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Ala. Code § 10A-5A-4.01 Admission of Members
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(a) The initial member or members of a limited liability company are admitted as a member or members upon the formation of the limited liability company. (b) After formation of a limited liability company, a person is admitted as a member of the limited liability company: (1) as …
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-4.02 Limited Liability Company Property
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A member has no interest in any specific property of a limited liability company or a series thereof. History: (Act 2014-144, p. 265, §1.)
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-4.03 Contribution
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A contribution by a member may be made to a limited liability company as agreed upon by the members. A contribution by a member associated with a series may be made to that series as agreed upon by the members associated with that series. History: (Act 2014-144, p. 265, §1.)
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-4.04 Liability for Contribution
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(a) A member’s obligation to make a contribution to a limited liability company, or a series thereof, is not excused by the member’s death, disability, or other inability to perform personally. If a member does not make a contribution required by an enforceable promise, the membe…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-4.05 Sharing of and Right to Distributions Before Dissolution
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(a) (1) All members shall share equally in any distributions made by a limited liability company before its dissolution and winding up. (2) A member has a right to a distribution before the dissolution and winding up of a limited liability company as provided in the limited liabi…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-4.06 Limitation on Distributions and Liability for Improper Distributions
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(a)(1) A limited liability company shall not make a distribution to a member to the extent that at the time of the distribution, after giving effect to the distribution, all liabilities of the limited liability company, other than liabilities to members on account of their transf…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-4.07 Direction and Oversight of the Limited Liability Company
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(a) The limited liability company agreement of a limited liability company may provide that the activities and affairs of the limited liability company shall be under the direction, and subject to the oversight, of: (1) its members; (2) one or more managers; or (3) such other gov…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-4.08 Duties of Persons with Direction and Oversight
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(a)(1) The duties a person who has the authority to direct and oversee the activities and affairs of a limited liability company owes to the limited liability company and to the members of the limited liability company include the duty of loyalty and the duty of care as described…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-4.09 Records to Be Kept; Right of Members and Dissociated Members to
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Information. (Amended by 2026-495) [Effective until August 1, 2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-495, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. Notwithstanding Sections 10A-1-3.32 and 10A-1-3.33: (a) Each limited liability company shall maintain the following records: (1) A…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-4.10 Indemnification, Advancement, Reimbursement, and Insurance
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A limited liability company, or a series thereof, may indemnify and hold harmless a member or other person, pay in advance or reimburse expenses incurred by a member or other person, and purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a member or other person. History: (Act 2014-144…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-4.11 Reliance on Reports and Information
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A member of a limited liability company shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the limited liability company and upon information, opinions, reports, or statements presented by another member or agent of the limited liability company, or by any othe…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-5.01 Member’s Transferable Interest
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The only interest of a member that is transferable is the member’s transferable interest. A transferable interest is personal property. History: (Act 2014-144, p. 265, §1.)
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-5.02 Transfer of Transferable Interest
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(a) A transfer, in whole or in part, of a transferable interest: (1) is permissible; (2)(A) does not by itself cause a member to cease to be a member of the limited liability company; and (B) does not by itself cause a member to cease to be associated with a series of the limited…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-5.03 Charging Order
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(a) On application to a court of competent jurisdiction by any judgment creditor of a member or transferee, the court may charge the transferable interest of the judgment debtor with payment of the unsatisfied amount of the judgment with interest. To the extent so charged and aft…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-5.04 Power of Personal Representative of Deceased Member
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If a member dies, the deceased member’s personal representative or other legal representative may: (a) for the period of time, if any, that the deceased member’s personal representative or other legal representative holds the deceased member’s transferable interest: (1) exercise …
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-6.01 Member’s Power to Dissociate; Wrongful Dissociation
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(a) A person has the power to dissociate as a member. (b) A person’s dissociation from a limited liability company is wrongful only if: (1) it is in breach of an express provision of the limited liability company agreement; (2) the person is expelled as a member by judicial deter…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-6.02 Event Causing Dissociation
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A person is dissociated as a member from a limited liability company when any of the following occurs: (a) the limited liability company has notice of the person’s express will to dissociate as a member, except that if the person specifies a dissociation date later than the date …
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-6.03 Effect of Person’s Dissociation as a Member
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(a) A person who has dissociated as a member shall have no right to participate in the direction and oversight of the activities and affairs of the limited liability company and is entitled only to receive the distributions to which that member would have been entitled if the mem…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-7.01 Events of Dissolution
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A limited liability company is dissolved and its affairs shall be wound up upon the occurrence of the first of the following events: (a) An event or circumstance that the limited liability company agreement states causes dissolution. (b) Consent of all members to dissolve. (c) Wh…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-7.02 Effect of Dissolution
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(a) A dissolved limited liability company continues its existence as a limited liability company but may not carry on any activities and affairs except as is appropriate to wind up and liquidate its activities and affairs, including: (1) collecting its assets; (2) disposing of it…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-7.03 Right to Wind Up Activities and Affairs
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(a) The person or persons designated in the limited liability company agreement to wind up the activities and affairs of the dissolved limited liability company shall wind up the activities and affairs of the limited liability company in accordance with Section 10A-5A-7.02. If no…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-7.04 Known Claims Against Dissolved Limited Liability Company
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(a) A dissolved limited liability company may dispose of any known claims against it by following the procedures described in subsection (b) at any time after the effective date of the dissolution of the limited liability company. (b) A dissolved limited liability company may giv…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-7.05 Other Claims Against Dissolved Limited Liability Company
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(a) A dissolved limited liability company may publish notice of its dissolution and request that persons with claims against the dissolved limited liability company present them in accordance with the notice. (b) The notice authorized by subsection (a) must: (1) be published at l…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-7.06 Application of Assets in Winding Up Limited Liability Company’s
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Activities and Affairs. Upon the winding up of a limited liability company, the assets shall be applied as follows: (a) Payment, or adequate provision for payment, shall be made to creditors, including, to the extent permitted by law, members who are creditors, in satisfaction of…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-7.07 Reinstatement After Dissolution
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A limited liability company that has been dissolved may be reinstated upon compliance with the following conditions: (a) the consent shall have been obtained from the members or other persons entitled to consent at the time that is: (1) required for reinstatement under the limite…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-7.08 Certificate of Reinstatement
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(a) In order to reinstate a limited liability company under this article, a certificate of reinstatement shall be delivered for filing to the Secretary of State which certificate of reinstatement shall have attached thereto a true and complete copy of the limited liability compan…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-7.09 Limited Liability Company Name Upon Reinstatement
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The name of a limited liability company following reinstatement shall be determined as follows: (a) If the limited liability company remains in the Secretary of State’s records as a limited liability company which has not been dissolved, then the name of the limited liability com…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-7.10 Effect of Reinstatement
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(a) Subject to subsection (b), upon reinstatement, the limited liability company shall be deemed for all purposes to have continued its activities and affairs as if dissolution had never occurred; and each right inuring to, and each debt, obligation, and liability incurred by, th…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-8.01 Special Rules for Limited Liability Companies Performing Professional
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Services. (a) A limited liability company shall have the power to render professional services if it complies with the rules of the licensing authority for such profession. (b) Every individual who renders professional services as a member or as an employee of a limited liability…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-8.02 Death or Disqualification of Member
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(a) In the case of a limited liability company performing professional services, upon the death of a member, upon a member becoming a disqualified person, or upon a transferable interest being transferred by operation of law or court decree to a disqualified person, the transfera…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-9.01 Direct Action by Members
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(a) Subject to subsection (b), a member may maintain a direct action against another member or members or the limited liability company, or a series thereof, to enforce the member’s rights and otherwise protect the member’s interests, including rights and interests under the limi…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-9.02 Right of Derivative Action
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(a) A member may commence or maintain a derivative action in the right of a limited liability company to enforce a right of the limited liability company by complying with this article. (b) A member associated with a series of a limited liability company may commence or maintain …
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-9.03 Standing
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(a) A member may commence or maintain a derivative action in the right of the limited liability company only if the member: (1) fairly and adequately represents the interests of the limited liability company in enforcing the right of the limited liability company; and (2) either:…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-9.04 Demand
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A member may commence a derivative action in the right of the limited liability company, or a series thereof, if: (a) the member first makes a written demand upon the limited liability company or the series, as the case may be, to bring an action to enforce the right and the limi…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-9.05 Pleading
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In a derivative action, the complaint must state with particularity: (a) the date and content of plaintiff’s demand and the response by the limited liability company or the series, as the case may be, to the demand; or (b) why the demand should be excused as futile. History: (Act…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-9.06 Stay of Proceedings
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For the purpose of allowing the limited liability company or the series thereof, as the case may be, time to undertake an inquiry into the allegations made in the demand or complaint commenced pursuant to this article, the court may stay any derivative action for the period the c…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-9.07 Discontinuance or Settlement
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A derivative action may not be dismissed or compromised without the approval of the court, and notice of the proposed dismissal or compromise shall be given to members of the limited liability company or the members associated with the series of the limited liability company, as …
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-9.08 Proceeds and Expenses
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b): (1) any proceeds or other benefits of a derivative action, whether by judgment, compromise, or settlement, belong to the limited liability company or series thereof, as the case may be, and not to the derivative plaintiff; and (…
Ala. Code § 10A-5A-9.09 Applicability to Foreign Limited Liability Companies
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In any derivative action in the right of a foreign limited liability company, or a series thereof, the right of a person to commence or maintain a derivative action in the right of a foreign limited liability company, or a series thereof, and any matters raised in the action cove…