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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

14-3-843. Resignation and removal of officers.

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

  1. (a)

    An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is effective unless the notice specifies a future effective date. If a resignation is made effective at a future date and the corporation accepts the future effective date, its board of directors, or, if authorized by the bylaws, an officer, may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the board or such appointing officer provides that the successor does not take office until the effective date.#

  2. (b)

    An officer may be removed at any time with or without cause by:#

    1. (1)

      The board of directors;#

    2. (2)

      The officer who appointed such officer, unless the bylaws or the board of directors provide otherwise; or#

    3. (3)

      Any other officer if authorized by the bylaws or the board of directors.#

  3. (c)

    Unless otherwise provided in the articles or bylaws, any vacancies in the corporation’s officers may be filled by the board.#

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, § 14-3-843, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, § 43; Ga. L. 2023, p. 419, § 1-1/SB 148, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, in subsection (a), inserted “, or, if authorized by the bylaws, an officer,” following “its board of directors” and inserted “or such appointing officer” following “if the board” in the third sentence; and rewrote subsection (b), which read: “A board may remove any officer at any time with or without cause.”

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Text read from t14-(v12)-pdf.pdf, Volume V12, 2017 edition, 2025 supplement, page 124; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b004123363dc.

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