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title: O.C.G.A. § 14-3-852. Indemnification for reasonable expenses of successful defense.
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# O.C.G.A. § 14-3-852. Indemnification for reasonable expenses of successful defense.

A corporation shall indemnify a director who was successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because the director was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding.

## History

Code 1981, § 14-3-852, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1165, § 14; 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, effective July 1, 2023, reenacted this Code section without change.