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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 3. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS · Article 5. REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

14-3-501. Registered office and registered agent.

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

  1. Each corporation must continuously maintain in this state:

  2. (1)

    A registered office with the same address as that of the registered agent; and#

  3. (2)

    A registered agent, who may be:#

    1. (A)

      A person who resides in this state and whose office is identical with the registered office;#

    2. (B)

      A domestic corporation, business corporation, or domestic limited liability company formed under this title whose office is identical with the registered office; or#

    3. (C)

      A foreign corporation, foreign business corporation, or foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state whose office is identical with the registered office.#

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, § 14-3-501, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 405, § 19; Ga. L. 2016, p. 225, § 3-3/SB 128; Ga. L. 2023, p. 419, § 1-1/SB 148, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, in paragraph (2), “A domestic corporation, business corporation, or domestic limited liability company formed under this title” was substituted for “A domestic business or nonprofit corporation or domestic limited liability company formed under this chapter or under Chapter 2 of this title” in subparagraph (2)(B), and, in subparagraph (2)(C), “A foreign corporation, foreign business corporation, or foreign” was substituted for “A foreign business or nonprofit corporation or foreign”.

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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 72 to 73; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b004123363dc.