{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-14-4-23","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 14-4-23","heading":"Objection to grant of charter; hearing thereon.","body":"It shall be the right of any person, order, lodge, society, or corporation interested in the result of an application to obtain a charter or the authorization of articles of incorporation in which the name of such person, order, lodge, society, or corporation is used unlawfully under Code Section 14-4-22 to file written objections and to appear before the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State, after hearing the issue formed by the application and objections filed thereto and after hearing evidence thereon, may in his discretion grant or refuse such charter or articles of incorporation. Such application and objections filed thereto may be heard within the office of the Secretary of State at such reasonable time as he may designate.","path":["TITLE 14 Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations","CHAPTER 4 Secretary of State Corporations","Article 2 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":"4e0a28b38da401b65edc21cbd1aef7ae214c7e80c7f1aff34ba935dd159258e2","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-14-4-22","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-14-4-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}