Alabama Code 11-15-5. Certificate of incorporation – Recordation
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 11-15-5
- 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.
- Probate: Proving a will
- 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
The certificate of incorporation with the documents attached shall be filed with the judge of probate of the county who shall forthwith receive and record the same. When so filed the corporation referred to therein shall come into existence and shall constitute a body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the state under the name set forth in the certificate of incorporation; whereupon the corporation shall be vested with the rights and powers granted by this chapter.