{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-10a-2a-8.02","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 10A-2A-8.02","heading":"Qualifications of Directors.","body":"(a) The certificate of incorporation or bylaws may prescribe qualifications for directors or for nominees for directors. Qualifications must be reasonable as applied to the corporation and be lawful.\n(b) A requirement that is based on a past, prospective, or current action, or expression of opinion, by a nominee for director or a director that could limit the ability of a nominee for director or a director to discharge his or her duties as a director is not a permissible qualification under this section. Notwithstanding the foregoing, qualifications may include not being or having been subject to specified criminal, civil, or regulatory sanctions or not having been removed as a director by judicial action or for cause.\n(c) A director shall be a natural person of the age of at least 19 years but need not be a resident of this state or a stockholder unless the certificate of incorporation or bylaws so prescribe.\n(d) A qualification for nomination for director prescribed before a person’s nomination shall apply to that person at the time of nomination. A qualification for nomination for director prescribed after a person’s nomination shall not apply to that person with respect to that person’s nomination.\n(e) A qualification for director prescribed before a director has been elected or appointed may apply only at the time an individual becomes a director or may apply during a director’s term. A qualification prescribed after a director has been elected or appointed shall not apply to that director before the end of that director’s term.","path":["Title 10A Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code.","Chapter 2A Alabama Business Corporation Law.","Article 8 Directors and Officers.","Division A Board of Directors."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=10A-2A-8.02","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"dd3e895de95dd73e95607dfe6a2c0d30b2f3d16eea9ca0130b273b4ea8a0cfd4","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-10a-2a-8.01","next":"us-al/ala.-code-10a-2a-8.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}