Dissolving your LLC in Georgia Step 1: Initial member vote to dissolve. Step 2: Wind up the LLC's business affairs. Step 3: Notify known creditors and claimants. Step 4: Settle final tax obligations. Step 5: Submit Certificate of Termination.
The following are Georgia's requirements for directors of corporations: Minimum number. Corporations must have one or more directors.
Entity addresses can be changed by filing an annual registration. If an annual registration has already been filed for the current renewal period, then an entity's address may be changed by filing an amended annual registration. The annual registration or amended annual registration may be filed here.
Georgia residents are subject to Georgia state and U.S. federal laws. Federal laws apply in Georgia as they do across all 50 states. In addition to the U.S. Constitution, which is the supreme law of the U.S., federal laws include statutes that are periodically codified in the U.S. Code.
Many states in the US have enacted data privacy and protection laws. However, many states, such as Georgia, have yet to propose or implement a law.
Every business needs an operating license, which is obtained from the county or city in which the business resides. Please contact your local business licensing office which is generally housed within city hall.
The By-Laws outline the rules on annual and special meetings, voting, quorum, notice of meeting and auditors and inspectors of election. They further emphasize procedures for qualification, nomination, election and compensation of the directors. The By-Laws also identify the officers of the company and their functions.
Corporate bylaws are legally required in Georgia. The board of directors usually adopts initial bylaws at the first organizational meeting.
Rule 4.1: Truthfulness in Statements to Others fail to disclose a material fact to a third person when disclosure is necessary to avoid assisting a criminal or fraudulent act by a client, unless disclosure is prohibited by Rule 1.6.
Rule 1.6 applies not merely to matters communicated in confidence by the client but also to all information gained in the professional relationship, whatever its source. A lawyer may not disclose such information except as authorized or required by the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct or other law.