O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 14-3-1605 (2019)

Use of membership list

✓ 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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Without consent of the board, a membership list or any part thereof may not be obtained or used by any person for any purpose unrelated to a member’s interest as a member. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, without the consent of the board a membership list or any part thereof may not be:

(1) Used to solicit money or property unless such money or property will be used solely to solicit the votes of the members in an election to be held by the corporation;

(2) Used for any commercial purpose; or

(3) Sold to or purchased by any person.

History

(Code 1981, § 14-3-1605, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1.)

Annotations

COMMENT This section is based on the Model Act. It recognizes that the membership list of a nonprofit corporation may be a valuable asset, and it imposes restrictions on the use of membership lists. If the corporation believes that a member is seeking access to the membership list for an improper purpose, it may deny access and require the member to bring an action under section 14-3-1604.

T.14, C.3, A.16, P.2

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