Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 2. BUSINESS CORPORATIONS · Article 14. DISSOLUTION · Part 3. JUDICIAL DISSOLUTION

14-2-1431. Procedure for judicial dissolution.

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(a)
Venue for a proceeding by the Attorney General to dissolve a corporation and for a proceeding brought by any other party named in Code Section 14-2-1430 lies in the county where a corporation’s registered office is or was last located.#
(b)
It is not necessary to make shareholders or directors parties to a proceeding to dissolve a corporation unless relief is sought against them individually.#
(c)
A court in a proceeding brought to dissolve a corporation may issue injunctions, appoint a receiver or custodian pendente lite with all powers and duties the court directs, take other action required to preserve the corporate assets wherever located, and carry on the business of the corporation until a full hearing can be held.#

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, § 14-2-1431, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1.

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