If the department is not satisfied that there are no undisclosed security interests created before this chapter takes effect in a previously registered vehicle, the department may, in addition to the department's options under Section 32-8-36, issue a distinctive certificate of title of the vehicle containing the legend, "This vehicle may be subject to an undisclosed lien" and containing any other information the department prescribes.
Ala. Code § 32-8-40 (1975)