Code of Alabama — Title 40 (Revenue and Taxation)
Ala. Code § 40-17-349
Violations
# (a)
Persons violating any provision of this article may be restrained from distributing, using, or withdrawing from storage any taxable motor fuel, as herein defined, and may be prosecuted in the name of the State of Alabama by the Attorney General or, under his or her direction, by a district attorney or, with the approval of the Governor, an attorney employed by the department until that person has complied with this article.
# (b)
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell for use or to use motor fuel upon which the tax levied by this article has not been paid or the payment assumed by a licensee. Any person who willfully fails to comply with this article, for each failure, shall be subject to a penalty imposed by the department of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 40-17-329 · Exemptions
- 40-17-330 · Refund Petitions and Claims
- 40-17-331 · Floor-Stocks Tax on Motor Fuel
- 40-17-332 · Licenses Required
- 40-17-333 · Application for License
- 40-17-334 · Licensed Permissive Suppliers
- 40-17-335 · Surety Bond. (Amended by Act 2026-528)
- 40-17-336 · Refusal to Issue License; Appeal
- 40-17-337 · Issuance of License; Nontransferability
- 40-17-338 · Discontinuance of Business by a Licensee
- 40-17-339 · Cancellation of License
- 40-17-340 · Filing of Monthly Return and Payment Due
- 40-17-341 · Remitting of Taxes Due to Supplier or Permissive Supplier
- 40-17-342 · Requirements for Returns
- 40-17-343 · Deductions from Monthly Return for Payments Not Previously…
- 40-17-344 · Payments Held in Trust for the State; Notification of…
- 40-17-345 · Import Verification Number; Licensing
- 40-17-346 · Monthly Exporter Returns
- 40-17-347 · Monthly Informational Report of Terminal Operators; Annual…
- 40-17-348 · Monthly Informational Report of Motor Fuel Transporter
- 40-17-349 · Violations
- 40-17-350 · Transportation of Motor Fuel; Inspections
- 40-17-351 · Civil Penalties
- 40-17-352 · Criminal Penalties
- 40-17-353 · (Amended by Act 2026-528) Seizure of Storage Receptacles…
- 40-17-354 · Recordkeeping
- 40-17-355 · Refusal to Permit Inspection
- 40-17-356 · Dyed Diesel Fuel
- 40-17-357 · Preemption of Local Laws
- 40-17-358 · Taxes to Be Borne by Consumer and Paid Once
- 40-17-359 · Distribution and Use of Proceeds
- 40-17-360 · Disposition of Aviation Fuel Proceeds
- 40-17-361 · Disposition of Diesel Proceeds
- 40-17-362 · Use of Tax Proceeds for Highway Purposes
- 40-17-362.1 · Use of Motor Fuel Taxes for Road and Bridge Purposes;…
- 40-17-363 · Funding
- 40-17-370 · Levy, Administration, and Collection of Additional Excise…
- 40-17-371 · Cost of Collection; Distribution of Tax Proceeds
- 40-17-380 · Definitions
- 40-17-381 · Development of System for Filing Electronic Tax Return for…