2009 Alabama Code
Title 10 — CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS.
Chapter 2B — BUSINESS CORPORATIONS.
Section 10-2B-1.28 Certificate of existence.
Section 10-2B-1.28Certificate of existence.
REPEALED IN THE 2009 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2009-513, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2011. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(a) Anyone may apply to the Secretary of State to furnish a certificate of existence for a domestic corporation or a certificate of authorization for a foreign corporation.
(b) A certificate of existence or authorization sets forth:
(1) The domestic corporation's corporate name or the foreign corporation's corporate name used in this state;
(2) That (i) the domestic corporation is duly incorporated under the law of this state, the county in which the articles of incorporation are filed in the office of probate judge, the date of its incorporation, and the period of its duration if less than perpetual; or (ii) that the foreign corporation is authorized to transact business in this state;
(3) That its most recent annual report required by Section 10-2B-16.22 has been delivered to the Secretary of State;
(4) That the records of the Secretary of State do not disclose that articles of dissolution have been filed; and
(5) Other facts of record in the Office of the Secretary of State that may be requested by the applicant.
(c) Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate of existence or authorization issued by the Secretary of State may be relied upon as conclusive evidence that the domestic or foreign corporation is in existence or is authorized to transact business in this state.
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