{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-17-7","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-17-7","heading":"Prohibition against issuance of certificate of authority from Secretary of State.","body":"All corporations, limited liability companies, and other business entities which are engaged in payday lending in the State of Georgia are prohibited from obtaining any certificate of authority from the Secretary of State or from the Department of Banking and Finance, and engaging in such payday lending activity in the State of Georgia shall result in the revocation of any existing certificate of authority.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 17 Payday Lending"],"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":"8c3a0ac17207f2a089e7b02642d444dcea4c97a40a8ea6d12a691a475dd69c13","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-17-6","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-17-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}