Terms Used In Alabama Code 10A-2A-14.20

  • 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.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • 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

Assets of a dissolved corporation that should be transferred to a creditor, claimant, or stockholder of the corporation who cannot be found or who is not competent to receive them shall be reduced to cash and deposited with the State Treasurer or other appropriate state official for safekeeping. When the creditor, claimant, or stockholder furnishes satisfactory proof of entitlement to the amount deposited, the State Treasurer or other appropriate state official shall pay that person or his or her representative that amount.