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AL Code § 10A-2A-15.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 2A - Alabama Business Corporation Law.|Article 15 - Foreign Corporations.|Division B - Acting in a Fiduciary Capacity.|Section 10A-2A-15.12 - Filing of Verified Statement With Commissioner of Revenue by Foreign Corporation Prior to Acting as Fiduciary.

Section 10A-2A-15.12Filing of verified statement with Commissioner of Revenue by foreign corporation prior to acting as fiduciary.  Prior to the time when any foreign corporation acts pursuant to the authority of this article in any fiduciary capacity or capacities in this state, the foreign corporation shall file with the Commissioner of Revenue of this state a verified statement which shall state: (1) The correct corporate name of the foreign corporation; (2) The name of the state under the laws of which it is incorporated or if the foreign corporation is a national banking association or other corporation organized under the laws of the United States shall state that fact; (3) The address of its principal business office; (4) In what fiduciary capacity, or capacities, it desires to act in the State of Alabama; (5) That it is authorized to act in a similar fiduciary capacity or capacities in the state in which it is incorporated or, if it is a national banking association or other corporation organized under the laws of the United States, in which it has its principal place of business; and (6) The statement shall irrevocably appoint the Commissioner of Revenue of Alabama as its true and lawful attorney to receive service of process in any action or proceeding against it relating to or growing out of any trust, estate, or matter in respect of which the foreign corporation may act in this state in any fiduciary capacity. The statement shall be verified by an officer of the foreign corporation, and there shall be filed with it the certificates of public officials and copies of documents certified by public officials as may be necessary to show that the foreign corporation is authorized to act in a fiduciary capacity or capacities similar to those in which it desires to act in this state, in the state in which it is incorporated, or, if it is a national banking association or other corporation organized under the laws of the United States, in which it has its principal place of business. (Act 2019-94, §1.)
AL Code § 10A-2A-15.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 2A - Alabama Business Corporation Law.|Article 15 - Foreign Corporations.|Division B - Acting in a Fiduciary Capacity.|Section 10A-2A-15.13 - Foreign Corporation Acting as Fiduciary Not Deemed Doing Business in This State.

Section 10A-2A-15.13Foreign corporation acting as fiduciary not deemed doing business in this state.  A foreign corporation, insofar as it acts in a fiduciary capacity in this state pursuant to the provisions of this division, shall not be deemed to be transacting business in this state, but no foreign corporation acting in a fiduciary capacity in this state pursuant to the provisions of this division without registering to transact business in this state pursuant to this title or other applicable provisions of law shall establish or maintain in this state a place of business, branch office, or agency for the conduct of business as a fiduciary. Nothing contained in this division shall diminish the authority of out-of-state banks and trust companies to establish or acquire and maintain trust offices or representative trust offices, or both, under the provisions of Chapter 11A of Title 5. (Act 2019-94, §1.)
AL Code § 10A-2A-15.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 2A - Alabama Business Corporation Law.|Article 15 - Foreign Corporations.|Division B - Acting in a Fiduciary Capacity.|Section 10A-2A-15.14 - Foreign Corporation Previously Acting in Fiduciary Capacity in State.

Section 10A-2A-15.14Foreign corporation previously acting in fiduciary capacity in state.  The provisions of this division shall not prohibit any foreign corporation authorized to act in a fiduciary capacity or capacities in the state in which it is incorporated or any national banking association or other corporation organized under the laws of the United States authorized to act in a fiduciary capacity or capacities in its principal place of business which, prior to April 14, 1956, or in the case of a corporation other than a national banking association, prior to January 1, 1995, was acting or appointed to act in this state in a particular fiduciary capacity or capacities, from continuing in the performance of the fiduciary activity or activities without complying with the provisions of this division. (Act 2019-94, §1.)
AL Code § 10A-2A-15.15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 2A - Alabama Business Corporation Law.|Article 15 - Foreign Corporations.|Division B - Acting in a Fiduciary Capacity.|Section 10A-2A-15.15 - Service of Process on Foreign Corporation Acting in Fiduciary Capacity.

Section 10A-2A-15.15Service of process on foreign corporation acting in fiduciary capacity.  Every foreign corporation acting in a fiduciary capacity in this state pursuant to the terms of this division shall be deemed to consent to service of all legal process in any action or proceeding against it and to service of any notice or demand permitted or required by law relating to or growing out of any trust, estate, or matter in respect of which the foreign corporation shall have acted in this state in any fiduciary capacity pursuant to any means of service of process provided in Section 10A-1-5.31, Section 10A-1-5.35, or Section 10A-1-5.36. (Act 2019-94, §1.)
AL Code § 10A-2A-16.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 2A - Alabama Business Corporation Law.|Article 16 - Records and Reports.|Division A - Records.|Section 10A-2A-16.01 - Corporate Records.

Section 10A-2A-16.01Corporate records. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-299 IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2022. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING. (a) A corporation shall maintain the following records: (1) its certificate of incorporation as currently in effect; (2) any notices to stockholders referred to in Section 10A-2A-1.20(c)(5) specifying facts on which a filed document is dependent if those facts are not included in the certificate of incorporation or otherwise available as specified in Section 10A-2A-1.20(c)(5); (3) its bylaws as currently in effect; (4) all written communications within the past three years to stockholders generally; (5) minutes of all meetings of, and records of all actions taken without a meeting by, its stockholders, its board of directors, and board committees established under Section 10A-2A-8.25; (6) a list of the names and business addresses of its current directors and officers; and (7) its most recent annual report delivered to the Secretary of State under Section 10A-2A-16.11. (b) A corporation shall maintain all annual financial statements prepared for the corporation for its last three fiscal years (or any shorter period of existence) and any audit or other reports with respect to those financial statements. (c) A corporation shall maintain accounting records in a form that permits preparation of its financial statements. (d) A corporation shall maintain a record of its current stockholders in alphabetical order by class or series of stock showing the address of, and the number and class or series of stock held by, each stockholder. Nothing contained in this subsection shall require the corporation to include in that record the electronic mail address or other electronic contact information of a stockholder. (e) A corporation shall maintain the records specified in this section in a manner so that they may be made available for inspection within a reasonable time. (Act 2019-94, §1.)
AL Code § 10A-2A-16.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 2A - Alabama Business Corporation Law.|Article 16 - Records and Reports.|Division A - Records.|Section 10A-2A-16.03 - Scope of Inspection Right.

Section 10A-2A-16.03Scope of inspection right.  (a) A stockholder may appoint an agent or attorney to exercise the stockholder's inspection and copying rights under Section 10A-2A-16.02. (b) The corporation may, if reasonable, satisfy the right of a stockholder to copy records under Section 10A-2A-16.02 by furnishing to the stockholder copies by photocopy or other means chosen by the corporation, including furnishing copies through an electronic transmission. (c) The corporation may comply at its expense with a stockholder's demand to inspect the record of stockholders under Section 10A-2A-16.02(b)(4) by providing the stockholder with a list of stockholders that was compiled no earlier than the date of the stockholder's demand. (d) The corporation may impose a reasonable charge to cover the costs of providing copies of documents to the stockholder, which may be based on an estimate of those costs. (Act 2019-94, §1.)
AL Code § 10A-2A-16.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 2A - Alabama Business Corporation Law.|Article 16 - Records and Reports.|Division A - Records.|Section 10A-2A-16.04 - Court-Ordered Inspection.

Section 10A-2A-16.04Court-ordered inspection. (a) If a corporation does not allow a stockholder who complies with Section 10A-2A-16.02(a) to inspect and copy any records required by that section to be available for inspection, the designated court, and if none, the circuit court for the county in which the corporation's principal office is located in this state, and if none in this state, the circuit court for the county in which the corporation's most recent registered office is located may summarily order inspection and copying of the records demanded at the corporation's expense upon application of the stockholder. (b) If a corporation does not within a reasonable time allow a stockholder who complies with Section 10A-2A-16.02(b) to inspect and copy the records required by that section, the stockholder who complies with Section 10A-2A-16.02(c) may apply to the designated court, and if none, the circuit court for the county in which the corporation's principal office is located in this state, and if none in this state, the circuit court for the county in which the corporation's most recent registered office is located for an order to permit inspection and copying of the records demanded. The court shall dispose of an application under this subsection on an expedited basis. (c) If the court orders inspection and copying of the records demanded under Section 10A-2A-16.02(b), it may impose reasonable restrictions on their confidentiality, use, or distribution by the demanding stockholder and it shall also order the corporation to pay the stockholder's expenses incurred to obtain the order unless the corporation establishes that it refused inspection in good faith because the corporation had: (1) a reasonable basis for doubt about the right of the stockholder to inspect the records demanded; or (2) required reasonable restrictions on the confidentiality, use, or distribution of the records demanded to which the demanding stockholder had been unwilling to agree. (Act 2019-94, §1; Act 2020-73, §7.)
AL Code § 10A-2A-16.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 2A - Alabama Business Corporation Law.|Article 16 - Records and Reports.|Division A - Records.|Section 10A-2A-16.05 - Inspection Rights of Directors.

Section 10A-2A-16.05Inspection rights of directors. (a) A director of a corporation is entitled to inspect and copy the books, records, and documents of the corporation at any reasonable time to the extent reasonably related to the performance of the director's duties as a director, including duties as a member of a board committee, but not for any other purpose or in any manner that would violate any duty to the corporation. (b) The designated court, and if none, the circuit court for the county in which the corporation's principal office is located in this state, and if none in this state, the circuit court for the county in which the corporation's most recent registered office is located may order inspection and copying of the books, records, and documents at the corporation's expense, upon application of a director who has been refused inspection rights, unless the corporation establishes that the director is not entitled to inspection rights. The court shall dispose of an application under this subsection on an expedited basis. (c) If an order is issued, the court may include provisions protecting the corporation from undue burden or expense, and prohibiting the director from using information obtained upon exercise of the inspection rights in a manner that would violate a duty to the corporation, and may also order the corporation to reimburse the director for the director's expenses incurred in connection with the application. (Act 2019-94, §1; Act 2020-73, §7.)
AL Code § 10A-2A-16.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 2A - Alabama Business Corporation Law.|Article 16 - Records and Reports.|Division B - Reports.|Section 10A-2A-16.11 - Annual Report for Secretary of State.

Section 10A-2A-16.11Annual report for Secretary of State. (a) Each corporation, and each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state, shall deliver to the Secretary of State for filing an annual report that sets forth: (1) The name of the corporation and the state or other jurisdiction under whose law it is incorporated; (2) The address of its registered office and the name of its registered agent at that office in this state; (3) The address of its principal office including, in the case of a foreign corporation, the address of its principal office in the state or other jurisdiction under whose law it is incorporated; (4) The names and respective addresses of its president and secretary; and (5) A brief statement of the character of business in which it is actually engaged in this state. (b) Information in the annual report must be current as of the date the annual report is executed on behalf of the corporation. (c) The first annual report must be delivered to the Secretary of State between January 1 and March 15 of the year following the calendar year in which a domestic corporation was incorporated or a foreign corporation was authorized to transact business. Subsequent annual reports must be delivered to the Secretary of State between January 1 and March 15 of the following calendar years. (d) If an annual report does not contain the information required by this section, the Secretary of State shall promptly notify the reporting domestic or foreign corporation in writing and return the report to it for correction. If the report is corrected to contain the information required by this section and delivered to the Secretary of State within 30 days after the effective date of notice, it is deemed to be timely filed. (e) The public record information filed with the Department of Revenue, pursuant to Chapter 14A of Title 40, shall constitute and be accepted in lieu of the annual report required pursuant to this section, provided that a ten dollar ($10) fee for the State of Alabama accompany the public record information filed by the corporation annually with the Department of Revenue. The fee for the annual report shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Secretary of State Entity Fund as prescribed by Section 10A-1-4.31. (Act 2019-94, §1.)
AL Code § 10A-3-2.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations.|Article 2 - Substantive Provisions.|Division A - Members and Directors.|Section 10A-3-2.01 - Members.

Section 10A-3-2.01Members. (a) A nonprofit corporation may have one or more classes of members or may have no members. If the nonprofit corporation has one or more classes of members, the designation of the class or classes, the manner of election or appointment and the qualifications and rights of the members of each class shall be set forth in the governing documents. If the nonprofit corporation has no members, that fact shall be set forth in the certificate of formation. A nonprofit corporation may issue certificates evidencing membership therein. (b) The members of the nonprofit corporation shall not be liable for obligations of the corporation. (Acts 1984, No. 84-290, p. 502, §11; §10-3A-26; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §171.)
AL Code § 10A-3-2.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations.|Article 2 - Substantive Provisions.|Division A - Members and Directors.|Section 10A-3-2.02 - Meetings of Members, Generally.

Section 10A-3-2.02Meetings of members, generally. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-299 IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2022. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING. (a) Meetings of members may be held at the place, either within or without Alabama, as may be provided in the bylaws. In the absence of any provision, all meetings shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in Alabama. (b) An annual meeting of the members shall be held at the time as may be provided in the bylaws. Failure to hold the annual meeting at the designated time shall not work a forfeiture or dissolution of the corporation. (c) Special meetings of the members may be called by the president or by the board of directors. Special meetings of the members may also be called by other officers or persons or number or proportion of members as may be provided in the governing documents. In the absence of a provision fixing the number or proportion of members entitled to call a meeting, a special meeting of members may be called by members having one-twentieth of the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting. (Acts 1984, No. 84-290, p. 502, §13; §10-3A-28; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §171.)
AL Code § 10A-3-2.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations.|Article 2 - Substantive Provisions.|Division A - Members and Directors.|Section 10A-3-2.03 - Notice of Members' Meetings.

Section 10A-3-2.03Notice of members' meetings. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-299 IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2022. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING. Unless otherwise provided in the nonprofit corporation's governing documents, written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than 10 nor more than 50 days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the president, or the secretary, or the officers or persons calling the meeting, to each member entitled to vote at the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the member at his or her address as it appears on the records of the nonprofit corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. (Acts 1984, No. 84-290, p. 502, §14; §10-3A-29; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §171.)
AL Code § 10A-3-2.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations.|Article 2 - Substantive Provisions.|Division A - Members and Directors.|Section 10A-3-2.04 - Waiver of Notice.

Section 10A-3-2.04Waiver of notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any member or director of a corporation under the provisions of this title or this chapter or under the provisions of the nonprofit corporation's governing documents, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to the giving of the notice. (Acts 1984, No. 84-290, p. 502, §15; §10-3A-30; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §171.)
AL Code § 10A-3-2.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations.|Article 2 - Substantive Provisions.|Division A - Members and Directors.|Section 10A-3-2.05 - Voting of Members.

Section 10A-3-2.05Voting of members. (a) The right of the members, or any class or classes of members, to vote may be limited, enlarged or denied to the extent specified in the nonprofit corporation's governing documents. Unless so limited, enlarged or denied, each member, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of members. (b) A member entitled to vote may vote in person or, unless the nonprofit corporation's governing documents otherwise provide, may vote by proxy executed in writing by the member, or by his or her duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after 11 months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Where directors or officers are to be elected by members, the bylaws may provide that the elections may be conducted by mail. (c) The governing documents of a nonprofit corporation may provide that in all elections of directors every member entitled to vote shall have the right to cumulate his or her vote and to give one candidate a number of votes equal to his or her vote multiplied by the number of directors to be elected, or by distributing the votes on the same principle among any number of the candidates. (d) If a nonprofit corporation has no members or its members have no right to vote, the directors shall have the sole voting power. (Acts 1984, No. 84-290, p. 502, §16; §10-3A-31; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §171.)
AL Code § 10A-3-2.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations.|Article 2 - Substantive Provisions.|Division A - Members and Directors.|Section 10A-3-2.06 - Quorum of Members.

Section 10A-3-2.06Quorum of members. The bylaws may provide the number or percentage of members entitled to vote represented in person or by proxy, or the number or percentage of votes represented in person or by proxy, which shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of members. In the absence of any provision, members holding one-tenth of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter to be voted upon, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the votes entitled to be cast on a matter to be voted upon by the members present or represented by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be necessary for any action to be taken unless a greater proportion is required by this title or this chapter or by the nonprofit corporation's governing documents. (Acts 1984, No. 84-290, p. 502, §17; §10-3A-32; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §171.)
AL Code § 10A-3-2.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations.|Article 2 - Substantive Provisions.|Division A - Members and Directors.|Section 10A-3-2.07 - Greater Voting Requirements.

Section 10A-3-2.07Greater voting requirements. Whenever, with respect to any action to be taken by the members or directors of a nonprofit corporation, the governing documents of the nonprofit corporation require the vote or concurrence of a greater proportion of the directors or members or any class of members than required by this title or this chapter, the provisions of the governing documents shall control. (Acts 1984, No. 84-290, p. 502, §18; §10-3A-33; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §171.)