(a) Unless otherwise permitted by the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of a membership nonprofit corporation, a membership list or any part thereof may not be obtained or used by any person for any purpose unrelated to a member’s interest as a member without the consent of the board of directors, including without limitation:

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 10A-3A-4.06

  • 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.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) to solicit money or property unless the money or property will be used solely to solicit the votes of the members in an election to be held by the membership nonprofit corporation;
(2) for any commercial purpose; or
(3) to be sold or purchased by any person.
(b) Instead of making a membership list available for inspection and copying under this Division, a membership nonprofit corporation may elect to proceed under the procedures set forth in Section 10A-3A-7.20(e).
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