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AL Code § 10A-3-7.16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations.|Article 7 - Dissolution.|Section 10A-3-7.16 - Filing of Order of Dissolution.

Section 10A-3-7.16Filing of order of dissolution. In case the court shall enter an order dissolving a nonprofit corporation, it shall be the duty of the court to cause a certified copy of the order to be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing. No fee shall be charged by the Secretary of State for the filing thereof. (Acts 1984, No. 84-290, p. 502, §63; §10-3A-155; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §192; Act 2020-73, §10.)
AL Code § 10A-3-7.17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations.|Article 7 - Dissolution.|Section 10A-3-7.17 - Deposits With State Treasurer.

Section 10A-3-7.17Deposits with State Treasurer. Upon the voluntary or involuntary dissolution of a nonprofit corporation, the portion of the assets distributable to any person who is unknown or cannot be found, or who is under disability and there is no person legally competent to receive the distributive portion, shall be reduced to cash and deposited with the State Treasurer and shall be paid over to the person or to his or her legal representative upon satisfactory proof to the State Treasurer of his or her right thereto. The cash shall be held for the owner by the State Treasurer for three years and any cash which remains unclaimed by the owner after three years shall be presumed abandoned and subject to the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. (Acts 1984, No. 84-290, p. 502, §64; §10-3A-156; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §192.)
AL Code § 10A-3-7.18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations.|Article 7 - Dissolution.|Section 10A-3-7.18 - Survival of Remedy After Dissolution.

Section 10A-3-7.18Survival of remedy after dissolution. The dissolution of a nonprofit corporation either (1) by the filing of the articles of dissolution by the Secretary of State, or (2) by an order of court when the court has not liquidated the assets and affairs of the corporation as provided in this chapter, or (3) by operation of law, or (4) by expiration of its period of duration, shall not take away or impair any remedy available to or against the nonprofit corporation, its directors, officers, or members, for any right or claim existing, or any liability incurred, prior to the dissolution if action or other proceeding thereon is commenced within two years after the date of the dissolution. Any action or proceeding by or against the nonprofit corporation may be prosecuted or defended by the nonprofit corporation in its corporate name. The members, directors, and officers shall have power to take the corporate or other action as shall be appropriate to protect the remedy, right, or claim. If the nonprofit corporation was dissolved by the expiration of its period of duration, the nonprofit corporation may amend its certificate of formation at any time during the period of two years so as to extend its period of duration. (Acts 1984, No. 84-290, p. 502, §65; §10-3A-157; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §192; Act 2020-73, §10.)
AL Code § 10A-3-8.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations.|Article 8 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|Section 10A-3-8.01 - Unauthorized Assumption of Corporate Powers.

Section 10A-3-8.01Unauthorized assumption of corporate powers. All persons who assume to act as a corporation without authority to do so shall be jointly and severally liable for all debts and liabilities incurred or arising as a result thereof. (Acts 1984, No. 84-290, p. 502, §89; §10-3A-223; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §197.)
AL Code § 10A-3-8.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations.|Article 8 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|Section 10A-3-8.02 - Effect of Repeal of Prior Acts.

Section 10A-3-8.02Effect of repeal of prior acts. The repeal of a prior act by this title shall not impair, or otherwise affect, the organization or the continued existence of an existing nonprofit corporation, nor the right of any foreign nonprofit corporation presently qualified to conduct affairs in Alabama to continue to do so without again qualifying to conduct affairs in Alabama. Nor shall the repeal of a prior act by this title affect any right accrued or established, or any liability or penalty incurred, or the construction of the certificate of incorporation or charter of any nonprofit corporation organized before the enactment of this title, or the determination of the rights and interests of any of its members or creditors, under the provisions of the prior act before the repeal thereof. (Acts 1984, No. 84-290, p. 502, §91; §10-3A-225; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §199.)
AL Code § 10A-4-1.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 4 - Professional Corporations.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 10A-4-1.01 - Short Title.

Section 10A-4-1.01Short title. This chapter and the provisions of Chapter 1, to the extent applicable to professional corporations, may be cited as the Alabama Professional Corporation Law. (Acts 1983, No. 83-514, p. 763, §1; §10-4-380; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §201.)
AL Code § 10A-4-1.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 4 - Professional Corporations.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 10A-4-1.02 - Applicability of Business Corporation Law and Nonprofit Corporation Law.

Section 10A-4-1.02Applicability of Business Corporation Law and Nonprofit Corporation Law. The provisions of the Alabama Business Corporation Law shall apply to professional corporations, domestic and foreign, except to the extent the provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that in the case of nonprofit professional corporations, domestic or foreign, the provisions of the Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Law shall apply except to the extent the provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1983, No. 83-514, p. 763, §2; §10-4-381; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §201.)
AL Code § 10A-4-1.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 4 - Professional Corporations.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 10A-4-1.03 - Definitions.

Section 10A-4-1.03Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the term: (1) DISQUALIFIED PERSON. Any person who is not a qualified person. (2) DOMESTIC PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION. A corporation for profit or nonprofit organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (3) FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION. A corporation or unincorporated association, for profit or nonprofit, organized for the purpose of rendering professional services under a law other than the law of Alabama. (4) LICENSING AUTHORITY. As defined in Section 10A-1-1.03(49). (5) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE. As defined in Section 10A-1-1.03(80). (6) QUALIFIED PERSON. With respect to any domestic professional corporation: a. An individual who is authorized by law of Alabama or of any qualified state to render a professional service permitted by the certificate of formation of the professional corporation; b. A general partnership in which all the partners are qualified persons with respect to the professional corporation; and c. A professional corporation, domestic or foreign, in which all the shareholders are qualified persons with respect to the professional corporation. d. A limited liability company in which all the members are qualified persons with respect to the professional corporation. "Qualified person" does not include any person during any period in which the person's authorization to render professional services has been completely terminated or suspended. (7) QUALIFIED STATE. Any state, other than Alabama, or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia which allows individuals authorized to render professional services in Alabama and not in the other state, or partnerships of the individuals, or domestic professional corporations or professional associations owned by the individuals to own shares of professional corporations or to be members of professional associations organized under its laws. (Acts 1983, No. 83-514, p. 763, §3; §10-4-382; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §201.)
AL Code § 10A-4-2.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 4 - Professional Corporations.|Article 2 - Purposes, Powers, and Organization.|Section 10A-4-2.01 - Purposes for Which Professional Corporations May Be Organized.

Section 10A-4-2.01Purposes for which professional corporations may be organized. Domestic professional corporations may be organized under this chapter only for the purpose of rendering professional services and services ancillary thereto within a single profession, except that the same professional corporation or nonprofit professional corporation may render medical, dental, and other health related services; provided that in the case of a professional corporation, at least one shareholder of the professional corporation is duly licensed to provide each professional service for which the professional corporation is organized, or, in the case of a nonprofit professional corporation, all of the professional services rendered by the corporation are rendered by persons duly licensed to render the professional service. (Acts 1983, No. 83-514, p. 763, §4; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-905, p. 474, §1; §10-4-383; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §203.)
AL Code § 10A-4-2.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 4 - Professional Corporations.|Article 2 - Purposes, Powers, and Organization.|Section 10A-4-2.02 - Required Statement of Purpose in Certificate of Formation.

Section 10A-4-2.02Required statement of purpose in certificate of formation. (a) Any corporation whose certificate of formation includes as a stated purpose the performance of professional services may be incorporated under this chapter by stating in its certificate of formation that it is incorporated under this chapter. (b) A professional business corporation, other than a nonprofit professional corporation, which is subject to this chapter shall cease being governed by this chapter and shall be governed by the Alabama Business Corporation Law, if it is a domestic corporation, if it amends its certificate of formation to delete the statement that it is organized under this chapter, and conforms its articles to the Alabama Business Corporation Law and, if it is a foreign corporation, complies with the provisions of this title applicable to foreign entities. A domestic nonprofit professional corporation which is subject to this chapter shall cease being governed by this chapter and shall be governed by the Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Law, if it is a domestic corporation, if it amends its certificate of formation to delete the statement that it is organized under this chapter, and conforms its certificate to the Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Law and, if it is a foreign corporation, complies with the provisions of this title applicable to foreign entities. (c) Any corporation which is not subject to this chapter may become subject to this chapter, if it is a domestic corporation, by conforming its articles to this chapter. (d) Any foreign professional corporation which renders professional services in Alabama shall be subject to this chapter. (Acts 1983, No. 83-514, p. 763, §5; §10-4-384; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §203; Act 2019-94, §2.)
AL Code § 10A-4-2.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 4 - Professional Corporations.|Article 2 - Purposes, Powers, and Organization.|Section 10A-4-2.03 - Powers of Professional Corporation Generally; Profession Limited by Certificate of Formation.

Section 10A-4-2.03Powers of professional corporation generally; profession limited by certificate of formation. (a) Subject to Section 10A-4-5.07, a domestic professional corporation, including a professional corporation that is a nonprofit corporation, shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to effectuate its purposes, including those enumerated in Sections 10A-1-2.11, 10A-1-2.12, and 10A-1-2.13. (b) A domestic professional corporation shall not engage in any profession other than the profession permitted by its certificate of formation, except that a domestic professional corporation may invest its funds in real estate, mortgages, stocks, bonds, or any other type investment. (Acts 1983, No. 83-514, p. 763, §6; §10-4-385; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §203.)
AL Code § 10A-4-2.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 4 - Professional Corporations.|Article 2 - Purposes, Powers, and Organization.|Section 10A-4-2.04 - Rendition of Professional Services.

Section 10A-4-2.04Rendition of professional services. A professional corporation, domestic or foreign, may render professional services in Alabama only through individuals permitted to render the services in Alabama; but nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require that any individual who is employed by a professional corporation be licensed to perform services for which no license is otherwise required or to prohibit the rendering of professional services by a licensed individual acting in his or her individual capacity, notwithstanding the individual may be a shareholder, member, director, officer, employee, or agent of a professional corporation, domestic or foreign. (Acts 1983, No. 83-514, p. 763, §7; §10-4-386; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §203.)
AL Code § 10A-4-3.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 4 - Professional Corporations.|Article 3 - Shareholders; Directors and Officers; Professional Liability.|Section 10A-4-3.01 - Issuance and Transfer of Shares.

Section 10A-4-3.01Issuance and transfer of shares. (a) A domestic professional corporation may issue shares, fractional shares, and rights or options to purchase shares only to qualified persons. (b) Where deemed necessary by the licensing authority for any profession in order to prevent violations of the ethical standards of the profession, the licensing authority may, within its rule-making power, by rule further restrict, condition, or abridge the authority of domestic professional corporations to issue shares, but no rule shall, of itself, have the effect of causing a shareholder of a professional corporation at the time the rule becomes effective to become a disqualified person unless and to the extent specified by the licensing authority. (c) A shareholder of a domestic professional corporation may transfer or pledge shares, fractional shares, and rights or options to purchase shares of the professional corporation only to qualified persons. (d) Any issuance or transfer of shares in violation of this section shall be void, however, nothing contained herein shall prohibit the transfer of shares of a domestic professional corporation by operation of law or court decree. (e) Nothing in this section shall require domestic nonprofit professional corporations to issue shares. The corporations may have members and all members must be qualified persons. A licensing authority may, within its rule-making power, by rule further restrict, condition, or abridge membership in domestic nonprofit corporations, but no rule shall, of itself, have the effect of causing a member of a domestic nonprofit professional corporation at the time the rule becomes effective to become a disqualified person unless and to the extent specified by the licensing authority. (Acts 1983, No. 83-514, p. 763, §9; §10-4-388; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §205.)
AL Code § 10A-4-3.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 4 - Professional Corporations.|Article 3 - Shareholders; Directors and Officers; Professional Liability.|Section 10A-4-3.03 - Liability Generally.

Section 10A-4-3.03Liability generally. (a) Every individual who renders professional services as an employee of a domestic or professional corporation shall be liable for any negligent or wrongful act or omission in which he or she personally participates to the same extent as if he or she rendered the services as a sole practitioner. (b) The personal liability of a shareholder, employee, director, or officer of a domestic professional corporation, other than a nonprofit corporation, shall be no greater in any respect than that of a shareholder, employee, director, or officer of a corporation organized under the Alabama Business Corporation Law. (c) The personal liability of a member, employee, director, or officer of a domestic nonprofit professional corporation shall be no greater in any respect than that of a member, employee, director, or officer of a corporation organized under the Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Law. (d) The personal liability of a shareholder, member, employee, director, or officer of a foreign professional corporation shall be determined under the law of the jurisdiction in which it is organized. (Acts 1983, No. 83-514, p. 763, §11; §10-4-390; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §205.)
AL Code § 10A-4-3.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 4 - Professional Corporations.|Article 3 - Shareholders; Directors and Officers; Professional Liability.|Section 10A-4-3.04 - Professional Relationships; Privileged Communications.

Section 10A-4-3.04Professional relationships; privileged communications. (a) The relationship between an individual performing professional services as an employee of a professional corporation, domestic or foreign, and a client or patient shall be the same as if the individual performed the services as a sole practitioner. (b) The relationship between a professional corporation, domestic or foreign, performing professional services and the client or patient shall be the same as between the client or patient and the individual performing the services. (c) Any privilege applicable to communications between a person rendering professional services and the person receiving the services recognized under the laws of Alabama, whether statutory or deriving from common law, shall remain inviolate and shall extend to a professional corporation, domestic or foreign, and its employees in all cases in which it would be applicable to communications between an individual rendering the professional services and a person receiving the services. (Acts 1983, No. 83-514, p. 763, §12.; §10-4-391; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §205.)
AL Code § 10A-4-3.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 4 - Professional Corporations.|Article 3 - Shareholders; Directors and Officers; Professional Liability.|Section 10A-4-3.05 - Voting Trusts.

Section 10A-4-3.05Voting trusts. A voting trust with respect to shares of a domestic professional corporation shall not be valid unless all the trustees and beneficiaries thereof are qualified persons, except that a voting trust may be validly continued for a period of 12 months after the death of a deceased beneficiary or after a beneficiary has become a disqualified person. (Acts 1983, No. 83-514, p. 763, §13; §10-4-392; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §205.)
AL Code § 10A-4-3.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 4 - Professional Corporations.|Article 3 - Shareholders; Directors and Officers; Professional Liability.|Section 10A-4-3.06 - Directors and Officers.

Section 10A-4-3.06Directors and officers. At least one director of a domestic professional corporation and the president of a domestic professional corporation shall be qualified persons with respect to the corporation; provided, however, that the foregoing restriction shall not apply for a period of 12 months after the death of the sole shareholder of a domestic professional corporation. (Acts 1983, No. 83-514, p. 763, §14; §10-4-393; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §205.)
AL Code § 10A-4-4.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 4 - Professional Corporations.|Article 4 - Special Provisions as to Amendments; Merger and Consolidation.|Section 10A-4-4.01 - Amendments to Certificate of Formation by Administrators and the Like.

Section 10A-4-4.01Amendments to certificate of formation by administrators and the like. Administrators, executors, guardians, conservators, or receivers of the estates of shareholders of a domestic professional corporation who hold all of the outstanding shares of the corporation may amend the certificate of formation by signing a written consent to the amendment and delivering the amendment for filing to the Secretary of State. The certificate of amendment shall set forth, in addition to the information required to be included in the certificate of amendment by the Alabama Business Corporation Law, a statement that the administrators, executors, guardians, conservators, or receivers own all the outstanding shares. (Acts 1983, No. 83-514, p. 763, §15; §10-4-394; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §207; Act 2019-94, §2; Act 2020-73, §10.)
AL Code § 10A-4-4.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.|Chapter 4 - Professional Corporations.|Article 4 - Special Provisions as to Amendments; Merger and Consolidation.|Section 10A-4-4.02 - Merger and Conversion.

Section 10A-4-4.02Merger and conversion. (a) A domestic professional corporation may convert to or merge with another corporation, professional corporation, or another type of entity, domestic or foreign, under the Alabama Business Corporation Law, or may merge with or convert to another type of entity as permitted by Article 8 of Chapter 1. Upon the merger, consolidation, or conversion, if the surviving or new corporation or converted entity, as the case may be, is to render professional services in Alabama, it shall comply with the provisions of this chapter. (b) An unincorporated professional association organized under Article 1 of Chapter 30 may merge or consolidate with a professional corporation organized under this chapter. In the merger, the procedure specified in the Alabama Business Corporation Law shall apply, provided that: (1) The surviving corporation shall be a domestic professional corporation, (2) The following terms, when used in the Alabama Business Corporation Law to refer to an unincorporated professional association, shall have the following meanings: a. "Board of directors" shall mean "board of governors," b. "Corporation" shall mean "unincorporated association," c. "Shares or securities" in the case of an unincorporated professional association which is a nonstock organization, shall mean the undivided interests of the members in the assets of the association, d. "Shareholder" in the case of an unincorporated association which is a nonstock organization, shall mean "member." (3) The plan of merger or plan of conversion shall be approved by a vote of two thirds of the members of the professional association. (Acts 1983, No. 83-514, p. 763, §16; §10-4-395; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §207; Act 2019-94, §2.)