Section 32-8-67 - Filing and recording of notices of security interests; examination of record(a) The department shall file each notice of security interest received by the department with the required fee and maintain a record of all notices of security interests filed by the department: (1) Alphabetically, under the name of the owner;(2) Under the vehicle identification number;(3) Under the certificate of title number; and(4) In the discretion of the department, by any other method it determines.(b) The department before issuing or reissuing a certificate of title shall check the name of the owner and the certificate of title number of the vehicle against the record provided for in subsection (a).Ala. Code § 32-8-67 (1975)
Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §30.