§32-6-63. Tabs, stamps, etc., in lieu of license plates; change of residence.

For the years during which the five-year license plates are not issued, in lieu thereof, tabs, stamps, or other devices suitable for attaching to a motor vehicle license plate shall be issued. The tab, stamp, or device shall indicate the period for which it was issued and shall, when properly affixed to the license plate, evidence payment for the motor vehicle license fees and taxes for the period indicated thereon. Such tab, stamp, or device shall be such size as the legislative oversight committee, as provided for in this subdivision, deems appropriate and shall bear a bright reflective background contrasting with the digits or letters printed thereon. The first three letters of the month of expiration shall be printed on the bottom portion of the tab, stamp, or device and shall be no less than three inches in width and one inch in height.

Any numbers shown on such tab, stamp, or device shall be for accounting purposes only, to be used by the Department of Revenue, and shall in no way be used for the identification of the vehicle.

A person changing his or her county of residence shall be required to purchase a license plate indicating his or her new county of residence upon expiration of the license period covered by his or her present license plate or validation device and shall turn in his or her old license plate.

(Acts 1979, No. 79-797, p. 1455, §4.)