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title: O.C.G.A. § 14-2-1603. Scope of inspection right.
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# O.C.G.A. § 14-2-1603. Scope of inspection right.

(a) A shareholder’s agent or attorney has the same inspection and copying rights as the shareholder he represents.

(b) The right to copy records under Code Section 14-2-1602 includes, if reasonable, the right to receive copies made by photographic, xerographic, or other means.

(c) The corporation may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor and material, for copies of any documents provided to the shareholder. The charge may not exceed the estimated cost of production or reproduction of the records.

(d) A corporation shall convert into written form without charge any record of shareholders not in written form, upon written request of a person entitled to inspect them.

(e) The corporation may comply with a shareholder’s demand to inspect the record of shareholders under paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Code Section 14-2-1602 by providing him with a list of its shareholders that was compiled no earlier than the date of the shareholder’s demand.

## History

Code 1981, § 14-2-1603, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1.

## Law Reviews

For annual survey on business associations, see 61 Mercer L. Rev. 45 (2009).