The societies referred to in Code Section 14-5-49 shall be bodies politic and corporate for the purposes of receiving in their distinct and proper names by their trustees or officers all property, both personal and real, by purchase, gift, or bequest. They may plead, be impleaded, contract, and be contracted with. When any such society shall have entered the names of its trustees or officers and shall have recorded its name, style, and objects as required by law, it may defend and be defended and shall then be entitled to all the benefits of Code Sections 14-5-46 through 14-5-48.
History. Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 272, § 2; Code 1873, § 2347; Code 1882, § 2347; Civil Code 1895, § 2357; Civil Code 1910, § 2830; Code 1933, § 22-414; Code 1933, § 22-5511, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations
Chapter 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Corporations
Article 3 - Corporations Organized for Religious, Fraternal, or Educational Purposes
§ 14-5-40. Applicability of Chapter 3 of Title
§ 14-5-41. Validity of Contracts and Deposits; Enforcement
§ 14-5-42. Authority to Act as Trustee of Charitable Trust
§ 14-5-43. Church Represented by Majority; Effect of Withdrawal of Part of Congregation
§ 14-5-44. Church Edifice Liable to Sale for Debt
§ 14-5-45. Interference by Courts With Management of Church
§ 14-5-46. Conveyances to Churches or Religious Societies Confirmed
§ 14-5-47. Authority of Churches or Religious Societies Over Trustees Holding Land for Their Use
§ 14-5-49. Applicability of Code Sections 14-5-46 Through 14-5-48 to Other Societies
§ 14-5-50. Corporate Rights Generally
§ 14-5-51. Powers of Eleemosynary and Religious Corporations Extended