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title: O.C.G.A. § 46-3-501. Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates.
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# O.C.G.A. § 46-3-501. Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates.

The Secretary of State shall charge and collect for:

(1) Filing articles of incorporation and issuing a certifi-

cate of incorporation ........................................ $ 15.00

(2) Filing articles of amendment and issuing a certificate

of amendment ................................................ 15.00

(3) Filing restated articles of incorporation and issuing a

certificate of restated articles ............................. 15.00

(4) Filing articles of merger or consolidation and issuing

a certificate of merger or consolidation ................. 20.00

(5) Filing an application to reserve a corporate name

generally ...................................................... 3.00

(6) Filing an application to reserve a corporate name for

a period of five years pursuant to subsection (c) of

Code Section 46-3-221 ...................................... 30.00

(7) Filing a notice of transfer of a reserved corporate

name ........................................................... 3.00

(8) Filing a statement of change of address of registered

office or change of registered agent, or both ........... 3.00

(9) Filing a statement of intent to dissolve ................ 1.00

(10) Filing a statement of revocation of voluntary

dissolution proceedings .................................... 1.00

(11) Filing articles of dissolution .............................. 1.00

(12) Filing an application of a foreign electric cooperative

for certificate of authority to transact business in this

state and issuing a certificate of authority ............ 100.00

(13) Filing an application of a foreign electric cooperative

for an amended certificate of authority to transact

business in this state and issuing an amended

certificate of authority ..................................... 20.00

(14) Filing a copy of an amendment to the articles of

incorporation of a foreign electric cooperative holding

a certificate of authority to transact business in this

state ............................................................ 10.00

(15) Filing a copy of articles of merger of a foreign electric

cooperative holding a certificate of authority to

transact business in this state ........................... 20.00

(16) Filing an application for withdrawal of a foreign

electric cooperative and issuing a certificate of

withdrawal ................................................... 10.00

(17) Filing any other statement or report, except an

annual report, of an electric membership corporation

or foreign electric cooperative ............................ 3.00

(18) Filing the annual report of an electric membership

corporation or foreign electric cooperative ............. 5.00

## History

Code 1933, § 34C-1402, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.