§ 14-2-1109.2 - Election to become corporation
O.C.G.A. 14-2-1109.2 (2010)
14-2-1109.2. Election to become corporation
(a) A foreign corporation, domestic limited partnership, foreign limited partnership, domestic general partnership, foreign general partnership, domestic limited liability company, or foreign limited liability company may elect to become a corporation. Such election shall require the approval of all of the electing entity's partners, members, or shareholders, or such other approval or compliance as may be sufficient under applicable law or the governing documents of the electing entity to authorize such election.
(b) Such election shall be made by delivering a certificate of conversion to the Secretary of State for filing. The certificate shall set forth:
(1) The name and jurisdiction of organization of the entity making the election;
(2) That the entity elects to become a corporation;
(3) The effective date, or the effective date and time, of such conversion if later than the date and time the certificate of conversion is filed;
(4) That the election has been approved as required by subsection (a) of this Code section;
(5) That filed with the certificate of conversion are articles of incorporation that are in the form required by Code Section 14-2-202, setting forth a name for the corporation that satisfies the requirements of Code Section 14-2-401, and stating that such articles of incorporation shall be the articles of incorporation of the corporation formed pursuant to such election unless and until modified in accordance with this chapter; and
(6) If not provided for in the articles of incorporation required by paragraph (5) of this subsection, a statement setting forth the manner and basis for converting the ownership interests in the entity making the election into shares of the corporation formed pursuant to such election.
(c) Upon the election becoming effective:
(1) The electing entity shall become a corporation formed under this chapter by such election, except that the existence of the corporation so formed shall be deemed to have commenced on the date the entity making the election commenced its existence in the jurisdiction in which such entity was first created, formed, incorporated, or otherwise came into being;
(2) The ownership interests in the entity making the conversion shall be converted on the basis stated or referred to in the certificate of conversion in accordance with paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of this Code section;
(3) The articles of incorporation filed with the certificate of conversion shall be the articles of incorporation of the corporation formed pursuant to such election unless and until amended in accordance with this chapter;
(4) The governing documents of the entity making the election shall be of no further force or effect;
(5) The corporation formed by such election shall thereupon and thereafter possess all of the rights, privileges, immunities, franchises, and powers of the entity making the election; all property, real, personal, and mixed, all contract rights, and all debts due to such entity, as well as all other choses in action, and each and every other interest of or belonging to or due to the entity making the election shall be taken and deemed to be vested in the corporation formed by such election without further act or deed; the title to any real estate, or any interest therein, vested in the entity making the election shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of such election; and none of such items shall be deemed to have been conveyed, transferred, or assigned by reason of such election for any purpose; and
(6) The corporation formed by such election shall thereupon and thereafter be responsible and liable for all the liabilities and obligations of the entity making the election, and any claim existing or action or proceeding pending by or against such entity may be prosecuted as if such election had not become effective. Neither the rights of creditors nor any liens upon the property of the entity making such election shall be impaired by such election.
(d) A conversion pursuant to this Code section shall not be deemed to constitute a dissolution of the entity making the election and shall constitute a continuation of the existence of the entity making the election in the form of a corporation. A corporation formed by an election pursuant to this Code section shall for all purposes be deemed to be the same entity as the entity making such election.
(e) A corporation formed by an election pursuant to this Code section may file a copy of such certificate of conversion, certified by the Secretary of State, in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county where any real property owned by such corporation is located and record such certified copy of the certificate of conversion in the books kept by such clerk for recordation of deeds in such county with the entity electing to become a corporation indexed as the grantor and the corporation indexed as the grantee. No real estate transfer tax under Code Section 48-6-1 shall be due with respect to the recordation of such election.