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title: O.C.G.A. § 46-5-65. Names of cooperatives.
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# O.C.G.A. § 46-5-65. Names of cooperatives.

(a) The name of the cooperative shall include the words “Telephone” and “Cooperative,” and the abbreviation “Inc.” unless:

(1) In an affidavit made by its president and vice-president and filed with the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the principal office of the cooperative is located and with the Secretary of State; or

(2) In an affidavit made by a person signing articles of incorporation, consolidation, merger, or conversion, which relate to such cooperative, and presented concurrently with the presentation for approval of any such articles to the superior court or a judge thereof and filed with the Secretary of State

it shall appear that the cooperative desires to do business in another state and is or would be precluded therefrom by reason of the inclusion of such words or either thereof in its name.

(b) This Code section shall not apply to any corporation which becomes subject to this part by complying with Code Section 46-5-90 or which does business in this state pursuant to Code Section 46-5-99 and which elects to retain a corporate name which does not comply with this Code section.

## History

Ga. L. 1950, p. 192, § 6.