A certificate of incorporation, in the form provided in Section 22-51-5, shall be signed and acknowledged by the incorporators before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgments to deeds and shall have attached thereto a certified copy of each of the resolutions provided for in Section 22-51-4 and a certificate by the Secretary of State that the name proposed for the corporation is not identical to that of any other corporation organized under the laws of the state or so nearly similar thereto as to lead to confusion and uncertainty. The certificate of incorporation, together with the documents required by the preceding sentence to be attached thereto, shall be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county specified in the certificate of incorporation as the county in which the principal office of the corporation shall be located. The said judge of probate shall forthwith receive and record the same. When the certificate of incorporation and attached documents have been so filed, the corporation referred to therein shall come into existence and shall constitute a public corporation vested with the rights and powers granted in this chapter under the name set forth in such certificate of incorporation.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Chapter 51 - Regional Mental Health Programs and Facilities.
Section 22-51-1 - Definitions.
Section 22-51-2 - Incorporation of Public Corporations - Authorized.
Section 22-51-3 - Incorporation of Public Corporations - Application - Contents.
Section 22-51-4 - Incorporation of Public Corporations - Application - Approval.
Section 22-51-5 - Incorporation of Public Corporations - Certificate of Incorporation - Contents.
Section 22-51-7 - Incorporation of Public Corporations - Certificate of Incorporation - Amendments.
Section 22-51-9 - Board of Directors - Meetings; Quorum; Constitution and Bylaws.
Section 22-51-10 - Professional Advisory Committee.
Section 22-51-11 - Powers of Corporation.
Section 22-51-12 - Control of Facilities and Programs.
Section 22-51-13 - Taxation Exemption.
Section 22-51-14 - Appropriations by Local Governing Bodies.