O.C.G.A. § 14-2-503 (2019)
Resignation of registered agent
(a) A registered agent may resign his agency appointment by signing and delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of resignation. The statement may include a statement that the registered office is also discontinued. (b) On or before the date of the filing of the statement of resignation, the registered agent shall deliver or mail a written notice of the agent’s intention to resign to the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, secretary of the corporation, or a person holding a position comparable to any of the foregoing, as named and at the address shown in the annual registration, or in the articles of incorporation if no annual registration has been filed. (c) The agency appointment is terminated, and the registered office discontinued if so provided, on the earlier of the filing by the corporation of an amendment to its annual registration designating a new registered agent and registered office if also discontinued or the thirty-first
day after the date on which the statement was filed.
History
(Code 1981, § 14-2-503, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1.)
Annotations
COMMENT Source: Model Act, § 5.03. This replaces former § 14-2-61. The Model Act required delivery of two copies of a statement of resignation, to provide the Secretary of State with copies to send to both the principal and registered offices of the corporation. Georgia practice under § 14-2-61(c) did not require the Secretary of State to mail a second copy to the principal office, but required the registered agent to do so. The Code preserves the existing Georgia practice, but eliminates the requirement that the agent file an affidavit that he has notified the corporation. The Code eliminates the circularity of having the registered agent mail a copy of the notice of intent to resign to the registered office, and requires mailing to one of the principal officers of the corporation, at the address shown in the annual registration. Section 14-2-1622(a)(4) requires the annual registration to list the ‘‘respective addresses’’ of these officers, which need not be identical with the principal office of the corporation. Thus the notice is expected to be sent to an address where a responsible officer will actually receive it. Cross-References Annual registration, see § 14-2-1622. Change of registered agent, see § 14-2-502. ‘‘Deliver’’ includes mail, see § 14-2-140. Effect of dissolution of corporation, see § 14-2-1408. Effective time and date of filing, see § 14-2-123. Filing fees, see § 14-2-122. Filing requirements, see § 14-2-120. ‘‘Mail’’ defined, see § 14-2-140. Notice, see § 14-2-141. ‘‘Principal office’’: defined, see § 14-2-140. Designated in annual registration, see § 14-2-1622. RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 168.
C.J.S. - 19 C.J.S., Corporations, § 679.