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# O.C.G.A. § 52-4-4. Time of commencement of corporate existence; duration of corporate existence.

Upon the issuance of the certificate, the persons therein named, their associates, and their successors shall be and become a body corporate for the period provided for in Code Section 14-4-62.

## History

Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 1988; Civil Code 1910, § 2369; Code 1933, § 17-104.