{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-14-2-1002","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 14-2-1002","heading":"Amendment by board of directors.","body":"Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a corporation’s board of directors may adopt one or more amendments to the corporation’s articles of incorporation without shareholder action:\n(1) To extend the duration of the corporation if it was incorporated at a time when limited duration was required by law;\n(2) To delete the names and addresses of the initial directors;\n(3) To delete the name and address of the initial registered agent or registered office, if an annual registration is on file with the Secretary of State;\n(4) To delete the name and address of each incorporator;\n(5) To delete the mailing address of the initial principal office of the corporation if an annual registration is on file with the Secretary of State;\n(6) To change each issued or each issued and unissued authorized share of an outstanding class into a greater number of whole shares if the corporation has only shares of that class outstanding;\n(7) To change or eliminate the par value of each issued and unissued share of an outstanding class if the corporation has only shares of that class outstanding;\n(8) To change the corporate name; or\n(9) To make any other change expressly permitted by this chapter to be made without shareholder action.","path":["TITLE 14 Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations","CHAPTER 2 Business Corporations","Article 10 Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws","PART 1 Amendment of Articles of Incorporation"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.14.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"a05859e9c7b024ed1b974563c05b4dc1b448d331dda0e561a0a1e79f0c4bdb33","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-14-2-1001","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-14-2-1003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}