Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 3. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS · Article 14. DISSOLUTION · Part 2. ADMINISTRATIVE DISSOLUTION

14-3-1423. Appeal from denial of reinstatement.

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

(a)
If the Secretary of State denies a corporation’s application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the corporation under Code Section 14-3-125 a written notice that explains the reason or reasons for denial.#
(b)
The corporation may appeal the denial of reinstatement to the superior court of the county where the corporation’s registered office is or was located within 30 days after service of the notice of denial is perfected. The corporation appeals by petitioning the court to set aside the dissolution and attaching to the petition copies of the Secretary of State’s certificate of dissolution, the corporation’s application for reinstatement, and the Secretary of State’s notice of denial.#
(c)
The court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.#

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, § 14-3-1423, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2023, p. 419, § 1-1/SB 148, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, substituted “the Secretary of State shall deliver to the corporation under Code Section 14-3-125” for “he shall serve the corporation under Code Section 14-3-504 with” in subsection (a).

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Text read from t14-(v12)-pdf.pdf, Volume V12, 2017 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 194 to 195; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b004123363dc.

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