26-9-232. Return of license to commissioner upon expiration; lost or stolen licenses.
(a) Any license issued under this code, although issued and delivered to the licensee or his employer, is at all times the property of this state. Upon expiration, termination, suspension or revocation of any license, the licensee or other person having possession or custody of the license shall immediately deliver it to the commissioner either by personal delivery or by mail.
(b) As to any license lost, stolen or destroyed while in the possession of any licensee or other person, the commissioner may accept instead of return of the license, the affidavit of the licensee or other person responsible for or involved in the safekeeping of the license, concerning the facts of the loss, theft or destruction.