A foreign corporation transacting business in this state on or after July 1, 1991, is subject to this chapter.A foreign corporation that is authorized to transact business or conduct affairs in this state on July 1, 1991, is not required to obtain a new certificate of authority.
(Code 1981, §14-3-1702, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 36 Am. Jur. 2d, Foreign Corporations, § 40 et seq.
C.J.S.- 19 C.J.S., Corporations, § 971.
ALR.
- Effect of domestication of foreign corporations, 18 A.L.R. 130; 126 A.L.R. 1503.
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.