Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 14. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS · Chapter 3. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS · Article 8. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS · Part 4. OFFICERS

14-3-841. Duties and authority of officers.

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

Each officer has the authority and shall perform the duties set forth in the articles or bylaws or, to the extent consistent with the articles or bylaws, the duties and authority prescribed by the board or by direction of an officer authorized by the board to prescribe the duties and authority of other officers. Unless the articles, the bylaws, or a resolution of the board of directors of the corporation provides otherwise, the chief executive officer shall have authority to conduct all ordinary business on behalf of the corporation and may execute and deliver on behalf of the corporation any contract, conveyance, or similar document not requiring approval by the board of directors or members as provided in this chapter.

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, § 14-3-841, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, § 42; Ga. L. 2023, p. 419, § 1-1/SB 148, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, in the second sentence, inserted “the” following “the articles,” at the beginning and deleted “or the president if no person has been designated as chief executive officer of the corporation” following “otherwise, the chief executive officer”.

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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 122; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b004123363dc.