--- title: O.C.G.A. § 7-1-944. Filing departmental approval with Secretary of State. collection: code id: 7-1-944 cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 7-1-944 (2025) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/7-1-944 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/7-1-944.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/7-1-944/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t7-t8-(v5)-2024-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=6386add7_0#page=528 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/7-1.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/7-1-943.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/7-1-945.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md version: the only printed version in_force: true current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly heading_path: BANKING AND FINANCE / FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS / SMALL MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS --- # O.C.G.A. § 7-1-944. Filing departmental approval with Secretary of State. Upon receiving the approval of the department, the incorporators shall file the same together with the fee specified by Code Section 7-1-862 with the Secretary of State. ## History Code 1981, § 7-1-944, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 804, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 946, § 73; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1257, § 34.