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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 2. BUSINESS CORPORATIONS · Article 14. DISSOLUTION · Part 1. VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION

14-2-1401. Dissolution by incorporators or initial directors.

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

  1. A majority of the incorporators or initial directors of a corporation that has not issued shares or has not commenced business may dissolve the corporation by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing articles of dissolution that set forth:

  2. (1)

    The name of the corporation;#

  3. (2)

    The date of its incorporation;#

  4. (3)

    Either that:#

    1. (A)

      None of the corporation’s shares has been issued; or#

    2. (B)

      The corporation has not commenced business;#

  5. (4)

    That no debt of the corporation remains unpaid;#

  6. (5)

    That the net assets of the corporation remaining after winding up have been distributed to the shareholders, if shares were issued; and#

  7. (6)

    That a majority of the incorporators or initial directors authorized the dissolution.#

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, § 14-2-1401, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘Comparison of Features of Old and New Business Corporation Laws Relating to Domestic Corporations,’’ see 5 Ga. St. B. J. 13 (1968).

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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, page 479; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 f2fad2b71b39.