Filing fees

The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this Code section are delivered for filing: 598 14-3-123 Document Fee (1) Articles of incorporation ....................................$ 100.00 (2) Application for certificate of authority ................... 225.00 (3) Annual registration ......................................... 30.00 (4) Penalty for late filing of annual registration ........... 25.00 (5) Agent’s statement of resignation ......................... No fee (6) Certificate of judicial dissolution ......................... No fee (7) Articles of dissolution or intent to dissolve ............. No fee (8) Application of withdrawal .................................. No fee (9) Application for reservation of a corporate name ...... 25.00 (10) Statement of change of address of registered agent ..... $5.00 per corporation but not less than ........ 20.00 (11) Application for reinstatement ............................ 250.00 (12) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by this chapter ............................................ 20.00 (Code 1981, § 14-3-122, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1165, § 12; Ga. L. 1999, p. 405, § 15; Ga. L. 2003, p. 883, § 3; Ga. L. 2008, p. 253, § 8/SB 436; Ga. L. 2011, p. 430, § 3/SB 64.) COMMENT Unlike the Business Code, this Code imposes no penalty on foreign nonprofit corporations that fail or refuse to obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this state. Subsection (b) clarifies the absence of a penalty for late filing of annual reports. There is no counterpart in the Business Code, which simply eliminated the late filing penalty by a 1989 amendment to Section 14-2-122. 14-3-123. Effective time and date of document.