Title 10A — Title 10A

This chapter and the provisions of Chapter 1 to the extent applicable to nonprofit corporations may be cited as the “Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Law.” History: (Acts 1984, No. 84-290, p. 502, §1; §10-3A-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §168.)

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. The original or restated articles of incorporation or articles of consolidation and all amendments thereto, includin…

(a) The provisions of this chapter relating to domestic nonprofit corporations shall apply to: (1) All nonprofit corporations organized hereunder; and (2) All nonprofit corporations heretofore organized under any act hereby or heretofore repealed, for a purpose or purposes for wh…

(a) Nonprofit corporations may be organized under this chapter for any lawful purpose or purposes, including, without being limited to, any one or more of the following purposes: (1) Charitable, (2) Benevolent, (3) Eleemosynary, (4) Educational, (5) Civic, (6) Patriotic, (7) Poli…

(a) A notice under this chapter must be in writing unless oral notice is reasonable in the circumstances. Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, words in a notice or other communication under this chapter must be in English. (b) A notice or other communicat…

(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 mem…

(a) Unless the board of directors determines to hold the meeting of the members solely by means of remote communication in accordance with subsections (d), (e), and (f), meetings of members may be held at the place, either within or without Alabama, as may be provided in the byla…

Unless otherwise provided in the nonprofit corporation’s governing documents, notice stating the place, if any, 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 th…

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 entitl…

(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 o…

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…

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 …

(a) All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under authority of, and the business and affairs of a nonprofit corporation shall be managed under the direction of a board of directors except as may be otherwise provided in this chapter or the certificate of formation. If any p…

(a) The number of directors of a nonprofit corporation shall be not less than one. Subject to this limitation, unless the number of directors is fixed by the certificate of formation or the bylaws, the board of directors may fix the number of directors from time to time. The numb…

(a) Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors and any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum of the board of directors, unless th…

(a) A majority of the number of directors fixed by the bylaws, or in the absence of a bylaw fixing the number of directors, then of the number stated in the certificate of formation, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, unless otherwise provided in the gover…

If the governing documents of a nonprofit corporation so provide, the board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the directors in office, may designate and appoint one or more committees each of which shall consist of two or more directors, which committees, to th…

(a) Meetings of the board of directors, regular or special, may be held either within or without Alabama. (b) Regular meetings of the board of directors or any committee designated thereby may be held with or without notice as prescribed in the bylaws. Special meetings of the boa…

Any action required by this title or this chapter to be taken at a meeting of the members or directors of a nonprofit corporation or any action which may be taken at a meeting of the members or directors or of a committee of directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent i…

(a) The officers of a nonprofit corporation shall consist of a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, and other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary, each of whom shall be elected or appointed at such time, in the manner and for th…

Any officer elected or appointed may be removed by the persons authorized to elect or appoint the officer whenever in their judgment the best interests of the nonprofit corporation will be served thereby. The removal of an officer shall be without prejudice to the contract rights…

The initial bylaws of a nonprofit corporation shall be adopted by its board of directors. The power to alter, amend or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws shall be vested in the board of directors, unless otherwise provided in the governing documents of the nonprofit corporatio…

Each nonprofit corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its members, board of directors and committees having any of the authority of the board of directors; and shall keep at its registered office or pr…

Permitted. A nonprofit corporation shall not have or issue shares of stock. No dividend shall be paid and no part of the income or profit of a nonprofit corporation shall be distributed to its members, directors or officers. A nonprofit corporation may pay compensation in a reaso…

No loans shall be made by a nonprofit corporation to its directors or officers. Any director or officer who assents to or participates in the making of any loan shall be liable to the nonprofit corporation for the amount of the loan until the repayment thereof. History: (Acts 198…

Each nonprofit corporation shall have the power to indemnify any director or officer or former director or officer of the corporation, or any person who may have served at its request as a director or officer of another corporation, whether profit or nonprofit, in which it owns s…

No act of a nonprofit corporation and no conveyance or transfer of real or personal property to or by a nonprofit corporation shall be invalid by reason of the fact that the corporation was without capacity of power to do an act or to make or receive a conveyance or transfer, but…

One or more persons, partnerships, domestic corporations or foreign corporations, whether profit or nonprofit, may act as incorporator or incorporators of a nonprofit corporation by signing the certificate of formation and delivering the same to the Secretary of State for filing.…

(a) In addition to the information required by Section 10A-1-3.05 in a certificate of formation of a filing entity under this title, the certificate of formation of a nonprofit corporation formed under this chapter shall set forth: (1) If the nonprofit corporation is to have no m…

Upon the effectiveness under Sections 10A-1-4.11 and 10A-1-4.12 of the filing of the certificate of formation with the Secretary of State, the corporate existence shall begin. The Secretary of State’s filing of the certificate of formation shall be conclusive evidence that the co…

(a) After the filing of the certificate of formation, an organizational meeting of the board of directors named in the certificate of formation shall be held, either within or without Alabama, at the call of a majority of the directors for the purpose of adopting bylaws, electing…

(a) Amendments to the certificate of formation of a nonprofit corporation shall be made in the following manner: (1) If there are members entitled to vote thereon, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution setting forth the proposed amendment and directing that it be submit…

Provisions. The certificate of amendment of a nonprofit corporation shall be executed for the nonprofit corporation by its president or a vice president, and by its secretary or an assistant secretary, and verified by one of the officers signing the articles. The certificate of a…

No amendment shall affect any existing cause of action in favor of or against a nonprofit corporation, or any pending suit to which a nonprofit corporation shall be a party, or the existing rights of persons other than members; and, in the event the corporate name shall be change…

(a) A domestic nonprofit corporation may at any time restate its certificate of formation as theretofore amended, in the following manner: (1) If there are members entitled to vote thereon, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution setting forth the proposed restated certif…

(a) Any two or more domestic nonprofit corporations may merge into one of the corporations pursuant to a plan of merger approved in the manner provided in this chapter. (b) Each nonprofit corporation shall adopt a plan of merger setting forth: (1) The names of the nonprofit corpo…

(a) Any two or more domestic nonprofit corporations may consolidate into a new nonprofit corporation pursuant to a plan of consolidation approved in the manner provided in this chapter. (b) Each nonprofit corporation shall adopt a plan of consolidation setting forth: (1) The name…

(a) A plan of merger or consolidation shall be adopted in the following manner: (1) If the members of any merging or consolidating nonprofit corporation are entitled to vote thereon, the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall adopt a resolution approving the propos…

(a) Upon the approval, articles of merger or articles of consolidation shall be executed for each nonprofit corporation by its president or a vice president, and by its secretary or an assistant secretary, and verified by one of the officers signing the articles, and shall set fo…

(a) The merger or consolidation shall be effected upon the effective date and time of the articles of merger or consolidation pursuant to Section 10A-1-4.11. (b) When the merger or consolidation has been effected: (1) The nonprofit corporations, parties to the plan of merger or c…

Corporations. (a) One or more foreign nonprofit corporations and one or more domestic nonprofit corporations may be merged or consolidated in the following manner, if the merger or consolidation is permitted by the laws of the state under which each foreign nonprofit corporation …

The provisions of this chapter on merger and consolidation are not exclusive. Nonprofit corporations may be merged or consolidated, or converted, in any other manner provided by law, including as provided by Article 8 of Chapter 1. History: (Act 2009-513, p. 967, §188.)

A sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge or other disposition of all, or substantially all, the property and assets of a nonprofit corporation may be made upon the terms and conditions and for the consideration, which may consist in whole or in part of money or property, real or…

(a) A nonprofit corporation may dissolve and wind up its affairs in the following manner: (1) If there are members entitled to vote thereon, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution recommending that the nonprofit corporation be dissolved, and directing that the question o…

The assets of a nonprofit corporation in the process of dissolution shall be applied and distributed as follows: (1) All liabilities and obligations of the nonprofit corporation shall be paid and discharged, or adequate provision shall be made therefor; (2) Assets held by the non…

A plan providing for the distribution of assets, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, may be adopted by a nonprofit corporation in the process of dissolution and shall be adopted by a nonprofit corporation for the purpose of authorizing any transfer or conveyance…

Proceedings. (a) A nonprofit corporation may, at any time prior to the delivery of the articles of dissolution to the Secretary of State for filing, revoke the action theretofore taken to dissolve the nonprofit corporation, in the following manner: (1) If there are members entitl…

If voluntary dissolution proceedings have not been revoked, then when all debts, liabilities, and obligations of the corporation shall have been paid and discharged, or adequate provision shall have been made therefor, and all of the remaining property and assets of the nonprofit…

(a) The articles of dissolution shall be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing. (b) Upon the filing of the articles of dissolution, the existence of the nonprofit corporation shall cease, except for the purpose of suits, other proceedings, and appropriate corporate actio…

A nonprofit corporation may be dissolved involuntarily by an order of the circuit court of the county in which the principal office of the nonprofit corporation in this state is located, and if none is located in this state, the circuit court for the county in which the most rece…