Alabama CDL Disqualifications and Continuing Responsibilities

Alabama lists excessive speed of 15 mph or more, reckless driving, improper or erratic lane change, following too closely, fatal-crash violations, driving without the required CDL or class, and prohibited handheld-phone violations as serious offenses. Two within three years cause 60 days and three cause 120 days of disqualification.

Major offenses include alcohol or controlled-substance operation, 0.04 percent or greater in a CMV, refusal, leaving a crash, specified felonies, driving while disqualified, and negligent CMV fatality. A first event generally causes one year, or three years while transporting placarded HazMat; a second causes lifetime disqualification.

Specified railroad-highway crossing convictions cause 60 days for the first, 120 days for the second, and one year for a third or subsequent conviction under Alabama's published CDL disqualification schedule.

Violating an out-of-service order produces escalating commercial disqualifications, with stricter later consequences and separate placarded-HazMat treatment. A carrier dispatch or delivery deadline does not authorize operation during the order.

The holder must maintain electronic medical qualification, variances, proper class and endorsements, TSA approval for H or X, and every restriction. A hardship license does not authorize commercial driving, and an ordinary license reinstatement does not automatically restore CDL authority.

Apply each rule to the exact Alabama credential, vehicle, age, domicile, medical status, test stage, date, cargo, passenger use, and route. Current ALEA and ALDOR pages control time-sensitive procedures; the 24-page modernized supplement replaces the old inspection and basic-control testing sections from July 1, 2025.