O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 14-11-701 (2019)

Law applicable to foreign limited liability companies

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Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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(a) The laws of the jurisdiction under which a foreign limited liability company is organized govern its organization and internal affairs and the liability of its managers, members, and other owners, regardless of whether the foreign limited liability company procured or should have procured a certificate of authority under this chapter.

(b) A foreign limited liability company may not be denied a certificate of authority by reason of any difference between the laws of the jurisdiction under which such company is organized and the laws of this state.

History

(Code 1981, § 14-11-701, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 123, § 1.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

No personal jurisdiction over the company defendant. - Trial court did not err when the court set aside the default judgment entered against the nonresident company on grounds that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over the company because the plaintiff's purported service on the company was deficient in that the entry of service form contained no indication that the individual who was served was authorized to accept service. Delta Aliraq, Inc. v. Arcturus Int'l, LLC, 345 Ga. App. 778, 815 S.E.2d 129 (2018).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2018–2023 · leading case: Delta Aliraq, Inc. v. Arcturus Int'l, LLC, 815 S.E.2d 129 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018).
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Delta Aliraq, Inc. v. Arcturus Int'l, LLC, 815 S.E.2d 129 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 4× “" Foreign limited liability companies, such as DAX, generally are governed by OCGA § 14-11-701 et seq. However, because the record appears to contain no indication that DAX is authorized to transact business in Georgia, none of the service provisions in OCGA § 14-11-701 et seq.”
Daniel David Delpiano v. Jp Morgan Chase Bank, 887 S.E.2d 673 (Ga. Ct. App. 2023). “” OCGA § 14-11-701 (a). DelPiano cites no authority for the proposition that LFT’s presumed 10 acceptance of the 2017 deed was improper under Florida law.”
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