Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 3. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS · Article 6. MEMBERSHIP · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

14-3-601. Admission of members.

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

(a)
The articles or bylaws may establish criteria or procedures for admission of members.#
(b)
No person shall be admitted as a member without his or her consent.#
(c)
A person is not a member of a corporation for the purposes of this chapter unless the person meets the definition of a member under Code Section 14-3-140, regardless of whether the corporation designates or refers to the person as a member.#

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, § 14-3-601, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, § 68; Ga. L. 2023, p. 419, § 1-1/SB 148, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, added 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, page 77; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b004123363dc.

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