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Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-12-171

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • license tax: as used in this title , shall be deemed to include any tax prescribed by a license tax schedule, but shall not exclude any license tax otherwise prescribed. See Alabama Code 40-12-344
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Each person transferring freight, not including household goods, using more than one vehicle for hire in cities or towns or in the police jurisdiction thereof shall pay a license tax of $10 for each vehicle in excess of one. This section shall not apply to vehicles owned by motor carriers coming within the provisions of Sections 37-3-1 through 37-3-34 and 40-19-1 through 40-19-17 nor shall it apply to vehicles owned by any railroad company or express company.