Georgia CommonsTitle 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 3. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS · Article 15. FOREIGN CORPORATIONS · Part 1. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY
14-3-1502. Transacting business without certificate of authority.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
- (a)
A foreign corporation transacting business in this state without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any court in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority.#
- (b)
The successor to a foreign corporation that transacted business in this state without a certificate of authority and the assignee of a cause of action arising out of that business may not maintain a proceeding based on that cause of action in any court in this state unless before the commencement of the proceeding the foreign corporation or its successor obtains a certificate of authority.#
- (c)
Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this Code section, the failure of a foreign corporation to obtain a certificate of authority does not impair the validity of its corporate acts or prevent it from defending any proceeding in this state.#
History
Code 1981, § 14-3-1502, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2023, p. 419, § 1-1/SB 148, effective July 1, 2023.
Editor's notes
Ga. L. 2023, p. 419, § 1-1/SB 148, reenacted this Code section without change.
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Text read from t14-(v12)-pdf.pdf, Volume V12, 2017 edition, 2025 supplement, page 201; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b004123363dc.
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