Code of Alabama — Title 40 (Revenue and Taxation)
Ala. Code § 40-17-170
Definitions
For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed by this section:
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LUBRICATING OIL. Any devices or substitutes therefor, commonly used in lubricating or oiling engines, bearings, journals, axles, hubs, and other parts of machinery; provided, that nothing contained in this article shall be held to apply to those products known commercially as “kerosene oil,” “fuel oil,” or “crude oil.”
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PERSON. Persons, corporations, copartnerships, companies, agencies, or associations, singular or plural.
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DISTRIBUTOR. Any person or manufacturer who engages in the selling of lubricating oil in this state by wholesale domestic trade, but shall not apply to any transaction by such distributor in interstate commerce.
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RETAIL DEALER. Any person herein defined as distributor who is also engaged in the selling of lubricating oils in this state at any place in this state in broken quantities.
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STORER. Any person who ships, causes to be shipped or brings into this state, or manufactures in this state, lubricating oils, as herein defined, in any quantity, stores the same in any container and withdraws same from storage for any purpose.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 40-17-168 · Legislative Findings
- 40-17-168.1 · Definitions
- 40-17-168.2 · Levy and Collection of Tax; Application and Fee
- 40-17-168.3 · Application Form
- 40-17-168.4 · License Requirement
- 40-17-168.5 · Surety Bond. (Amended by Act 2026-528)
- 40-17-168.6 · Refusal to Issue License; Appeal
- 40-17-168.7 · Issuance of License
- 40-17-168.8 · Discontinuance of Licensed Business; Payment of Taxes
- 40-17-168.9 · Cancellation of License
- 40-17-168.10 · Deduction for Sale or Disbursement to Exempt Entities
- 40-17-168.11 · Tax Payments and Returns
- 40-17-168.12 · Reporting of Information; Single Return for Multiple…
- 40-17-168.13 · Receipt and Remission of Taxes; Liability
- 40-17-168.14 · Recordkeeping
- 40-17-168.15 · Disposition of Funds
- 40-17-168.16 · Civil Penalties
- 40-17-168.17 · Criminal Penalties
- 40-17-168.18 · Appropriations
- 40-17-168.19 · Rulemaking Authority
- 40-17-170 · Definitions
- 40-17-171 · Levy; Amount; Certificates of Exemption
- 40-17-172 · Disposition of Tax
- 40-17-173 · Tax to Apply Whether Withdrawal for Use or Sale
- 40-17-174 · Wholesale Oil License Fee; Import License Fee; Exemption
- 40-17-175 · Swearing to Statement
- 40-17-176 · Records of Sales
- 40-17-177 · Report of Address by Distributor, Storer, Retail Dealer, or…
- 40-17-178 · Penalty for Failure to Make Reports or Keep Records
- 40-17-179 · Duty of Department of Revenue to Enforce Provisions
- 40-17-180 · Effect of Acceptance of Money on Recovery of Balance
- 40-17-182 · Forms for Reports
- 40-17-185 · Restraint of Violators
- 40-17-186 · When Statements to Be Rendered and Tax Paid
- 40-17-200 · When Report to Be Made by Carriers
- 40-17-201 · When Reports to Be Made by Warehousemen and Transfer…
- 40-17-203 · Penalty for Failure to Comply
- 40-17-220 · Lubricating Oil Excise Tax; Exemptions
- 40-17-221 · Administration of Article and Collection of Tax
- 40-17-222 · Distribution of Tax Proceeds Derived from Motor Fuel