--- title: O.C.G.A. § 46-5-74. Filing of copies of articles and order with Secretary of State; payment of fee. collection: code id: 46-5-74 cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 46-5-74 (2025) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-74 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-74.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-74/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t46-(v34)-2025-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=48adb3c4_0#page=565 date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-73.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-5-75.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md version: the only printed version in_force: true current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia heading_path: PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION / TELEPHONE SERVICE / TELEPHONE SERVICE / RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVES --- # O.C.G.A. § 46-5-74. Filing of copies of articles and order with Secretary of State; payment of fee. Upon receiving the two certified copies of the articles of incorporation and the order of the judge thereon, the applicants or their attorney shall present the same to the Secretary of State for registration and recordation and shall concurrently therewith pay to the Secretary of State for the use of the state the fee provided for in Code Section 46-5-100. ## History Ga. L. 1950, p. 192, § 15; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 46; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 46.