2015 Code of Alabama
Title 10A - ALABAMA BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT ENTITIES CODE.
Chapter 2 - BUSINESS CORPORATIONS.
Article 6 - Shares and Distributions.
Division B - Issuance of Shares.
Section 10A-2-6.22 - Liability of shareholders and subscribers.

AL Code § 10A-2-6.22 (2015) What's This?
Section 10A-2-6.22Liability of shareholders and subscribers.

(a) A purchaser from a corporation of its own shares is not liable to the corporation or its creditors with respect to the shares except to pay the consideration for which the shares were authorized to be issued or specified in the subscription agreement.

(b) Neither a subscriber nor a shareholder of a corporation is personally liable for the acts or debts of the corporation.

(c) A corporation may have a lien on the shares of its shareholders for any debt or liability incurred to it by the shareholders before notice or transfer of or levy on the shares, if the right to a lien is provided for in the articles of incorporation and is recited conspicuously on its certificates for shares of stock.

(Acts 1994, No. 94-245, p. 343, §1; §10-2B-6.22; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §100.)

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