Notice

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations
  4. Limited Liability Companies
  5. Agency; Management; Duties; Liability
  6. Notice

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Except as otherwise provided in the articles of organization or a written operating agreement:

  1. Notice shall be in writing unless oral notice is reasonable under the circumstances;
  2. Notice may be communicated in person; by telephone, electronic transmission, or other form of wire or wireless communication; or by mail or private carrier. If these forms of personal notice are impracticable, notice may be communicated by a newspaper of general circulation in the area where published or by radio, television, or other form of public broadcast communication;
  3. Written notice to a person that is required by this title to maintain a registered agent and a registered office in this state may be, but is not required to be, addressed to its registered agent at its registered office;
  4. Written notice, if in a comprehensible form, is effective at the earliest of the following:
    1. When received, or when delivered, properly addressed, as permitted by paragraph (2) of this Code section or to the addressee's last known principal place of business or residence;
    2. Five days, or such other period as shall be provided in the articles of organization or a written operating agreement, after its deposit in the mail, as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed with first-class postage prepaid and correctly addressed to a member or manager at the address shown in the limited liability company's current record of members or managers; or
    3. On the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee;
  5. Oral notice is effective when communicated if communicated in a comprehensible manner;
  6. In calculating time periods for notice under this chapter, when a period of time measured in days, weeks, months, years, or other measurement of time is prescribed for the exercise of any privilege or the discharge of any duty, the first day shall not be counted but the last day shall be counted; and
  7. If this chapter prescribes notice requirements for particular circumstances, those requirements govern.

(Code 1981, §14-11-311, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 123, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3; Ga. L. 2009, p. 108, § 5/HB 308.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.


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