Alabama § 10A-2A-10.20 - Authority to Amend.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 10A-2A-10.20 — Authority to Amend., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 10A-2A-10.20. Authority to Amend.
(a) A corporation’s stockholders may amend or repeal the corporation’s bylaws.
(b) A corporation’s board of directors may amend or repeal the corporation’s bylaws, unless:
(1) the certificate of incorporation, Section 10A-2A-10.21 or, if applicable, Section 10A-2A-10.22, reserves that power exclusively to the stockholders in whole or part; or
(2) except as provided in Section 10A-2A-2.05(d), the stockholders in amending, repealing, or adopting a bylaw expressly provide that the board of directors may not amend, repeal, or adopt that bylaw.
(c) A stockholder of the corporation does not have a vested property right resulting from any provision in the bylaws.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 10A-2A-10.20 ("Authority to Amend.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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