{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-10a-17-2.15","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 10A-17-2.15","heading":"Membership; Suspension, Dismissal, or Expulsion of Members.","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 10A Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.","Chapter 17 Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations.","Article 2"],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=10A-17-2.15","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-10T05:41:29Z","sha256":"f5d75584485f88fe4363f1c7fc8d77d02d0793d2cdbc5b113edb399cccbdbe23","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-10a-17-2.14","next":"us-al/ala.-code-10a-17-2.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}