Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-7-80 (2026)
Right to Commence Actions.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
An action may be commenced by, and in the name of, any unincorporated organization or association.
(Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 13, p. 14; Code 1923, §5723; Code 1940, T. 7, §142.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1982–1997 · leading case: Murray v. Sevier, 156 F.R.D. 235 (D. Kan. 1994).
Murray v. Sevier, 156 F.R.D. 235 (D. Kan. 1994). “As footnoted supra, Ala.Code § 6-7-80 authorizes suits by unincorporated associations in their own names, but that statute is procedural only and creates no new substantive rights.”
Four Way Plant Farm, Inc. v. NCCI, 894 F. Supp. 1538 (M.D. Ala. 1995). “Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure provide for service of an unincorporated association “by serving it in its entity name by certified mail at any of its usual places of business or by serving an officer or agent of any such organization or association or an officer or agent of…”
Ex Parte Wilson, 706 So. 2d 1151 (Ala. 1997). “Indeed, the legislature and this Court have separated these two forms of business organizations: Section 6-7-70 provides for the commencement of actions against partnerships, but § 6-7-80 governs the commencement of an action against an unincorporated association.”
Diluzio v. United Elec., Radio & Mach. Wkrs. of Am., 435 N.E.2d 1027 (Mass. 1982). “, Ala. Code §§ 6-7-80 , 6-7-81; Ariz. Rev. Stat.”
DiLuzio v. United Elec., Radio & Mach. Workers of Am., 435 N.E.2d 1027 (Mass. 1982). “, Ala. Code §§ 6-7-80 , 6-7-81; Ariz. Rev. Stat.”
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