2015 Code of Alabama
Title 10A - ALABAMA BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT ENTITIES CODE.
Chapter 30 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO EXISITING ENTITIES OF A TYPE THAT MAY NO LONGER BE FORMED:UNINCORPORATED PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND CLOSE CORPORATIONS.
Article 2 - Close Corporations.
Section 10A-30-2.09 - Appointment of custodian for close corporation; applicable to corporations formed as close corporations or electing close corporation status prior to January 1, 1995.
(a) The circuit court of the county in which the corporation has its registered office or any court in such place having jurisdiction, upon application of any shareholder, may appoint one or more persons to be custodians, and, if the corporation is insolvent, to be receivers, of any close corporation when:
(1) Pursuant to Section 10A-30-2.08, the business and affairs of the corporation are managed by the shareholders and they are so divided that the business of the corporation is suffering or is threatened with irreparable injury and any remedy with respect to such deadlock provided in the governing documents or in any written agreement of the shareholders has failed; or
(2) The petitioning shareholder has the right to the dissolution of the corporation under a provision of the certificate of formation permitted by Section 10A-30-2.12.
(b) In lieu of appointing a custodian for a close corporation under this section, the court may appoint a provisional director, whose powers and status shall be as provided in Section 10A-30-2.10 if the court determines that it would be in the best interest of the corporation. The appointment shall not preclude any subsequent order of the court appointing a custodian for such corporation.
(c) A custodian appointed under this section shall have all the powers of a receiver or custodian appointed under former Section 10-2A-196 or any successor statute, including Section 10A-2-14.32, but the authority of the custodian is to continue the business of the corporation and not to liquidate its affairs and distribute its assets, except when the court shall otherwise order.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-633, p. 1094, §170; §10-2A-309; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §374.)Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Alabama may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
