Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 2. BUSINESS CORPORATIONS · Article 16. RECORDS AND REPORTS · Part 1. RECORDS

14-2-1601. Corporate records.

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(a)
A corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its shareholders and board of directors, executed consents evidencing all actions taken by the shareholders or board of directors without a meeting, a record of all actions taken by a committee of the board of directors in place of the board of directors on behalf of the corporation, and waivers of notice of all meetings of the board of directors and its committees.#
(b)
A corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records.#
(c)
A corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of its shareholders, in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders, in alphabetical order by class of shares showing the number and class of shares held by each.#
(d)
A corporation shall maintain its records in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time.#

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, § 14-2-1601, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1.

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