O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 14-3-1507 (2019)

Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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

CORPORATIONS & PARTNERSHIPS

(1) A registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and

(2) A registered agent, who may be:

(A) An individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office;

(B) A domestic corporation, domestic business corporation, or domestic limited liability company whose business office is identical with the registered office; or

(C) 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.

History

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

Annotations

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 ALR3d 625.