2019 Georgia Code
Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation
Chapter 3 - Electrical Service
Article 4 - Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives
Part 13 - Powers and Duties of Foreign Electric Cooperatives Transacting Business in State Generally
§ 46-3-457. Designation of registered office and registered agent of foreign electric cooperative; maintenance by Secretary of State of offices and agents; consent to appointment as agent
(a) Each foreign electric cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall have and continuously maintain in this state:
(1) A registered office which may be, but need not be, the same as its place of business in this state; and
(2) A registered agent, which agent may be a natural person resident in this state whose business office is identical with such registered office, a domestic corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state, such domestic or foreign corporation having a business office identical with such registered office.
(b) The Secretary of State shall maintain current records, alphabetically arranged by corporate name, of the address of each foreign electric cooperative's registered office and of the name and address of each foreign electric cooperative's registered agent.
(c) No registered agent shall be appointed without his or its prior written consent. Such written consent shall be filed with or as part of the document first appointing any registered agent and shall be in such form as the Secretary of State may prescribe.
Code 1933, § 34C-1708, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.
