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Terms Used In Alabama Code 10A-3A-3.02

  • certificate of incorporation: as used in this chapter is synonymous to the term certificate of formation used in Chapter 1. See Alabama Code 10A-3A-1.02
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.

Unless its certificate of incorporation provides otherwise, every nonprofit corporation has perpetual duration and succession in its corporate name and has the same powers as an individual to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out its activities and affairs, including all entity powers provided in Section 10A-1-2.11, Section 10A-1-2.12, and Section 10A-1-2.13.