O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

43-4A-3 (2019)

Service of process agent for nonresident athlete agents

✓ 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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By acting as an athlete agent in this state, a nonresident individual appoints the Secretary of State as the individual’s agent for service of process in any civil action in this state related to the individual’s acting as an athlete agent in this state.

History

Code 1981, § 43-4A-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 651, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 370, § 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 776, § 2; Ga. L. 2003, p. 774, § 4; Code 1981, § 43-4A-3, as redes-

ignated by Ga. L. 2010, p. 376, § 2/SB 149.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. This Code section formerly pertained to creation of the Georgia Athlete Agent

Regulatory Commission, members, terms, removal, election of chairperson and vice chairperson, quorum, rules and standards of conduct, reimbursement of members, and the role of the secretary. The former Code section was based on Code 1981, § 43-4A-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 651, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19; Ga. L.

2003, p. 774, § 3, and was repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 376, § 2/SB 149, effective July 1, 2010. Law reviews. For note on 1989 amendment to this Code section, see 6 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 298 (1989).