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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 2. BUSINESS CORPORATIONS · Article 5. OFFICE AND AGENT · Part 1. REGISTERED AGENTS AND SERVICE OF PROCESS

14-2-503. Resignation of registered agent.

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

  1. (a)

    A registered agent may resign his agency appointment by signing and delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of resignation. The statement may include a statement that the registered office is also discontinued.#

  2. (b)

    On or before the date of the filing of the statement of resignation, the registered agent shall deliver or mail a written notice of the agent’s intention to resign to the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, secretary of the corporation, or a person holding a position comparable to any of the foregoing, as named and at the address shown in the annual registration, or in the articles of incorporation if no annual registration has been filed.#

  3. (c)

    The agency appointment is terminated, and the registered office discontinued if so provided, on the earlier of the filing by the corporation of an amendment to its annual registration designating a new registered agent and registered office if also discontinued or the thirty-first day after the date on which the statement was filed.#

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, § 14-2-503, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1.

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

Text read from t14-(v12)-2017-pdf.pdf, Volume V12, 2017 edition, pages 84 to 85; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 f2fad2b71b39.