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GA Code § 14-11-1101 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 11 - Limited Liability Companies|Article 11 - Miscellaneous|§ 14-11-1101. Filing Fees and Penalties

  The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when the documents described below are delivered to the Secretary of State for filing pursuant to this chapter:   The Secretary of State shall collect the penalty provided for in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Code Section 14-11-711.    Document Fee -------- --- (1) Articles of organization $ 100.00 (2) Articles of amendment 20.00 (3) Articles of merger 20.00 (4) Certificate of election under Code Section 14-11-212 (together with articles of organization) 95.00 (5) Application for certificate of authority to transact business 225.00 (6) Statement of commencement of winding up No fee (7) Certificate of termination No fee (8) Application of withdrawal No fee (9) Articles of correction 20.00 (10) Application for reservation of a name 25.00 (11) Statement of change of registered office or registered agent . . . $ 5.00 per limited liability company (foreign or domestic), but not less than 20.00 (12) Registered agent's statement of resignation pursuant to subsection (d) of Code Section 14-11-209 or subsection (d) of Code Section 14-11-703 No fee (13) Certificate of judicial dissolution No fee (14) Annual registration (foreign or domestic) 50.00 (15) Penalty for late filing of annual registration 25.00 (16) Reinstatement fee 250.00 (17) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by this chapter 20.00 (18) Certificate of conversion 95.00    (Code 1981, §14-11-1101, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 123, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 405, § 36; Ga. L. 2003, p. 883, § 8; Ga. L. 2006, p. 825, § 27/SB 469; Ga. L. 2007, p. 455, § 6/SB 234; Ga. L. 2008, p. 253, § 14/SB 436; Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-37/HB 1055; Ga. L. 2011, p. 430, § 8/SB 64.)
GA Code § 14-11-1102 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 11 - Limited Liability Companies|Article 11 - Miscellaneous|§ 14-11-1102. Execution by Judicial Act

  If each person required by Code Section 14-11-205 to execute any document fails or refuses to do so, any other person who is adversely affected by the failure or refusal may petition the superior court of the county where the registered office of the limited liability company is located to direct the execution of the document.If the court finds that it is proper for the document to be executed and that every person so designated has failed or refused to execute the document, it shall order the Secretary of State to file the document in appropriate form notwithstanding the lack of required execution.   The court shall assess the costs and expenses of such proceeding against the limited liability company, except that all or any part of such costs and expenses may be apportioned and assessed, as the court may determine, against any or all of the persons required by Code Section 14-2-205 to execute a document who failed or refused to do so if the court finds that such failure or refusal was arbitrary, vexatious, or otherwise not in good faith.     (Code 1981, §14-11-1102, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 123, § 1.)
GA Code § 14-11-1103 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 11 - Limited Liability Companies|Article 11 - Miscellaneous|§ 14-11-1103. Annual Registration

  Each limited liability company and each foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state shall deliver to the Secretary of State for filing an annual registration that sets forth:   The name of the limited liability company or the foreign limited liability company and the jurisdiction under whose law it is organized;   The street address and county of its registered office and the name of its registered agent at that office in this state;   The mailing address of its principal place of business; and   Any additional information that is necessary to enable the Secretary of State to carry out the provisions of this chapter.     Information in the annual registration must be current as of the date the annual registration is executed on behalf of the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company.   The first annual registration must be delivered to the Secretary of State between January 1 and April 1, or such other date as the Secretary of State may specify by rules or regulations, of the year following the calendar year in which the limited liability company was formed or a foreign limited liability company was authorized to transact business. Subsequent annual registrations must be delivered to the Secretary of State between January 1 and April 1, or such other date as the Secretary of State may specify by rules and regulations, of the following calendar years.   If an annual registration does not contain the information required by this Code section, the Secretary of State shall promptly notify the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company in writing and return the registration to it for correction.If the registration is corrected to contain the information required by this Code section and delivered to the Secretary of State within 30 days after the date of notice, it is deemed to be timely filed.     (Code 1981, §14-11-1103, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 123, § 1.)   Law reviews.   - For article, "Post-Creation Checklist for Georgia Business Entities," see 9 Ga. St. B. J. 24 (2004).
GA Code § 14-11-1103.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 11 - Limited Liability Companies|Article 11 - Miscellaneous|§ 14-11-1103.1. Valid Period for Annual Registration

 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Secretary of State may provide for the annual registration required under this chapter to be valid for a period up to and including three years. The Secretary of State is authorized to adopt the necessary rules and regulations to implement such a registration process.    (Code 1981, §14-11-1103.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 145, § 1-7/HB 87.)
GA Code § 14-11-1104 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 11 - Limited Liability Companies|Article 11 - Miscellaneous|§ 14-11-1104. Taxation

 Each limited liability company and foreign limited liability company shall be classified as a partnership for Georgia income tax purposes unless classified otherwise for federal income tax purposes, in which case the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company shall be classified for Georgia income tax purposes in the same manner as it is classified for federal income tax purposes. A member or an assignee of a member of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company shall be treated for Georgia income tax purposes as either a resident or nonresident partner in the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company unless classified otherwise for federal income tax purposes, in which case the member or assignee of a member shall have the same status for Georgia income tax purposes as such member or assignee of a member has for federal income tax purposes.    (Code 1981, §14-11-1104, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 123, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 984, § 4.)   Law reviews.   - For note on the 2001 amendment to O.C.G.A. § 14-11-1104, see 18 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 294 (2001).
GA Code § 14-11-1105 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 11 - Limited Liability Companies|Article 11 - Miscellaneous|§ 14-11-1105. Administrative Powers of Secretary of State

 The Secretary of State shall have the power and authority reasonably necessary to enable him or her to administer this chapter efficiently and to perform the duties imposed upon him or her pursuant to this chapter, including, without limitation, the power and authority to employ from time to time such additional personnel as in his or her judgment are required for such purposes.    (Code 1981, §14-11-1105, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 123, § 1.)
GA Code § 14-11-1106 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 11 - Limited Liability Companies|Article 11 - Miscellaneous|§ 14-11-1106. Rules and Regulations

 The Secretary of State may promulgate such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, as are incidental to and necessary for the implementation and enforcement of such provisions of this chapter as are administered by the Secretary of State.Such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."    (Code 1981, §14-11-1106, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 123, § 1.)
GA Code § 14-11-1109 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 11 - Limited Liability Companies|Article 11 - Miscellaneous|§ 14-11-1109. Effective Date; Repealer

 This chapter shall become effective on March 1, 1994.The provisions of law that became effective on July 1, 1992, and that were codified at Code Sections 14-11-1 through 14-11-19 are hereby repealed.A foreign limited liability company that prior to March 1, 1994, obtained a certificate of authority to transact business in this state is not required to obtain a new certificate of authority by reason of the enactment of this chapter.    (Code 1981, §14-11-1109, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 123, § 1.)
GA Code § 15-2-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-2-1. One Supreme Judicial District

 The entire state shall constitute one supreme judicial district.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 46; Code 1868, § 44; Code 1873, § 42; Code 1882, § 42; Civil Code 1895, § 5493; Civil Code 1910, § 6098; Code 1933, § 24-3701.)
GA Code § 15-2-1.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-2-1.1. Number of Justices

 The Supreme Court shall consist of nine Justices.    (Code 1981, §15-2-1.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 324, § 1; Ga. L. 2016, p. 883, § 4-1/HB 927.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2016, p. 883, § 1-1/HB 927, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Appellate Jurisdiction Reform Act of 2016.'"   Ga. L. 2016, p. 883, § 6-1(d)/HB 927, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "Part IV of this Act shall only become effective if funds are appropriated for the purpose of Part IV of this Act in an appropriations Act enacted at the 2016 regular session of the General Assembly. If funds are so appropriated, then Part IV of this Act shall become effective on July 1, 2016, for purposes of making the initial appointments of the Supreme Court Justices created by this Act, and for all other purposes Part IV of this Act shall become effective on January 1, 2017. If funds are not so appropriated, then Part IV of this Act shall not become effective and shall stand repealed on July 1, 2016." Funds were appropriated at the 2016 regular session.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 205 (2016).
GA Code § 15-2-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-2-2. When Justice Providentially Prevented From Attending

 Whenever one or more of the Justices of the Supreme Court are unable from providential cause to preside in any case and the parties desire a full bench, it shall be the duty of the remaining Justices to designate a judge or judges of the superior court to preside in the place of the absent Justice or Justices of the Supreme Court.   (Ga. L. 1888, p. 40, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 5506; Civil Code 1910, § 6109; Code 1933, § 24-4008.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 46 Am. Jur. 2d, Judges, § 218 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 48A C.J.S., Judges, §§ 37, 40, 41.
GA Code § 15-2-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-2-5. Place of Hearing Oral Argument

 The Supreme Court may hear oral argument at places other than the seat of government. Reasonable notice shall be given of such hearings.   (Code 1933, § 24-3804, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1107, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Courts, § 20.   C.J.S.   - 21 C.J.S., Courts, § 151 et seq.
GA Code § 15-2-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-2-6. Duty of Justices to Attend; Quorum; Adjournment

 It shall be the duty of all the Justices of the Supreme Court to attend each term thereof. However, if, from providential cause, any of the Justices cannot attend the court, the court may be held by a quorum as defined by Article VI, Section VI, Paragraph I of the Constitution of this state. If less than a quorum attend, the Justices attending may adjourn the court to any time agreed upon by the attending Justices.   (Laws 1845, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 448; Code 1863, § 3159; Code 1868, § 3171; Code 1873, § 3239; Ga. L. 1877, p. 94, § 2; Code 1882, § 3239; Civil Code 1895, § 5495; Civil Code 1910, § 6100; Code 1933, § 24-3802; Ga. L. 1945, p. 212, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 50.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Courts, § 32.   C.J.S.   - 21 C.J.S., Courts, § 181 et seq.
GA Code § 15-2-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-2-7. Adjournment for Providential Cause

 When from providential cause the Supreme Court cannot be held at the time and place designated by law, it may be adjourned by order of the Justices or by a quorum thereof, in either term time or vacation, to some other convenient time and place; and the session then held shall be valid. Notice shall be given of such adjournment if possible.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 3160; Code 1868, § 3172; Code 1873, § 3240; Code 1882, § 3240; Civil Code 1895, § 5496; Civil Code 1910, § 6101; Code 1933, § 24-3803.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Courts, § 20.   C.J.S.   - 21 C.J.S., Courts, § 142 et seq.
GA Code § 15-2-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-2-10. Procedure for Increasing the Number of Supreme Court Justices

 The additional justiceships created in 2016 shall be appointed by the Governor for a term beginning January 1, 2017, and continuing through December 31, 2018, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Their successors shall be elected in the manner provided by law for the election of Supreme Court Justices at the nonpartisan judicial election in 2018, for a term of six years beginning on January 1, 2019, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Future successors shall be elected at the nonpartisan judicial election each sixth year after such election for terms of six years and until their successors are elected and qualified. They shall take office on the first day of January following the date of the election.    (Code 1981, §15-2-10, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 883, § 4-2/HB 927.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2016, p. 883, § 1-1/HB 927, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Appellate Jurisdiction Reform Act of 2016.'"   Former Code Section 15-2-10, pertaining to separation of court into two divisions, was repealed by Ga. L. 1983, p. 956, § 2, effective July 1, 1983. The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 1895, p. 15, § 1; Ga. L. 1896, p. 42, §§ 1, 3; Civil Code 1910, § 6110; Code 1933, § 24-4010; and Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 205 (2016).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 46 Am. Jur.2d, Judges, § 7 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 48A C.J.S., Judges, § 17 et seq.
GA Code § 15-2-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-2-11. Through 15-2-15

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1983, p. 956, § 2, effective July 1, 1983.   Editor's notes.   - Code Sections 15-2-11 through 15-2-15, relating to separation of court into two divisions, were based on Ga. L. 1895, p. 15, § 1; Ga. L. 1896, p. 42, §§ 1, 3; Civil Code 1910, §§ 6111, 6112, 6113, 6114, 6115; Code 1933, §§ 24-4009, 24-4011, 24-4012, 24-4013, 24-4014; Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8; and Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 50. For current provisions requiring a majority of the court to hear and determine cases, see Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. VI, Para. I.   Ga. L. 2008, p. 324, § 15/SB 455, reserved the designations of these Code sections.
GA Code § 15-2-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-2-16. Reversal and Affirmance; Minutes and Reports to Show Concurrences and Dissents

  In all cases decided by the Supreme Court, the concurrence of a majority of the Justices shall be essential to a judgment of reversal. If the Justices are evenly divided, the judgment of the court below shall stand affirmed. In all cases decided by the court, with at least a quorum but less than nine Justices, the concurrence of at least five shall be essential to the rendition of a judgment.   Both the minutes and the printed official reports shall show how many and which Justices concurred in each judgment rendered and which, if any, dissented therefrom.    (Ga. L. 1896, p. 42, § 5; Civil Code 1910, § 6116; Code 1933, § 24-4015; Ga. L. 1983, p. 956, § 3; Ga. L. 2016, p. 883, § 4-3/HB 927.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2016, p. 883, § 1-1/HB 927, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Appellate Jurisdiction Reform Act of 2016.'"   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 205 (2016).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Editor's notes.   - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former Code 1933, § 6-1611, are included in the annotations for this Code section.   Trial court affirmed if Supreme Court evenly divided.    - In case of a decision by entire court of six justices, if the court is evenly divided, the judgment of the trial court stands affirmed by operation of law. Inter-City Coach Lines v. City of Atlanta, 170 Ga. 905, 154 S.E. 352 (1930) (decided under Ga. Const. 1877, Art. VI, Sec. II, Para. VIII).   "Full bench rule" repealed.    - "Full bench rule" wherein unanimous decisions of Supreme Court could not be overruled except by unanimous decisions has been repealed; stability and certainty in law are desirable, but when a majority of the court determines that stability must give way to justice, then justice prevails. Hall v. Hopper, 234 Ga. 625, 216 S.E.2d 839 (1975) (decided under former Code 1933, § 6-1611).    Cited in Irby v. Allen & Co., 161 Ga. 858, 131 S.E. 910 (1926); Ward v. Big Apple Super Mkts. of Bolton Rd., Inc., 223 Ga. 756, 158 S.E.2d 396 (1967).
GA Code § 15-2-17 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-2-17. Rules for Regulating Supreme Court's Proceedings

 The Supreme Court shall have full power and authority to make all rules, not in conflict with the Constitution or laws of this state, as may be necessary for carrying the Constitution into effect and regulating the court's proceedings thereunder. To these ends it may, by rules, provide and declare when the court shall sit, how its minutes shall be kept, and how the cases upon its dockets shall be apportioned; and it generally may make all regulations as to practice and procedure which experience may show to be convenient and expedient for the proper transaction of its business, with due regard to the rights of the parties and counsel concerned.   (Ga. L. 1896, p. 42, § 4; Civil Code 1910, § 6117; Code 1933, § 24-4016; Ga. L. 1983, p. 956, § 4.)   Cross references.   - Rules of the Supreme Court of Georgia.   Editor's notes.   - The Supreme Court has adopted rules pursuant to this Code section, entitled "Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia."   Law reviews.   - For comment on Crider v. State, 115 Ga. App. 347, 154 S.E.2d 743 (1967), holding that enumerated errors must be supported by specific reference to the trial transcript, see 4 Ga. St. B. J. 265 (1967).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Time for filing enumeration of errors and briefs is fixed by court rules and not by law alone. Horton v. Western Contracting Corp., 113 Ga. App. 613, 149 S.E.2d 542 (1966).
GA Code § 15-2-18 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Supreme Court|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-2-18. Power to Prescribe and Revise Rules of Practice and Procedure in Courts of State; Ratification by General Assembly; Assistance of Bar Committee

  The Supreme Court and the Justices thereof shall have the power to prescribe, modify, and repeal rules of procedure, pleading, and practice in civil actions and proceedings in the courts of this state and of practice and procedure for appeal or review in all cases, civil and criminal, to or from any of the courts or tribunals of this state. The rules shall not abridge, enlarge, or modify the substantive rights of any litigant.   Whenever the Supreme Court adopts or prescribes any rules under this Code section, the rules shall be reported by the court to the General Assembly at the next regular session thereof or at an extraordinary session authorized by law to consider and ratify them. The rules shall not take effect until they have been ratified and confirmed by the General Assembly by an Act or resolution thereof.   The Supreme Court is authorized to repeal, modify, or amend any rule adopted or prescribed by it, but no repeal, modification, or amendment shall be effective until it has been ratified by an Act or resolution of the General Assembly.   The Supreme Court shall appoint a committee or committees from the bar of this state to aid in the preparation of rules.   This Code section shall not be construed as constituting an abandonment or disclaimer of the power of the General Assembly to enact laws regulating procedure in the courts of this state.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 145, §§ 1-5.)   Cross references.   - Requirement of uniform rules of practice and procedure for courts of each class, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. I, Para. V; Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. IX, Para. I.   Law reviews.   - For comment on Crider v. State, 115 Ga. App. 347, 154 S.E.2d 743 (1967), see 4 Ga. St. B. J. 265 (1967).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Rule making authorization applies to any court or tribunal.    - This section does not limit rule making authorization to "appeal or review" to appellate courts, but specifically states "to or from any of the courts or tribunals of this state." Fair v. State, 220 Ga. 750, 141 S.E.2d 431 (1965).   Authority to prescribe motions for new trials.    - This section authorizes court to prescribe rules as to motions for new trial in criminal or civil cases. Fair v. State, 220 Ga. 750, 141 S.E.2d 431 (1965).   No authority to prescribe criminal rules of procedure.    - This section does not authorize court to prescribe rules of procedure, pleading, and practice in trial of criminal cases. Wilson v. State, 215 Ga. 775, 113 S.E.2d 607 (1960); Fair v. State, 220 Ga. 750, 141 S.E.2d 431 (1965).    Cited in Maxwell v. Arnold, 76 Ga. App. 576, 46 S.E.2d 623 (1948).