Alabama § 10A-17-1.08 Capacity to Assert and Defend; Standing

Alabama Statutes

§ 10A-17-1.08 — Capacity to Assert and Defend; Standing

Alabama § 10A-17-1.08

Title 10AAlabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code

Ch. 17Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations

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Ala. Code § 10A-17-1.08 (2026).

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(a)A nonprofit association, in its name, may institute, defend, intervene, or participate in a judicial, administrative, or other governmental proceeding or in an arbitration, mediation, or any other form of alternative dispute resolution.

(b)A nonprofit association may assert a claim in its name on behalf of its members if one or more members of the nonprofit association have standing to assert a claim in their own right, the interests the nonprofit association seeks to protect are germane to its purposes, and neither the claim asserted nor the relief requested requires the participation of a member.

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(a) A nonprofit association, in its name, may institute, defend, intervene, or participate in a judicial, administrative, or other governmental proceeding or in an arbitration, mediation, or any other form of alternative dispute resolution.
(b) A nonprofit association may assert a claim in its name on behalf of its members if one or more members of the nonprofit association have standing to assert a claim in their own right, the interests the nonprofit association seeks to protect are germane to its purposes, and neither the claim asserted nor the relief requested requires the participation of a member.