O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 14-9-1104 (2019)

Duty of Secretary of State to file documents

✓ 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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The Secretary of State’s duty to file documents under this chapter is ministerial. His filing or refusing to file a document does not:

(1) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part;

(2) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or

(3) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.

History

(Code 1981, § 14-9-1104, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1016, § 1.)

Annotations

COMMENT Note to Georgia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act This section provides that the Secretary of State’s duty is ministerial, so that his filing or refusing to file a document does not validate or invalidate the substance of the document. Prior Georgia Law There is no comparable provision.

CORPORATIONS & PARTNERSHIPS

Comparison With Official RULPA There is no comparable provision in the official version. Cross-References Effect of filing certificate of limited partnership and of cancellation of certificate: § 14-9-201(b). Effect of filing certificates of amendment, cancellation and merger: § 14-9-206(b)-(d). Effect of issuing certificate of authority for foreign limited partnership: § 14-9-903(c).

ARTICLE 12 APPLICABILITY RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 59A Am. Jur. 2d, Partnership, § 770 et seq.

C.J.S. - 68 C.J.S., Partnership, § 559 et seq.