Notice of Intent to Change Corporate Name

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  2. Georgia Code
  3. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations
  4. Nonprofit Corporations
  5. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
  6. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation
  7. Notice of Intent to Change Corporate Name

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  1. Together with the articles of amendment which change the name of the corporation, the corporation shall deliver to the Secretary of State an undertaking, which may appear in the articles of amendment or be set forth in a letter or other instrument executed by an incorporator or any person authorized to act on behalf of the corporation, to publish a notice of the filing of the articles of amendment as required by subsection (b) of this Code section.
  2. No later than the next business day following the delivery of the articles of amendment and certificate as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section, the corporation shall mail or deliver to the publisher of a newspaper which is the official organ of the county where the registered office of the corporation is located or which is the newspaper of general circulation published within such county whose most recently published annual statement of ownership and circulation reflects a minimum of 60 percent paid circulation a request to publish a notice in substantially the following form:

    The request for publication of the notice shall be accompanied by a check, draft, or money order in the amount of $40.00 in payment for the cost of publication. The notice shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks commencing within ten days after receipt of the notice by the newspaper. Failure on the part of the corporation to mail or deliver the notice or payment therefor or failure on the part of the newspaper to publish the notice in compliance with this subsection shall not invalidate the articles of amendment or the change of the name of the corporation.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 95. 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 233.

C.J.S.

- 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 80.

ALR.

- Applicability to corporations not organized for profit of statutes prescribing conditions under which foreign corporations may do business within state, 37 A.L.R. 1283.

Necessity that newspaper be published in English language to satisfy requirements regarding publication of legal or official notice, 90 A.L.R. 500.


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