Ala. Code § 28-3-5
Any retail dealer of alcoholic beverages enumerated and defined in this chapter purchasing or receiving such commodities from without the state, whether the same shall have been ordered or purchased through a wholesaler or jobber in this state or by drop shipment or otherwise, shall, within 12 hours of receipt of such alcoholic beverages, mail by registered or certified mail a true duplicate invoice of all such purchases or receipts to the board at Montgomery, Alabama, said invoice carrying the name of the person or firm from whom or through whom such purchases or shipments of the alcoholic beverages were received and showing kinds and quantities.
Any retail dealer failing or refusing to furnish duplicate invoices in both the manner and time allowed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50.00 for each offense or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding 60 days.
Ala. Code § 28-3-5 (1975)