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(Code 1981, §14-2-925, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1.)
Source: Model Statutory Close Corporation Supplement, § 24. Former § 14-2-150(b) provided that any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary.
This section, which was derived from the Maryland close corporation statute, is designed to facilitate the authentication of documents in a statutory close corporation. Many small corporations have only one shareholder or one officer.
Cross-References Execution of documents by facsimile signature, see § 14-2-150. Filing requirements, see § 14-2-120. Holding two or more offices simultaneously, see § 14-2-840. Secretary of corporation, see § 14-2-140. Signatures on share certificates, see § 14-2-625.
- 18B Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 1291 et seq.
- 19 C.J.S., Corporations, §§ 690, 745.
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