{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-14-3-810","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 14-3-810","heading":"Removal of director by court.","body":"(a) The superior court may remove any director of the corporation from office in a proceeding commenced either by the corporation, its members holding at least 10 percent of the voting power of any class, or, in the case of a corporation described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Code Section 14-3-1302, the Attorney General, if the court finds that:\n(1) The director engaged in fraudulent or dishonest conduct, or gross abuse of authority or discretion, with respect to the corporation, or a final judgment has been entered finding that the director has violated a duty set forth in Code Section 14-3-830 or 14-3-831, or the director has been subjected to sanction for participation in a “director’s conflicting interest transaction” as defined in paragraph (2) of Code Section 14-3-860; and\n(2) Removal is in the best interest of the corporation.\n(b) The court that removes a director may bar the director from serving on the board for a period prescribed by the court.\n(c) If members or the Attorney General commence a proceeding under subsection (a) of this Code section, the corporation shall be made a party defendant.","path":["TITLE 14 Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations","CHAPTER 3 Nonprofit 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":"88d4b5e0cbe7cf3682ce408c92cda52c4288b50b0899c2211c6e810822ac2bff","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-14-3-809","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-14-3-811"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}