Alabama · Through Act 2026-611

Ala. Code § 10A-17-2.15: Membership; Suspension, Dismissal, or Expulsion of Members.

(a)(1) A person may become a member of a decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association in accordance with the governing principles of that decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association.
(2) If there are no applicable governing principles, a person shall be considered a member upon the purchase or assumption of ownership of a membership interest.
(3) A person shall continue as a member absent the person’s suspension, dismissal, or expulsion pursuant to subsection (b), resignation pursuant to Section 10A-17-2.16, or the decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association’s dissolution and winding-up pursuant to this article.
(b) Subject to the governing principles of the decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association, a member may be suspended, dismissed, or expelled. If there are no applicable governing principles, a member may be suspended, dismissed, or expelled by approval of the membership in accordance with Section 10A-17-2.20.
(c) Unless otherwise provided for in the governing principles, suspension, dismissal, or expulsion of a member does not relieve the member of any obligation incurred, or commitment made by the member, before the suspension, dismissal, or expulsion.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 10A Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.
Chapter 17 Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations.
Article 2

(a)(1) A person may become a member of a decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association in accordance with the governing principles of that decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association.

(2) If there are no applicable governing principles, a person shall be considered a member upon the purchase or assumption of ownership of a membership interest.

(3) A person shall continue as a member absent the person’s suspension, dismissal, or expulsion pursuant to subsection (b), resignation pursuant to Section 10A-17-2.16, or the decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association’s dissolution and winding-up pursuant to this article.

(b) Subject to the governing principles of the decentralized unincorporated nonprofit association, a member may be suspended, dismissed, or expelled. If there are no applicable governing principles, a member may be suspended, dismissed, or expelled by approval of the membership in accordance with Section 10A-17-2.20.

(c) Unless otherwise provided for in the governing principles, suspension, dismissal, or expulsion of a member does not relieve the member of any obligation incurred, or commitment made by the member, before the suspension, dismissal, or expulsion.

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