Legal Question in Business Law in Georgia

audit financial records of business

if you have stock (20%) in a company and you

feel that the major stockholder is wasting

the company's assets to start other

businesses or to put them in his own name,

how can the minor stockholder call for an

audit to see where the assets are going.


Asked on 3/21/00, 12:20 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Jeff Kent Kent & Merritt, P.A.

Re: audit financial records of business

You should be able to see the records, if your reason for seeing them is a legitimate, reasonable one. Check out O.C.G.A. Sections 14-2-1602(b) and (c). You can find this statute at http://www.georgianet.org/services/ocode/ocgsearch.htm. Good luck!

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Answered on 5/08/00, 11:06 am


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