(a) No person shall in this state be, act as or hold itself out to be a mutual aid association except in compliance with this chapter and as authorized by a subsisting certificate of authority therefor, issued by the commissioner under this chapter.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Violationup to 30 daysup to $200
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7

Terms Used In Alabama Code 27-30-4

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) No person shall act as solicitor, collector or otherwise as an agent or representative of any entity or organization acting as, or purporting to be, a mutual aid association unless such entity or organization is then authorized as a mutual aid association as required in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Any person who violates this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than $200.00 nor more than $1,000.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 10 days nor more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. For the purposes of this section, each instance of such violation shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
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