Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 2. BUSINESS CORPORATIONS · Article 15. FOREIGN CORPORATIONS · Part 1. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY

14-2-1507. Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation.

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

Each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state must continuously maintain in this state:
(1)
A registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and#
(2)
A registered agent, who may be:#
1. (A)
  An individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office;#
2. (B)
  A domestic corporation, nonprofit domestic corporation, or domestic limited liability company whose business office is identical with the registered office; or#
3. (C)
  A foreign corporation, foreign or nonprofit corporation, or foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office.#

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, § 14-2-1507, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1; Ga. L. 2016, p. 225, § 3-2/SB 128.

Law reviews

For note advocating the adoption of a statute incorporating the doctrine of forum non conveniens, see 7 Ga. L. Rev. 744 (1973).

Other notes

The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, substituted ‘‘corporation, nonprofit domestic corporation, or domestic limited liability company’’ for ‘‘corporation or nonprofit domestic corporation’’ in subparagraph (2)(B); and substituted ‘‘corporation, foreign or nonprofit corporation, or foreign limited liability company’’ for ‘‘corporation or foreign or nonprofit corporation’’ in subparagraph (2)(C).

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