{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-46-8-78","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 46-8-78","heading":"Order of Secretary of State accepting surrender of charter and franchises and dissolving corporation; recording of petition, certificate of approval, certificate of publication, and order by Secretary of State.","body":"When the certificate of the judge of the probate court is filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to Code Section 46-8-77, and when the certificate of the Public Service Commission approving the application is likewise filed with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall pass an order under the seal of the state accepting the surrender of the charter and franchises and dissolving the corporation. The Secretary of State shall record the petition for dissolution, the certificate of approval of the Public Service Commission, the certificate of the judge of the probate court as to the publication, and an order accepting the surrender of the charter and franchises and dissolving the corporation named in the order.","path":["TITLE 46 Public Utilities and Public Transportation","CHAPTER 8 Railroad Companies","Article 3 Incorporation and Consolidation of Railroad Companies and Requirements as to Directors and Officers","PART 2 Consolidation, Merger, Surrender of Franchise, and Dissolution of Companies"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.46.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":"e34b6a17b1bc9357614c8178f60ca9bbcc71bd875b253538bc1fcf8edc3e2a43","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-46-8-77","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-46-8-79"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}