O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 14-3-203 (2019)

Effect of filing articles of incorporation

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

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(a) Unless a delayed effective date is specified, the corporate existence begins when the articles of incorporation are filed.

(b) The Secretary of State’s filing of the articles of incorporation is conclusive proof that the incorporators satisfied all conditions precedent to incorporation except in a proceeding by the state to cancel or revoke the incorporation or administratively dissolve the corporation.

History

(Code 1981, § 14-3-203, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1.)

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 171.

C.J.S. - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 69 et seq.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1994–1994 · leading case: Coastal Georgia Reg'l Dev. Ctr. v. Higdon, 439 S.E.2d 902 (Ga. 1994).

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Coastal Georgia Reg'l Dev. Ctr. v. Higdon, 439 S.E.2d 902 (Ga. 1994). · cites it 2× “Although CADDAI is a nonprofit corporation which was created by CGRDC prior to 1992, it nevertheless became a viable corporate entity when its articles of incorporation were filed with the Secretary of State.”

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