Alabama § 10A-8A-3.03 - Statement of Authority.

§ 10A-8A-3.03. Statement of Authority.

(a) A partnership may deliver to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of authority, which:

(1) must include the name of the partnership and:

(A) if the partnership has not filed a statement of partnership, a statement of not for profit partnership, or a statement of limited liability partnership, (i) the street and mailing addresses of its principal office, (ii) the name, street address, and mailing address of its registered agent, and (iii) if the Secretary of State has assigned a unique identifying number or other designation to the partnership, that number or designation; or

(B) if the partnership has filed a statement of partnership, a statement of not for profit partnership, or a statement of limited liability partnership, (i) the street address and mailing address of its principal office, (ii) the name, street address, and mailing address of its registered agent, and (iii) the unique identifying number or other designation assigned to the partnership by the Secretary of State.

(2) with respect to any position that exists in or with respect to the partnership, may state the authority, or limitations on the authority, of all persons holding the position to:

(A) sign an instrument transferring real property held in the name of the partnership; or

(B) enter into other transactions on behalf of, or otherwise act for or bind, the partnership; and

(3) may state the authority, or limitations on the authority, of a specific person to:

(A) sign an instrument transferring real property held in the name of the partnership; or

(B) enter into other transactions on behalf of, or otherwise act for or bind, the partnership.

(b) To amend or cancel a statement of authority filed by the Secretary of State, a partnership must deliver to the Secretary of State for filing an amendment or cancellation stating:

(1) the name of the partnership;

(2) if the partnership has not filed a statement of partnership, a statement of not for profit partnership, or a statement of limited liability partnership, the street and mailing addresses of the partnership’s principal office;

(3) if the partnership has filed a statement of partnership, a statement of not for profit partnership, or a statement of limited liability partnership, the name and street and mailing addresses of its registered agent;

(4) the date the statement of authority being affected became effective;

(5) the contents of the amendment or a declaration that the statement of authority is canceled; and

(6) the unique identifying number or other designation assigned to the partnership by the Secretary of State.

(c) A statement of authority affects only the power of a person to bind a partnership to persons that are not partners.

(d) Subject to subsection (c) and Section 10A-8A-1.03(d)(3) and except as otherwise provided in subsections (f), (g), and (h), a limitation on the authority of a person or a position contained in an effective statement of authority is not by itself evidence of any person’s knowledge or notice of the limitation.

(e) Subject to subsection (c), a grant of authority not pertaining to transfers of real property and contained in an effective statement of authority is conclusive in favor of a person that gives value in reliance on the grant, except to the extent that when the person gives value:

(1) the person has knowledge to the contrary;

(2) the statement of authority has been canceled or restrictively amended under subsection (b); or

(3) a limitation on the grant is contained in another statement of authority that became effective after the statement of authority containing the grant became effective.

(f) Subject to subsection (c), an effective statement of authority that grants authority to transfer real property held in the name of the partnership, a certified copy of which statement of authority is recorded in the office of the judge of probate in the county in which the real property is located, is conclusive in favor of a person that gives value in reliance on the grant without knowledge to the contrary, except to the extent that when the person gives value:

(1) the statement of authority has been canceled or restrictively amended under subsection (b), and a certified copy of the cancellation or restrictive amendment has been recorded in the office of the judge of probate in the county in which the real property is located; or

(2) a limitation on the grant is contained in another statement of authority that became effective after the statement of authority containing the grant became effective, and a certified copy of the later-effective statement is recorded in the office of the judge of probate in the county in which the real property is located.

(g) Subject to subsection (c), if a certified copy of an effective statement of authority containing a limitation on the authority to transfer real property held in the name of a partnership is recorded in the office of the judge of probate in the county in which the real property is located, all persons are deemed to know of the limitation with respect to the real property located in that county.

(h) Subject to subsection (i), an effective statement of dissolution is a cancellation of any filed statement of authority for the purposes of subsection (f) and is a limitation on authority for purposes of subsection (g).

(i) After a statement of dissolution becomes effective, a partnership may deliver to the Secretary of State for filing and, if appropriate, may record a statement of authority that is designated as a post-dissolution statement of authority. The statement operates as provided in subsections (f) and (g).

(j) Unless canceled earlier, an effective statement of authority is canceled by operation of law five years after the date on which the statement, or its most recent amendment, becomes effective. The cancellation is effective without recording under subsection (f) or (g).

(k) An effective statement of denial operates as a restrictive amendment under this section and may be recorded by certified copy for purposes of subsection (f)(1).

(l) If a partnership has not filed a statement of partnership, a statement of not for profit partnership, or a statement of limited liability partnership and the Secretary of State has not assigned a unique identifying number or other designation to that partnership, then the Secretary of State shall assign a unique identifying number or other designation to that partnership when that partnership delivers to the Secretary of State for filing that partnership’s statement of authority without the need of the partnership delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of partnership, a statement of not for profit partnership, or a statement of limited liability partnership.