O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 14-3-1508 (2019)

Change of registered office or 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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(a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may change its registered office or registered agent by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing an amendment to its annual registration that sets forth:

(1) Its name;

(2) The street address of its current registered office;

(3) If the current registered office is to be changed, the street address of its new registered office;

(4) The name of its current registered agent; and

(5) That after the change or changes are made, the street addresses of its registered office and the business office of its registered agent will be identical.

(b) If a registered agent changes the street address of his or her business office, he or she may change the street address of the registered office of any foreign corporation for which he or she is the registered agent by notifying the corporation in writing of the change and signing (either manually or in facsimile) and delivering to the Secretary of State for filing an amendment to the annual registration that complies with the requirements of subsection (a) of this Code section.

History

(Code 1981, § 14-3-1508, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, §§ 66, 68.)

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Who is ‘‘general’’ or ‘‘managing’’ agent of foreign corporation under statute

authorizing service of process on such agent, 17 ALR3d 625.