Alabama Code 40-12-312. Application for license
Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-12-312
- 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
- Probate: Proving a will
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- store: as used in this article shall be construed to mean and include any store or stores or any mercantile establishment or establishments which are owned, operated, maintained, controlled or for which the buying is done by the same person, firm, corporation, copartnership, or association, either domestic or foreign, in which goods, wares or merchandise of any kind are sold, either at retail or wholesale. See Alabama Code 40-12-310
Any person, firm, corporation, association, or copartnership desiring to operate, maintain, open, or establish one or more stores in this state shall apply to the probate judge or license commissioner for a license to do so. The application for a license shall be made on a form which shall be prescribed and furnished by the Department of Revenue and shall set forth the name of the owner, manager, lessee, receiver, or other person desiring such license, the name of the store, the location, including the street number of each store, and such other facts as the Department of Revenue may require. The applicant desiring to operate, maintain, open, or establish such stores shall make a separate application for a license to operate, maintain, open, or establish each store, but the respective stores for which the applicant desires to secure licenses may all be listed on one application blank. Each such application shall be accompanied by an issuance fee of $.50 for each store, to be retained by the probate judge or license commissioner for the issuance of such license, and by the license fee as prescribed in Section 40-12-315.