2020 Georgia Code
Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations
Chapter 2 - Business Corporations
Article 1 - General Provisions
Part 2 - Filing Documents
§ 14-2-122. Filing Fees and Penalties

The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees and penalties when the documents described in this Code section are delivered to him or her for filing:

Document Fee -------- --- (1) Articles of incorporation $ 100.00 (2) Application for certificate of authority 225.00 (3) Annual registration 50.00 (4) Penalty for late filing of annual registration 25.00 (5) Agent's statement of resignation No fee (6) Certificate of judicial dissolution No fee (7) Articles of dissolution or intent to dissolve No fee (8) Application of withdrawal No fee (9) Application for reservation of a corporate name 25.00 (10) Civil penalty for a foreign corporation transacting business in this state without a certificate of authority 500.00 (11) Statement of change of address of registered agent . . . . $5.00 per corporation but not less than 20.00 (12) Application for reinstatement 250.00 (13) Certificate of conversion 95.00 (14) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by this chapter 20.00

(Code 1981, §14-2-122, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 946, § 3; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1165, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 989, § 2; Ga. L. 2003, p. 883, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 455, § 1/SB 234; Ga. L. 2008, p. 253, § 1/SB 436; Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-34/HB 1055; Ga. L. 2011, p. 430, § 1/SB 64.)

- For survey article on business associations, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 35 (2008). For note, "Skimming from the 2%: The Status of Georgia's Restrictions on Shareholder Access to Corporate Information," 46 Ga. L. Rev. 835 (2012).

Source: Model Act, § 1.22. This reduces the large number of separate fees and charges presently provided in §§ 14-2-371 and14-2-372.

Section 14-2-122 establishes in a single section the filing fees for all documents that may be filed under the Code. The fee provisions have been simplified, by reducing the number of categories, and covering all other filings with a single fee.

Note to 1989 Amendment The 1989 amendments deleted subsection (4), providing penalties for late filings of annual registrations, and added subsection (6), specifying that there is no charge for reservation of a corporate name.

Note to 2007 Amendment The 2007 amendment inserted new paragraph (10), which imposes a $95.00 fee for filing a certificate of conversion, and redesignated former paragraph (10) as paragraph (11).

Cross-References Agent's change of registered office, see § 14-2-5.02. Agent's resignation, see § 14-2-503. Amended certificate of authority, see § 14-2-1504. Amendment of articles of incorporation, see §§ 14-2-602,14-2-631, and14-2-1006. Annual registration, see § 14-2-1622. Certificate of authority, see § 14-2-1503. Certificate of withdrawal, see § 14-2-1520. Certificates for copies of documents, see chapter 5 of this title. Copies of documents, see chapter 5 of this title. Corporation's change of registered agent or office, see § 14-2-502. Correction, see § 14-2-124. Dissolution: administrative, see § 14-2-1421. decree, see § 14-2-1433. judicial, see §§ 14-2-1430 &14-2-1431; reinstatement, see § 14-2-1422; revocation, see § 14-2-1404; voluntary, see § 14-2-1401 et seq. Evidentiary effect of certified copy, see § 14-2-127. Existence, certificate of, see § 14-2-128. Fee for copying and certifying copies of filed documents, see Title 14, Chapter 5. Fee for service of process on Secretary of State, see Title 14, Chapter 5. Incorporation, see § 14-2-201. Merger, see § 14-2-1105. Name of corporation, see § 14-2-401. Reserved name, see § 14-2-402. Restatement of articles of incorporation, see § 14-2-1007. Revocation of certificate of authority, see § 14-2-1531. Service on Secretary of State, see §§ 14-2-1107,14-2-1520 &14-2-1531. Share exchange, see § 14-2-1105.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 174, 278.

- 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 62. 19 C.J.S., Corporations, § 988.