Any distributor, manufacturer, storer, or retail dealer who shall violate any of the provisions of this article may be restrained and the proper prosecution instituted in the name of the State of Alabama by its Attorney General or under his direction by any district attorney from distributing, selling, or withdrawing from storage any oils, greases, or their substitutes as defined in this article, the sale or withdrawal of which is taxable under this article, until such person shall have complied with the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 40-17-185 (1975)