(a) A nonprofit association shall execute and record a statement of authority to transfer an estate or interest in real property in the name of the nonprofit association.
(b) An estate or interest in real property in the name of a nonprofit association may be transferred by a person so authorized in a statement of authority recorded in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the real property is located.
(c) A statement of authority shall set forth:
(1) The name of the nonprofit association;
(2) The address in Alabama, including the street address, if any, of the nonprofit association, or, if the nonprofit association does not have an address in Alabama, its address out of state;
(3) The name or title of a person authorized to transfer an estate or interest in real property held in the name of the nonprofit association; and
(4) The action, procedure, or vote of the nonprofit association which authorizes the person to transfer the real property of the nonprofit association and which authorizes the person to execute the statement of authority.
(d) A statement of authority shall be executed and recorded in the same manner as a deed by a person who is not the person authorized to transfer the estate or interest.
(e) The judge of probate shall collect a fee for recording a statement of authority in accordance with Article 4 of Chapter 1.
(f) An amendment, including a cancellation, of a statement of authority shall meet the requirements for execution and recording, and be accompanied by payment of the same recording fee payable to and for the judge of probate, of an original statement. Unless cancelled earlier, a recorded statement of authority as amended is cancelled by operation of law five years after the date of the most recent amended statement of authority.
(g) If the record title to real property is in the name of a nonprofit association and the statement of authority is recorded in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the real property is located, the authority of the person named in a statement of authority is conclusive in favor of a person who gives value without notice that the person lacks authority.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.
Chapter 17 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations.
Section 10A-17-1.01 - Short Title.
Section 10A-17-1.02 - Definitions.
Section 10A-17-1.03 - Supplementary General Principles of Law and Equity.
Section 10A-17-1.04 - Governance.
Section 10A-17-1.06 - Statement of Authority as to Real Property.
Section 10A-17-1.07 - Liability in Tort and Contract.
Section 10A-17-1.08 - Capacity to Assert and Defend; Standing.
Section 10A-17-1.09 - Effect of Judgment or Order.
Section 10A-17-1.11 - Appointment of Agent to Receive Service of Process.
Section 10A-17-1.12 - Claim Not Abated by Change of Members or Offices.
Section 10A-17-1.14 - Summons and Complaint; Service on Whom.
Section 10A-17-1.15 - Transition Concerning Real and Personal Property.
Section 10A-17-1.16 - Other Acts Not Repealed.
Section 10A-17-1.17 - Savings Clause.
Section 10A-17-1.18 - Uniformity of Application and Construction.