---
title: O.C.G.A. § 14-2-1601. Corporate records.
collection: code
id: 14-2-1601
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 14-2-1601 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/14-2-1601
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/14-2-1601.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/14-2-1601/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t14-(v12)-2017-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=507372ea_0#page=562
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/14-2.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/14-2-1540.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/14-2-1602.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS / BUSINESS CORPORATIONS / RECORDS AND REPORTS / RECORDS
---

# O.C.G.A. § 14-2-1601. Corporate records.

(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.

## History

Code 1981, § 14-2-1601, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1.