Alabama § 34-3-101 Application for Incorporation

Alabama Statutes

§ 34-3-101 — Application for Incorporation

Alabama § 34-3-101

Title 34Professions and Businesses

Ch. 3Attorney-at-Law

Art. 5State Bar Building Foundation

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Ala. Code § 34-3-101 (2026).

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The president, the first vice-president, and the secretary of the Alabama State Bar may become a corporation by presenting to the Secretary of the State of Alabama an application signed by them setting forth:

(1)The name and official designation of each of the applicants;

(2)The dates of beginning and ending of the term of office of each of the applicants;

(3)The name of the proposed corporation, which shall be Alabama State Bar Foundation if such name is available for such use by the corporation, but if such name is not available then the applicants shall designate some other similar name that is available;

(4)The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation; and

(5)Any other matter relating to the incorporation which the applicants may choose to insert and which is n

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The president, the first vice-president, and the secretary of the Alabama State Bar may become a corporation by presenting to the Secretary of the State of Alabama an application signed by them setting forth:
(1) The name and official designation of each of the applicants;
(2) The dates of beginning and ending of the term of office of each of the applicants;
(3) The name of the proposed corporation, which shall be Alabama State Bar Foundation if such name is available for such use by the corporation, but if such name is not available then the applicants shall designate some other similar name that is available;
(4) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation; and
(5) Any other matter relating to the incorporation which the applicants may choose to insert and which is not inconsistent with this article or the laws of Alabama.
The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of Alabama to take acknowledgments to deeds.
There shall be attached to the application:
(1) A certificate made by the secretary of the Alabama State Bar, under its seal, stating that the persons signing the application as president and first vice-president of the Alabama State Bar are known to him or her as president and first vice-president, respectively, of the Alabama State Bar; and
(2) A certificate made by the president of the Alabama State Bar, under its seal, stating that the person signing the application as secretary of the Alabama State Bar is known to him or her as the secretary of the Alabama State Bar.
The Secretary of State shall examine the application and, if he or she finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this section, he or she shall receive, file, and record it in an appropriate book of record in his or her office.