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Ala. Code § 10A-17-1.08

Capacity to Assert and Defend; Standing.

Known as the Alabama Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Law

The act spans §§ 10A-17-1.01 to 10A-17-1.18 (18 sections).

(Acts 1995, No. 95-527, p. 1064, §8; §10-3B-8; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §320.)

(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.

Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.