This series consists of original charters (articles of incorporation) citing: (1) name of insurance company, (2) names of petitioners, (3) objectives and purposes of corporation, (4) members of board, (5) signatures of petitioners, (6) signed affidavit by a notary public, and (7) certification of published public notice by local newspaper of intention to incorporate. Also included are: (1) amendments to charters, (2) renewals (every 30 years), (3) mergers, (4) surrenders of charters, and (5) related correspondence. It is with these documents that an insurance company is chartered or incorporated in the State of Georgia in accordance with Georgia Code Annotated, Title 56 as authorized by the State Constitution. The charters within this series are "inactive" which means that they have been surrendered (as the insurance companies were dissolved).