(a) Ownership interests in a domestic entity may be certificated or uncertificated.
Terms Used In Alabama Code 10A-1-3.41
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) The ownership interests in a business corporation, real estate investment trust, or professional corporation must be certificated unless the governing documents of the entity or a resolution adopted by the governing authority of the entity states that the ownership interests are uncertificated. If a domestic entity changes the form of its ownership interests from certificated to uncertificated, a certificated ownership interest subject to the change becomes an uncertificated ownership interest only after the certificate is surrendered to the domestic entity.(c) Ownership interests in a domestic entity, other than a domestic entity described in subsection (b), are uncertificated unless this title or the governing documents of the domestic entity state that the interests are certificated.(d) Unless an entity’s chapter specifically provides otherwise, no certificate of a certificated ownership interest shall be issued in bearer form.
