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O.C.G.A. § 14-3-1507 — Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation | Georgia Code
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TITLE 14 CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

Section 3. Nonprofit Corporations, 14-3-101 through 14-3-1703.

ARTICLE 15 FOREIGN CORPORATIONS

14-3-1507. Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation.

Each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state must continuously maintain in this state:

  1. A registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and
  2. A registered agent, who may be:
    1. An individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office;
    2. A domestic corporation, domestic business corporation, or domestic limited liability company whose business office is identical with the registered office; or
    3. A foreign corporation, foreign business corporation, or foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office.

(Code 1981, §14-3-1507, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2016, p. 225, § 3-4/SB 128.)

The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, substituted "corporation, domestic business corporation, or domestic limited liability company" for "corporation or domestic business corporation" in subparagraph (2)(B) and substituted "corporation, foreign business corporation, or foreign limited liability company" for "corporation or foreign business corporation" in subparagraph (2)(C).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 36 Am. Jur. 2d, Foreign Corporations, § 476 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 19 C.J.S., Corporations, § 987.

ALR.

- Who is "general" or "managing" agent of foreign corporation under statute authorizing service of process on such agent, 17 A.L.R.3d 625.

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