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O.C.G.A. § 14-4-180 (2019)

Annual registration required

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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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It shall be the duty of all corporations incorporated by the Secretary of State to file with the Secretary of State an annual registration as prescribed by Code Section 14-2-1622.

History

(Ga. L. 1906, p. 105, § 2; Civil Code 1910, § 2209; Code 1933, § 22-1703; Code 1933, § 22-4601, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 152, § 69; Ga. L. 1977, p. 324, § 17; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1027, § 32.)

Annotations

COMMENT

Note to 1969 Amendment The 1969 amendment to this section added trust companies as corporations exempt from making annual reports.

Note to 1977 Amendment The 1977 amendment to this section changed the filing date for annual reports by Secretary of State corporations from November 1 to April 1 to correspond with the April 1 filing date for annual reports required of corporations organized under the Georgia Business Corporation Code. See § 14-2-351.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d. - 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 153.

C.J.S. - 19 C.J.S., Corporations, § 682.

ALR. - Persons liable under statutes imposing, upon directors, officers, or trustees of a corporation, personal liability for its debts on account of their failure to file or publish reports, required by law, as to corporate matters, 39 A.L.R.3d 428.