock Devices."
  },
  "dmvVendorListUrl": {
   "url": "https://adfs.alabama.gov/services/ic/ic-interlock-devices",
   "quote": "APPROVED INTERLOCK DEVICES The following Ignition Interlock Devices are approved by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences."
  },
  "firstOffenseIid": {
   "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama/section/32-5A-191",
   "quote": "The 90-day suspension shall be stayed if the offender elects to have an approved ignition interlock device installed and operating on the designated motor vehicle driven by the offender for 90 days."
  },
  "firstOffenseIidNote": {
   "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama/section/32-5A-191",
   "quote": "or if the offender is found to have had at least 0.15 percent or more by weight of alcohol in his or her blood while operating or being in actual control of a vehicle, ... the person shall be required to have an ignition interlock device installed and operating on the designated motor vehicle driven by the offender for a period of one year"
  },
  "iidDurationFirst": {
   "url": "https://www.alea.gov/dps/driver-license/license-and-id-cards/ignition-interlock-laws",
   "quote": "Upon 1st Conviction: Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) < 0.15 IID Term: 90 Days License Suspension/Revocation: 90 Days ... Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) > 0.15 IID Term: 1 Year License Suspension/Revocation: 90 Days **Mandatory Ignition Interlock, suspension stayed w/proof of IID installation**"
  },
  "iidDurationRepeat": {
   "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama/section/32-5A-191",
   "quote": "(f) On a second conviction ... the offender shall be required to have an ignition interlock device installed and operating on the designated motor vehicle driven by the offender for a period of two years from the date of issuance of a driver’s license"
  },
  "reinstatementFee": {
   "url": "https://www.alea.gov/dps/driver-license/driver-records-crash-reports-and-driver-license-reinstatements",
   "quote": "Reinstatement Fees ... Suspended/cancelled licenses - $100 Revoked licenses - $175 Alcohol/drug-related offenses: Suspended - $275 Revoked - $275 Additional drug-related fee - $25 Interlock Issuance Fee - $150"
  },
  "approvedVendors": {
   "url": "https://adfs.alabama.gov/services/ic/ic-interlock-devices",
   "quote": "Draeger, Inc. ... Device: Draeger Interlock XT ... Smart Start of Alabama, LLC ... Devices: SSI 20/20 and SSI 20/30 ... Sens-O-Lock of America ... Devices: FR9000 and WC9000+ ... LifeSafer, Inc ... Devices: FC100 and L250 Ignition Interlock"
  },
  "costNotes": {
   "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama/section/32-5A-191",
   "quote": "shall pay to the court, following his or her conviction, two hundred dollars ($200), which may be paid in installments ... a. Seventeen percent to the Alabama Interlock Indigent Fund."
  },
  "costNotes_iidLicenseFee": {
   "url": "https://www.alea.gov/dps/driver-license/license-and-id-cards/ignition-interlock-laws",
   "quote": "provide proof of installation to the ALEA to obtain the required ignition interlock restricted driver license. There is a $150 fee for this driver license."
  },
  "costNotes_statuteFeeCaps": {
   "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama/section/32-5A-191",
   "quote": "may set a fee of not more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for the issuance of a driver’s license indicating that the person’s driving privileges are subject to the condition of the installation and use of a certified ignition interlock device ... shall set a fee of not more than seventy-five dollars ($75) to reissue a regular driver’s license."
  },
  "costNotes_noVehicle": {
   "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama/section/32-5A-191.4",
   "quote": "Any defendant who does not own a vehicle or otherwise have an ignition interlock device installed on a vehicle shall be required to pay seventy-five dollars ($75) per month for the entire period the defendant is required or elects to have an ignition interlock device unless the defendant is determined by the court to be indigent"
  },
  "costNotes_indigent": {
   "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama/section/32-5A-191.4",
   "quote": "Any offender granted indigency status for the purpose of ignition interlock shall not be required to pay the costs associated with installing and maintaining an interlock device ... The minimum number of indigent defendants provided services shall be equal to five percent of the total installations provided by the manufacturer during the prior calendar year."
  },
  "costNotes_providerFee": {
   "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama/section/32-5A-191.4",
   "quote": "The department shall charge an application fee of two thousand dollars ($2,000) to any ignition interlock provider to evaluate the instrument."
  },
  "faqs_violations": {
   "url": "https://www.alea.gov/dps/driver-license/license-and-id-cards/ignition-interlock-laws",
   "quote": "A breath sample at or above the minimum blood alcohol concentration level of 0.02 recorded four or more times during the monthly reporting period unless a subsequent test performed within 10 minutes registers breath alcohol concentration lower than 0.02."
  },
  "faqs_violationExtension": {
   "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama/section/32-5A-191",
   "quote": "Any ignition interlock driving violation committed by the offender during the mandated ignition interlock period shall extend the duration of ignition interlock use for six months."
  },
  "faqs_adfsApproval": {
   "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama/section/32-5A-191.4",
   "quote": "(c) The department shall formulate and promulgate rules for the proper approval, installation, and use of ignition interlock devices. Additionally, the department shall maintain and make public the list of approved ignition interlock devices."
  },
  "sr22Required": {
   "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama/section/32-7-18",
   "quote": "Whenever the director, under any law of this state, suspends or revokes the license of any person upon receiving record of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail, the director shall also suspend the registration for all motor vehicles registered in the name of such person"
  },
  "sr22Required_reissue": {
   "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama/section/32-7-18",
   "quote": "nor shall any motor vehicle be thereafter registered in the name of such person until permitted under the motor vehicle laws of this state and not then unless and until he or she shall give and thereafter maintain proof of financial responsibility."
  },
  "sr22Years": {
   "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama/section/32-7-31",
   "quote": "(1) At any time after three years from the date such proof was required when, during the three-year period preceding the request, the director has not received record of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail which would require or permit the suspension or revocation of the license"
  },
  "sr22Note_hardshipRule": {
   "url": "https://www.alea.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/Final%20Hardship%20Revisions.pdf",
   "quote": "An individual whose driver license has been revoked and who is required to carry SR-22 insurance under applicable law is required to carry SR-22 insurance while holding a hardship driver license."
  },
  "sr22Note_di46a": {
   "url": "https://www.alea.gov/sites/default/files/dl-forms/ReinstatementRequirements-DI-46A.pdf",
   "quote": "NOTE: The reinstatement fee and/or SR22 (if required) should not be submitted until all tickets are settled and your hearing (if required) is complete."
  }
 },
 "approvedVendorNamesAsListed": [
  "Draeger, Inc.",
  "Smart Start of Alabama, LLC",
  "Sens-O-Lock of America",
  "LifeSafer, Inc"
 ],
 "license": "CC BY 4.0",
 "methodology": "https://wheelsback.com/methodology/",
 "page": "https://wheelsback.com/alabama/"
}