Articles of Correction; Effective Date

1. Law
2. Georgia Code
3. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations
4. Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act
5. Formation, Amendment, Cancellation, Merger
6. Articles of Correction; Effective Date

1. A limited partnership may correct a document filed by the Secretary of State if the document:
   1. Contains an incorrect statement; or
   2. Was defectively executed, attested, sealed, verified, or acknowledged.
2. A document is corrected:
   1. By preparing articles of correction that:
      1. Describe the document, including its filing date;
      2. Specify the incorrect statement and the reason it is incorrect or the manner in which the execution was defective; and
      3. Correct the incorrect statement or defective execution; and
   2. By delivering the articles of correction to the Secretary of State for filing.
3. Articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document they correct except as to persons relying on the uncorrected document and adversely affected by the correction. As to those persons, articles of correction are effective when filed.

(Code 1981, §14-9-206.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 405, § 27; Ga. L. 2002, p. 989, § 13.)

Editor's notes.

- There were no Code sections designated §§ 14-9-206.2 through14-9-206.4 in the "Georgia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act" as enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1016. However, in 1997, Code Section14-9-206.2 was enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1380, § 2 and, in 1999, Code Section14-9-206.3 was enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 405, § 27.

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