Section 32-8-32

Prerequisite to issuance of license plates.

No motor vehicle license (or license plate) may be issued and no motor vehicle license (or license plate) may be transferred for use on a motor vehicle required to be titled under this chapter except on presentation by the owner to the judge of probate or other issuing officer, the copy of an application for a certificate of title to such vehicle, a certificate of title to such vehicle, a duplicate certificate of title to such vehicle where the original is held by a lienholder, or a copy of the application for a replacement certificate of title; provided however, when the owner of a motor vehicle has complied with the provisions of this section in licensing a motor vehicle transferred to him this section shall not apply thereafter to the renewal of such license by such owner of such motor vehicle.

(Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §33.)