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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

14-3-129. Penalty for signing false document; signing of document.

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

  1. (a)

    A person who signs a document he or she knows is false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500.00.#

  2. (b)

    A document filed under this chapter may be signed by an attorney in fact. Whenever this chapter requires a particular individual to sign a document and the individual is deceased or incompetent, the document may be signed by a legal representative of the individual.#

  3. (c)

    A person who signs a document as an attorney in fact or legal representative affirms as a fact that such person is authorized to sign the document.#

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, § 14-3-129, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, § 66; Ga. L. 2023, p. 419, § 1-1/SB 148, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, designated the former provisions of this Code section as subsection (a) and added subsections (b) and (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, page 47; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b004123363dc.