Ala. Code § 11-15-5
Current with legislation from 2024 effective through May 17, 2024.
The certificate of incorporation with the documents attached shall be filed with the judge of probate of the county who shall forthwith receive and record the same. When so filed the corporation referred to therein shall come into existence and shall constitute a body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the state under the name set forth in the certificate of incorporation; whereupon the corporation shall be vested with the rights and powers granted by this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-15-5 (1975)