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Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 2. BUSINESS CORPORATIONS · Article 10. AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS · Part 1. AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

14-2-1009. Effect of amendment.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. An amendment to articles of incorporation does not affect a cause of action existing against or in favor of the corporation, a proceeding to which the corporation is a party, or the existing rights of persons other than shareholders of the corporation. An amendment changing a corporation’s name does not abate a proceeding brought by or against the corporation in its former name.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 14-2-1009, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘2006 Amendments to Georgia’s Corporate Code and Alternative Entity Statutes,’’ see 12 Ga. St. B. J. 12 (2007).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t14-(v12)-2017-pdf.pdf, Volume V12, 2017 edition, pages 371 to 372; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 f2fad2b71b39.