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title: Title 52, Chapter 5. Navigation Companies
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date: 2025
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heading: NAVIGATION COMPANIES
title_heading: WATERS OF THE STATE, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT
section_count: 12
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-5.md?full=1
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# Title 52, Chapter 5. Navigation Companies

Title 52. Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft

12 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-5.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 52-5-1, Granting of corporate powers and privileges by Secretary of State, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-5-1.md
- 52-5-2, Filing of petition for incorporation; contents of petition; attachment of affidavit of incorporators; endorsement, recordation, and filing of petitions by Secretary of State, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-5-2.md
- 52-5-3, Issuance of certificate of incorporation generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-5-3.md
- 52-5-4, Time of commencement of corporate existence; payment of fee for issuance of certificate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-5-4.md
- 52-5-5, Duty of Secretary of State to assure company’s compliance with chapter prior to issuance of certificate; certificate as constituting evidence of corporation’s existence and compliance with chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-5-5.md
- 52-5-6, Organization of company; quorum; election of first board of directors; qualifications of directors; election and appointment of officers and agents; annual election of, and filling of vacancies on, board of directors, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-5-6.md
- 52-5-7, Opening books of subscription for capital stock; restriction on increase of capital stock, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-5-7.md
- 52-5-8, Manner of payment for stock; auction sale of stock upon default by subscriber; giving delinquent subscriber notice of auction sale, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-5-8.md
- 52-5-9, Stock as constituting personal property; determination of manner of transfer of stock, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-5-9.md
- 52-5-10, Procedure for increase of capital stock, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-5-10.md
- 52-5-11, Powers of companies generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-5-11.md
- 52-5-12, Adoption of chapter by companies incorporated prior to April 1, 1969, and by persons otherwise owning or operating a navigation business, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/52-5-12.md