(a) A nonprofit association, in its name, may institute, defend, intervene, or participate in a judicial, administrative, or other governmental proceeding or in an arbitration, mediation, or any other form of alternative dispute resolution.
(b) A nonprofit association may assert a claim in its name on behalf of its members if one or more members of the nonprofit association have standing to assert a claim in their own right, the interests the nonprofit association seeks to protect are germane to its purposes, and neither the claim asserted nor the relief requested requires the participation of a member.
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Section 10A-17-1.16 - Other Acts Not Repealed.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.