2025 Code of Georgia
Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations (Chs. 1 — 11)
Chapter 2 - Business Corporations (Arts. 1 — 18)
Article 2 - Incorporation (§§ 14-2-201 — 14-2-207)
Annotations
Research References & Practice Aids
Administrative rules and regulations.Articles of Incorporation, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Office of Secretary of State, Commissioner of Corporations, Chapter 590-7-3.
Law reviews.For article discussing the advantage of incorporation by farmers, see 4 Ga. St. B. J. 335 (1968).
For article, “Comparison of Features of Old and New Business Corporation Laws Relating to Domestic Corporations,” see 5 Ga. St. B. J. 13 (1968).
For article, “Foreign Corporations in Georgia,” see 10 Ga. St. B. J. 243 (1973).
For article, “Changes in Corporate Practice under Georgia’s New Business Corporation Code,” see 40 Mercer L. Rev. 655 (1989).
For article, “Georgia’s New Business Corporation Code,” see 24 Ga. St. B. J. 158 (1988).
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR.Liability of officers, directors, or members of defectively organized corporation to one of their number for advances, commissions, etc., 115 A. L. R. 658.
Organization sought to be incorporated under an unconstitutional statute as a de facto corporation, 136 A. L. R. 187.
Construction and effect of corporate articles, charter, or bylaws limiting duration or maturity of its indebtedness, 55 A. L. R.2d 949.
Liability of attorney for improper or ineffective incorporation of client, 40 A. L. R.4th 535.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 14
O. C. G. A. Title 14, Ch. 2
- § 14-2-201. Incorporators
- § 14-2-201.1. Publication of notice of intent to file articles of incorporation
- § 14-2-202. [Effective July 1, 2026] Articles of incorporation
- § 14-2-203. Incorporation
- § 14-2-204. Liability for preincorporation transactions
- § 14-2-205. Organization of corporation
- § 14-2-206. [Effective July 1, 2026] Bylaws
- § 14-2-207. Emergency bylaws