Terms Used In Alabama Code 11-97-21

  • 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.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Every corporation shall be a nonprofit public corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any private person, except that in the event a board shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds, and other obligations of a corporation, then any net earnings of a corporation thereafter accruing shall be paid to its determining subdivision.