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GA Code § 14-3-120 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - Documents|§ 14-3-120. Filing of Documents

  A document must satisfy the requirements of this Code section and of any other Code section that adds to or varies these requirements to be entitled to filing by the Secretary of State.   This chapter must require or permit filing the document in the office of the Secretary of State.   The document must contain the information required by this chapter. It may contain other information as well.   The document must be typewritten or printed.   The document must be in the English language. However, a corporate name need not be in English if written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals, and the certificate of existence required of foreign corporations need not be in English if accompanied by a reasonably authenticated English translation.   The document must be executed:   By the chairperson of the board of directors of a domestic or foreign corporation, its president, or by another of its officers;   If directors have not been selected or the corporation has not been formed, by an incorporator; or   If the corporation is in the hands of a receiver, trustee, or other court appointed fiduciary, by that fiduciary;  provided, however, the person executing the document may do so as an attorney in fact. Powers of attorney relating to the execution of the document do not need to be shown to or filed with the Secretary of State.      The person executing a document shall sign it and state beneath or opposite the signature his or her name and the capacity in which he or she signs; provided, however, that if the document is electronically transmitted, the electronic version of such person's name may be used in lieu of a signature. The document may, but need not, contain:   The corporate seal;   An attestation by the secretary or an assistant secretary; or   An acknowledgment, verification, or proof.     The document must be delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing and must be accompanied by one exact or conformed copy (except as provided in Code Sections 14-3-503 and 14-3-1509), the correct filing fee, any certificate required by this chapter, and any penalty required by this chapter or other law.   Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, the Secretary of State may authorize the filing of documents by electronic transmission, following the provisions of Chapter 12 of Title 10, the "Uniform Electronic Transactions Act," and the Secretary of State shall be authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement electronic filing procedures.     (Code 1981, §14-3-120, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 405, § 14; Ga. L. 2009, p. 698, § 2/HB 126.)   Cross references.   - Fees and charges to be collected by Secretary of State under chapter, § 14-3-290 et seq.
GA Code § 14-3-120.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - Documents|§ 14-3-120.1. 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, §14-3-120.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 145, § 1-2/HB 87.)
GA Code § 14-3-121 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - Documents|§ 14-3-121. Forms

 The Secretary of State may prescribe and furnish on request, forms for:    An application for a certificate of existence;   A foreign corporation's application for a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state;   A foreign corporation's application for a certificate of withdrawal;   The annual registration; and   Such other forms not in conflict with this chapter as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State.     (Code 1981, §14-3-121, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1.)
GA Code § 14-3-122 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - Documents|§ 14-3-122. Filing Fees

 The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this Code section are delivered for filing:   Document Fee -------- --- (1) Articles of incorporation $ 100.00 (2) Application for certificate of authority 225.00 (3) Annual registration 30.00 (4) Penalty for late filing of annual registration 25.00 (5) Agent's statement of resignation No fee (6) Certificate of judicial dissolution No fee (7) Articles of dissolution or intent to dissolve No fee (8) Application of withdrawal No fee (9) Application for reservation of a corporate name 25.00 (10) Statement of change of address of registered agent . . . . . $5.00 per corporation but not less than 20.00 (11) Application for reinstatement 250.00 (12) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by this chapter 20.00    (Code 1981, §14-3-122, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1165, § 12; Ga. L. 1999, p. 405, § 15; Ga. L. 2003, p. 883, § 3; Ga. L. 2008, p. 253, § 8/SB 436; Ga. L. 2011, p. 430, § 3/SB 64.)
GA Code § 14-3-123 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - Documents|§ 14-3-123. Effective Time and Date of Document

  Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section and subsection (c) of Code Section 14-3-124, a document is effective:   At the time of filing on the date it is filed, as evidenced by the Secretary of State's endorsement on the original document; or   At any later time specified in the document as its effective time on the date it is filed.     A document may specify a delayed effective time and date, and if it does so the document becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date.A delayed effective date for a document may not be later than the ninetieth day after the date filed.   If a document is determined by the Secretary of State to be incomplete and inappropriate for filing, the Secretary of State may return the document to the person or corporation filing it, together with a brief written explanation of the reason for the refusal to file, in accordance with subsection (c) of Code Section 14-3-125 and, if the applicant returns the document with corrections in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Secretary of State, the filing date of the document will be the filing date that would have been applied had the original document not been deficient.     (Code 1981, §14-3-123, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1991, "Section" was substituted for "section" in subsection (a).
GA Code § 14-3-124 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - Documents|§ 14-3-124. Correcting Filed Document

  A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document filed by the Secretary of State if the document:   Contains an incorrect statement; or   Was defectively executed, attested, sealed, verified, or acknowledged.     A document is corrected:   By preparing articles of correction that:   Describe the document (including its filing date);   Specify the incorrect statement and the reason it is incorrect or the manner in which the execution was defective; and   Correct the incorrect statement or defective execution; and     By delivering the articles of correction to the Secretary of State for filing.     Articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document they correct except as to persons relying on the uncorrected document and adversely affected by the correction. As to those persons, articles of correction are effective when filed.     (Code 1981, §14-3-124, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 989, § 8.)
GA Code § 14-3-125 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - Documents|§ 14-3-125. Duty of Secretary of State to File Documents; Effect of Filing or Refusing to Do So

  If a document delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of Code Section 14-3-120, the Secretary of State shall file it.   The Secretary of State files a document by stamping or otherwise endorsing his or her official title and the date and time of receipt on both the original and the document copy. After filing a document, except as provided in Code Sections 14-3-503 and 14-3-1510, the Secretary of State shall deliver the document copy to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative.   If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document, he or she shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within ten days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for his or her refusal.   The Secretary of State's duty to file documents under this Code section is ministerial. Filing or refusing to file a document does not:   Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or in part;   Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or   Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.       (Code 1981, §14-3-125, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, §§ 66, 68.)
GA Code § 14-3-126 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - Documents|§ 14-3-126. Appeal From Secretary of State's Refusal to File Document

  If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document delivered to his or her office for filing, the domestic or foreign corporation may appeal the refusal within 30 days after the return of the document to the superior court. The appeal is commenced by petitioning the court to compel filing of the document and by attaching to the petition the document and the Secretary of State's explanation of his or her refusal to file.   The matter shall promptly be tried de novo by the court without a jury. The court may summarily order the Secretary of State to file the document or take other action the court considers appropriate.   The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.     (Code 1981, §14-3-126, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, § 68.)
GA Code § 14-3-127 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - Documents|§ 14-3-127. Evidence of Filing

 A certificate attached to a copy of a document or electronic transmission filed by the Secretary of State, bearing his or her signature, which may be in facsimile, and the printed or embossed seal of this state, or its electronic equivalent, is prima-facie evidence that the original document has been filed with the Secretary of State.    (Code 1981, §14-3-127, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 405, § 16.)
GA Code § 14-3-128 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - Documents|§ 14-3-128. Certificate of Existence or Authorization

  Any person may apply to the Secretary of State to furnish a certificate of existence for a domestic corporation or a certificate of authorization for a foreign corporation.   A certificate of existence or authorization sets forth:   The domestic corporation's corporate name or the foreign corporation's corporate name used in this state;   That the domestic corporation is duly incorporated under the law of this state and the date of its incorporation, or that the foreign corporation is authorized to transact business in this state;   That its most recent annual registration required by Code Section 14-3-1622 has been delivered to the Secretary of State; and   That articles of dissolution have not been filed.     Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate of existence or authorization issued by the Secretary of State may be relied upon as prima-facie evidence that the domestic or foreign corporation is in existence or is authorized to transact business in this state.     (Code 1981, §14-3-128, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1.)
GA Code § 14-3-129 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - Documents|§ 14-3-129. Penalty for Signing False Document

 A person who signs a document he or she knows is false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500.00.    (Code 1981, §14-3-129, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, § 66.)
GA Code § 14-3-130 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 3 - Secretary of State|§ 14-3-130. Powers of Secretary of State

 The Secretary of State has the power reasonably necessary to perform the duties required of him or her by this chapter.    (Code 1981, §14-3-130, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, § 67.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Editor's notes.   - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, annotations decided under former Code 1933, § 22-2701 are included in the annotations for this Code section.   Apparently school board incorporation or membership in nonprofit corporation excluded.    - While county boards of education were vested with broad powers respecting the management and control of the school systems they administer under former Code 1933, § 32-909 (see now O.C.G.A. § 20-2-520), the general laws pertaining to the creation of nonprofit corporations, former Code 1933, § 22-2501 (see now O.C.G.A. § 14-3-80) and former Code 1933, § 22-2701, appeared to exclude the possibility of school boards incorporating or being members of nonprofit corporations as a county board of education was not a corporation, partnership, association or other "person." 1978 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 78-4 (decided under former Code 1933, § 22-2701).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 6 Am. Jur. 2d, Associations and Clubs, § 3. 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 14.   C.J.S.   - 7 C.J.S., Associations, § 5. 18A C.J.S., Corporations, §§ 189, 190.   ALR.    - Liability of officers, directors, or members of defectively organized corporation to one of their number for advances, commissions, etc., 115 A.L.R. 658.    Constitutionality, construction, and application of statutes which forbid or otherwise regulate compensation for organizing corporation, procuring subscription for stock, or selling its securities, 115 A.L.R. 1362.
GA Code § 14-3-160 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 5 - Court-Ordered Meetings|§ 14-3-160. Authority of Court to Order Meetings; Notice; Validity of Meeting or Vote

  If for any reason it is impractical or impossible for any corporation to call or conduct a meeting of its members, delegates, or directors, or otherwise obtain their consent, in the manner prescribed by its articles, bylaws, or this chapter, then upon petition of a director, officer, delegate, member, or the Attorney General, the superior court may order that such a meeting be called or that a ballot in writing or by electronic transmission or other form of obtaining the vote of members, delegates, or directors be authorized, in such a manner as the court finds fair and equitable under the circumstances.   The court shall, in an order issued pursuant to this Code section, provide for a method of notice reasonably designed to give actual notice to all persons who would be entitled to notice of a meeting held pursuant to the articles, bylaws, or this chapter, whether or not the method results in actual notice to all such persons or conforms to the notice requirements that would otherwise apply. In a proceeding under this Code section the court may determine who the members or directors are.   The order issued pursuant to this Code section may dispense with any requirement relating to the holding of or voting at meetings or obtaining votes, including any requirement as to quorums or as to the number or percentage of votes needed for approval, that would otherwise be imposed by the articles, bylaws, or this chapter.   Whenever practical, any order issued pursuant to this Code section shall limit the subject matter of meetings or other forms of consent authorized to items, including amendments to the articles or bylaws, the resolution of which will or may enable the corporation to continue managing its affairs without further resort to this Code section; provided, however, that an order under this Code section may also authorize the obtaining of whatever votes and approvals are necessary for the dissolution, merger, or sale of assets.   Any meeting or other method of obtaining the vote of members, delegates, or directors conducted pursuant to an order issued under this Code section, and that complies with all the provisions of such order, is for all purposes a valid meeting or vote, as the case may be, and shall have the same force and effect as if it complied with every requirement imposed by the articles, bylaws, and this chapter.     (Code 1981, §14-3-160, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, § 23.)   COMMENT   This provision is taken from the Model Act. It provides a mechanism by which a nonprofit corporation can call or conduct a meeting of its members, directors or delegates, or obtain their consent, when it is otherwise impossible or impractical to do so.
GA Code § 14-3-170 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 6 - Powers of Attorney General|§ 14-3-170. Powers of Attorney General Over Unlawful Assignment of Corporate Assets; Dissolution of Corporation; Investigative and Subpoena Powers

  The Attorney General may petition the superior court:   To enjoin the proposed unlawful conveyance, transfer, or assignment of assets of a corporation described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Code Section 14-3-1302 in situations in which the transferee knew of its unlawfulness;   To set aside the unlawful conveyance, transfer, or assignment of assets of a corporation described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Code Section 14-3-1302 in situations in which the transferee knew of its unlawfulness;   To dissolve a corporation that:   Obtained its articles of incorporation through fraud; or   Has continued to exceed or abuse the authority conferred upon it by law; or     To compel accounting and restitution or other appropriate relief for violation of Code Sections 14-3-830, 14-3-842, 14-3-860 through 14-3-864, or 14-3-1301.     In connection with any such proceeding or proposed proceeding, the Attorney General shall have the same power to investigate and issue subpoenas as he or she has with respect to investigations authorized under Code Section 45-15-17.     (Code 1981, §14-3-170, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, § 66.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 66 Am. Jur. 2d, Religious Societies, § 51.   C.J.S.   - 19 C.J.S., Corporations, § 889 et seq.   ALR.    - Necessity and sufficiency of legislative authority for consolidation or merger of religious bodies, 50 A.L.R. 118.
GA Code § 14-3-180 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations|Article 1 - General Provisions|Part 7 - Religious Corporations Doctrine|§ 14-3-180. Construction of Chapter When Religious Doctrine Inconsistent

 If religious doctrine governing the affairs of a corporation is inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter on the same subject, the religious doctrine shall control to the extent required by the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of this state or both.    (Code 1981, §14-3-180, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1991, "Constitution" was substituted for "constitution" preceding "of this state".
GA Code § 14-3-501 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations|Article 5 - Registered Office and Registered Agent|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-3-501. Registered Office and Registered Agent

 Each corporation must continuously maintain in this state:    A registered office with the same address as that of the registered agent; and   A registered agent, who may be:   A person who resides in this state and whose office is identical with the registered office;   A domestic business or nonprofit corporation or domestic limited liability company formed under this chapter or under Chapter 2 of this title whose office is identical with the registered office; or   A foreign business or nonprofit corporation or foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state whose office is identical with the registered office.       (Code 1981, §14-3-501, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 405, § 19; Ga. L. 2016, p. 225, § 3-3/SB 128.)    The 2016 amendment,  effective July 1, 2016, inserted "or domestic limited liability company" in subparagraph (2)(B) and inserted "or foreign limited liability company" in subparagraph (2)(C).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 168.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 148.
GA Code § 14-3-502 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 3 - Nonprofit Corporations|Article 5 - Registered Office and Registered Agent|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-3-502. Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent

  A corporation may change its registered office or registered agent by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing an amendment to its annual registrationthat sets forth:   The name of the corporation;   The street address of its current registered office;   If the current registered office is to be changed, the street address of the new registered office;   The name of its current registered agent;   If the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new registered agent; and   That after the change or changes are made, the street addresses of its registered office and the office of its registered agent will be identical.     If the street address of a registered agent's office is changed, the registered agent may change the street address of the registered office of any corporation for which the registered agent is the registered agent by notifying the corporation in writing of the change and by signing (either manually or in facsimile) and delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a statement that complies with the requirements of subsection (a) of this Code section and recites that the corporation has been notified of the change.     (Code 1981, §14-3-502, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 168.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 148.