2021 Georgia Code
Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations
Chapter 2 - Business Corporations
Article 5 - Office and Agent
Part 1 - Registered Agents and Service of Process
§ 14-2-501. Registered Office and Registered Agent
Each corporation must continuously maintain in this state:
- A registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and
- A registered agent, who may be:
- A person who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office;
- A domestic corporation, nonprofit domestic corporation, or domestic limited liability company whose business office is identical with the registered office; or
- A foreign corporation, nonprofit foreign corporation, or foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office.
(Code 1981, §14-2-501, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 405, § 5; Ga. L. 2016, p. 225, § 3-1/SB 128.)
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, substituted ", nonprofit domestic corporation, or domestic limited liability company" for "or nonprofit domestic corporation" in subparagraph (2)(B); and substituted ", nonprofit foreign corporation, or foreign limited liability company" for "or nonprofit foreign corporation" in subparagraph (2)(C).
Law reviews.- For article, "The Georgia Long Arm Statute: A Significant Advance in the Concept of Personal Jurisdiction," see 4 Ga. St. B. J. 13 (1967). For article summarizing law relating to jurisdiction and venue over domestic and foreign corporations in Georgia, and service thereon, see 21 Mercer L. Rev. 457 (1970). For comment on Lamex, Inc. v. Sterling Extruder Corp., 109 Ga. App. 92, 135 S.E.2d 445 (1964), see 2 Ga. St. B. J. 127 (1965). For comment discussing the drawbacks of using the county of incorporation to determine the proper place for filing financial statement, in light of In re Carmichael Enterprises, Inc., 334 F. Supp. 94 (N.D. Ga. 1971), aff'd per curiam, 460 F.2d 1405 (5th Cir. 1972), see 9 Ga. St. B. J. 388 (1973).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 168.
C.J.S.- 19 C.J.S., Corporations, § 679.
