{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-14-2-808","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 14-2-808","heading":"Removal of directors by shareholders.","body":"(a) The shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause unless the articles of incorporation or a bylaw adopted by the shareholders provides that directors may be removed only for cause.\n(b) If a director is elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the shareholders of that voting group may participate in the vote to remove him.\n(c) If cumulative voting is authorized, a director may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect him under cumulative voting is voted against his removal. If cumulative voting is not authorized, a director may be removed only by a majority of the votes entitled to be cast.\n(d) If the directors have staggered terms as provided in Code Section 14-2-806, directors may be removed only for cause, unless the articles of incorporation or a bylaw adopted by the shareholders provides otherwise.\n(e) A director may be removed by the shareholders only at a meeting called for the purpose of removing him and the meeting notice must state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is removal of the director.","path":["TITLE 14 Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations","CHAPTER 2 Business Corporations","Article 8 Directors and Officers","PART 1 Board of Directors"],"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":"d0c16bc8ba86d6058b903ea9b60c4f455968937b7f0f1b7e5d9a46d89d652c85","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-14-2-807","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-14-2-810"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}