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Terms Used In Alabama Code 32-16-3

  • 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
  • vendor: as used in this chapter shall be construed to include every individual, partnership, corporation or association whose business in whole or in part is that of selling new or used motor vehicles and likewise shall be construed to include every agent, representative or consignee of any such dealer as defined above, as fully as if the same had been herein expressly set out; except, that no agent, representative or consignee of such dealer or vendor shall be required to make and file the bond if such dealer or vendor for whom such agent, representative or consignee acts shall have fully complied with all of the provisions of this chapter. See Alabama Code 32-16-1

No action nor the right of action to recover any such secondhand or used motor vehicle, nor any part of the selling price thereof, shall be maintained in the courts of this state by any such dealer or vendor, his successors or assigns, when such vendor or dealer shall have failed to comply with the terms and provisions of this chapter.