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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 3. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Part 2. DOCUMENTS

14-3-124. Correcting filed document.

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

  1. (a)

    A domestic corporation or foreign corporation may correct a document filed by the Secretary of State if the document:#

    1. (1)

      Contains an incorrect statement; or#

    2. (2)

      Was defectively executed, attested, sealed, verified, or acknowledged.#

  2. (b)

    A document is corrected:#

    1. (1)

      By preparing articles of correction that:#

      1. (A)

        Describe the document (including its filing date);#

      2. (B)

        Specify the incorrect statement and the reason it is incorrect or the manner in which the execution was defective; and#

      3. (C)

        Correct the incorrect statement or defective execution; and#

    2. (2)

      By delivering the articles of correction to the Secretary of State for filing.#

  3. (c)

    Articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document they correct except as to persons relying on the uncorrected document and adversely affected by the correction. As to those persons, articles of correction are effective when filed. Articles of correction shall not state a delayed effective date.#

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, § 14-3-124, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 989, § 8; Ga. L. 2023, p. 419, § 1-1/SB 148, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, inserted “corporation” following “domestic” in subsection (a) and added the last sentence in subsection (c).

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

Text read from t14-(v12)-pdf.pdf, Volume V12, 2017 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 43 to 44; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b004123363dc.