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# O.C.G.A. § 14-2-122. Filing fees and penalties.

The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees and penalties when the documents described in this Code section are delivered to him or her for filing:

Document Fee

(1) Articles of incorporation ....................................$ 100.00

(2) Application for certificate of authority ................... 225.00

(3) Annual registration ......................................... 50.00

(4) Penalty for late filing of annual registration ........... 25.00 Document Fee

(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) Civil penalty for a foreign corporation transacting

business in this state without a certificate of au-

thority ....................................................... 500.00

(11) Statement of change of address of registered agent

.... $5.00 per corporation but not less than ......... 20.00

(12) Application for reinstatement ............................ 250.00

(13) Certificate of conversion .................................. 95.00

(14) Any other document required or permitted to be filed

by this chapter ............................................ 20.00

## History

Code 1981, § 14-2-122, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 946, § 3; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1165, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 989, § 2; Ga. L. 2003, p. 883, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 455, § 1/SB 234; Ga. L. 2008, p. 253, § 1/SB 436; Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-34/HB 1055; Ga. L. 2011, p. 430, § 1/SB 64.

## Law Reviews

For survey article on business associations, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 35 (2008).

For note, ‘‘Skimming from the 2%: The Status of Georgia’s Restrictions on Shareholder Access to Corporate Information,’’ 46 Ga. L. Rev. 835 (2012).