Ala. Code § 10A-3A-4.04: Court-Ordered Inspection of Membership Nonprofit Corporation.

If a member is entitled to inspection and copying rights under Section 10A-3A-4.02:

(a) If a membership nonprofit corporation does not allow a member who complies with Section 10A-3A-4.02(a) to inspect and copy any records required by that section to be available for inspection, the designated court, and if none, the circuit court for the county in which the membership nonprofit corporation’s principal office is located in this state, and if none in this state, the circuit court for the county in which the membership nonprofit corporation’s most recent registered office is located may summarily order inspection and copying of the records demanded at the membership nonprofit corporation’s expense upon application of the member.

(b) If a membership nonprofit corporation does not within a reasonable time allow a member who complies with Section 10A-3A-4.02(b) to inspect and copy the records as required by that section, the member who complies with Section 10A-3A-4.02(c) may apply to the designated court, and if none, the circuit court for the county in which the membership nonprofit corporation’s principal office is located in this state, and if none in this state, the circuit court for the county in which the membership nonprofit corporation’s most recent registered office is located for an order to permit inspection and copying of the records demanded. The court shall dispose of an application under this subsection on an expedited basis.

(c) If the court orders inspection and copying of the records demanded under Section 10A-3A-4.02(b), it may impose reasonable restrictions on their confidentiality, use, or distribution by the demanding member and the court shall also order the membership nonprofit corporation to pay the member’s expenses incurred to obtain the order unless the membership nonprofit corporation establishes that it refused inspection in good faith because the membership nonprofit corporation had:

(1) a reasonable basis for doubt about the right of the member to inspect the records demanded; or

(2) required reasonable restrictions on the confidentiality, use, or distribution of the records demanded to which the demanding member had been unwilling to agree. If the membership nonprofit corporation has declined to deliver or make available the records because the member had been unwilling to agree to restrictions proposed by the membership nonprofit corporation on the confidentiality, use, or distribution of the records, the membership nonprofit corporation shall have the burden of demonstrating that the restrictions proposed by the membership nonprofit corporation were reasonable.