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# O.C.G.A. § 14-2-201.1. Publication of notice of intent to file articles of incorporation.

(a) Together with the articles of incorporation, the incorporator or incorporators shall deliver to the Secretary of State an undertaking (which may appear in the articles of incorporation or be set forth in a letter or other instrument executed by an incorporator or any person authorized to act on behalf of the corporation) to publish a notice of the filing of the articles of incorporation as required by subsection (b) of this Code section.

(b) No later than the next business day after filing the articles of incorporation, the incorporator shall deliver to the publisher of a newspaper which is the official organ of the county where the initial registered office of the corporation is to be located or which is a newspaper of general circulation published within such county whose most recently published annual statement of ownership and circulation reflects a minimum of 60 percent paid circulation a request to publish a notice in substantially the following form:

‘‘NOTICE OF INCORPORATION

Notice is given that articles of incorporation which incorporate (name of corporation) have been delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code. The initial registered office of the corporation is located at (address of registered office) and its initial registered agent at such address is (name of agent).’’

The request for publication of the notice shall be accompanied by a check, draft, or money order in the amount of $40.00 in payment of the cost of publication. The notice shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks commencing within ten days after receipt of the notice by the newspaper. Failure on the part of the incorporator to deliver the notice or payment therefor or failure on the part of the newspaper to publish the notice in compliance with this subsection shall not invalidate the incorporation of the corporation or the filing of the articles of incorporation.

## History

Code 1981, § 14-2-201.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 946, § 9; Ga. L. 1990, p. 257, § 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1231, § 2.

## Cross References

Limits on General Assembly’s powers as to corporations, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. V.

## Law Reviews

For survey article on business associations, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 13 (1982). For article, ‘‘Some Distinctive Features of the Georgia Business Corporation Code,’’ 28 Ga. St. B. J. 101 (1991).