{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-12-55","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-12-55","heading":"Certification of tax-exempt status of organization; issuance of certificate of licensure.","body":"The Secretary of State shall upon the request of any prosecuting attorney or his or her designee certify the status of any organization as to that organization’s exemption from payment of state income taxes as a nonprofit organization. The Secretary of State shall also upon request issue a certificate indicating whether any particular organization holds a currently valid license to operate a bingo game. Code Section 48-7-60, relative to the disclosure of income tax information, shall not apply to the furnishing of such certificate.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 12 Offenses Against Public Health and Morals","Article 2 Gambling and Related Offenses","PART 2 Bingo"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.16.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":"168b1aaffa01123755586e97437ba4d48b069ce1ef088c142a49e1adb58058c4","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-12-54","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-12-56"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}