(a) Each officer and director of a professional corporation, domestic or foreign, who signs any articles, statement, report, application, answer to an interrogatory, or other document filed pursuant to this article with the licensing authority having jurisdiction which is known to the officer or director to be false in any material respect, shall be deemed to be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class C misdemeanorup to 3 monthsup to $500
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7

Terms Used In Alabama Code 10A-4-5.06

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • 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.
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(b) If any professional corporation, domestic or foreign, or individual shall fail to answer interrogatories directed to the professional corporation or to the individual under Section 10A-4-5.05, the licensing authority which propounded the interrogatories may seek an order from the circuit court compelling an answer.
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