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Names of Texas Business Organizations, Registered Agents and Registered Offices
§ 5.001. EFFECT ON RIGHTS UNDER OTHER LAW.
§ 5.002. EVIDENCE OF ESTABLISHED RIGHT TO INDISTINGUISHABLE NAME.
Notwithstanding §§ 5.053, 5.102, and 5.153, the secretary of state may accept a name if the entity or person seeking acceptance of the filing instrument with the indistinguishable name delivers to the secretary of state a certified copy of the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that establishes the entity's or person's right to the name in this state.
B. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO NAMES OF ENTITIES
§ 5.051. ASSUMED NAME.
A domestic entity or a foreign entity having authority to transact business in this state may transact business under an assumed name by filing an assumed name certificate in accordance with Chapter 71, Business & Commerce Code. The requirements of this subchapter do not apply to an assumed name set forth in an assumed name certificate filed under that chapter.
§ 5.052. UNAUTHORIZED PURPOSE IN NAME PROHIBITED.
§ 5.053. DISTINGUISHABLE NAMES REQUIRED.
(a) The name of a filing entity or the name under which a foreign filing entity registers to transact business in this state must be distinguishable in the records of the secretary of state from:
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the other entity or the person for whom the name is reserved or registered, as appropriate, provides to the secretary of state a notarized written statement of the entity's or person's consent to the use of the similar name. §§ 4.007 and 4.008 apply to a written consent to the use of a similar name under this subsection to the same extent those §§ apply to filing instruments.
§ 5.054. NAME OF CORPORATION, FOREIGN CORPORATION, PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, OR FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION.
§ 5.055. NAME OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OR FOREIGN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
§ 5.056. NAME OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
§ 5.057. NAME OF COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION OR FOREIGN COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.
§ 5.058. NAME OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OR FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION.
§ 5.059. NAME OF PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
§ 5.060. NAME OF PROFESSIONAL ENTITY OR FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL ENTITY; CONFLICTS WITH OTHER LAW OR ETHICAL RULE.
The name of a professional entity or foreign professional entity must not be contrary to a statute or regulation of this state that governs a person who provides a professional service through the professional entity or foreign professional entity, including a rule of professional ethics.
§ 5.061. NAME CONTAINING "LOTTO" OR "LOTTERY" PROHIBITED.
A filing entity or a foreign filing entity may not have a name that contains the word "lotto" or "lottery."
§ 5.062. VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS; UNAUTHORIZED USE OF NAME.
§ 5.063. NAME OF LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP.
C. RESERVATION OF NAMES
§ 5.101. APPLICATION FOR RESERVATION OF NAME.
(a) Any person may file an application with the secretary of state to reserve the exclusive use of a name under this chapter.
§ 5.102. LIMITATION ON THE RESERVATION OF CERTAIN NAMES.
(a) The secretary of state may reserve a name under this subchapter only if the name is distinguishable in the records of the secretary of state from:
§ 5.103. ACTION ON APPLICATION.
If the secretary of state determines that the name specified in the application is eligible for reservation, the secretary shall reserve that name for the exclusive use of the applicant.
§ 5.104. DURATION OF RESERVATION OF NAME.
§ 5.1041. PROHIBITION ON FEE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF RESERVATION OF NAME.
The secretary of state may not impose a fee for the filing of a written notice of withdrawal of a reservation of name.
§ 5.105. RENEWAL OF RESERVATION.
§ 5.106. TRANSFER OF RESERVATION OF NAME.
(a) A person may transfer the person's reservation of a name by filing with the secretary of state a notice of transfer.
D. REGISTRATION OF NAMES
§ 5.151. APPLICATION BY CERTAIN ENTITIES FOR REGISTRATION OF NAME.
§ 5.152. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF NAME.
(a) To register a name under this subchapter, an organization must file an application with the secretary of state.
§ 5.153. LIMITATION ON THE REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN NAMES.
(a) The secretary of state may register a name under this subchapter only if the name is distinguishable in the records of the secretary of state from:
§ 5.154. DURATION OF REGISTRATION OF NAME.
§ 5.155. RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION.
E. REGISTERED AGENTS AND REGISTERED OFFICES
§ 5.200. DEFINITIONS.
§ 5.201. DESIGNATION AND MAINTENANCE OF REGISTERED AGENT AND REGISTERED OFFICE.
§ 5.2011. CONSENT TO SERVE AS REGISTERED AGENT.
(a) The designation or appointment of a person as registered agent by an organizer or managerial official of an entity in a registered agent filing is an affirmation by the organizer or managerial official that the person named as registered agent has consented to serve in that capacity.
§ 5.202. CHANGE BY ENTITY TO REGISTERED OFFICE OR REGISTERED AGENT.
(a) A filing entity or foreign filing entity may change its registered office, its registered agent, or both by filing a statement of the change in accordance with Chapter 4.
§ 5.203. CHANGE BY REGISTERED AGENT TO NAME OR ADDRESS OF REGISTERED OFFICE.
(a) The registered agent of a filing entity or a foreign filing entity may change its name, its address as the address of the entity's registered office, or both by filing a statement of the change in accordance with Chapter 4.
§ 5.204. RESIGNATION OF REGISTERED AGENT.
(a) A registered agent of a filing entity or a foreign filing entity may resign as the registered agent by giving notice to that entity and to the appropriate filing officer.
§ 5.205. REJECTION OF APPOINTMENT.
(a) A person designated or appointed as an entity's registered agent in a registered agent filing without the person's consent may terminate the person's appointment or designation as registered agent by filing a statement of rejection of appointment with the filing officer.
§ 5.206. DUTIES OF REGISTERED AGENT.
§ 5.207. DESIGNATION OF REGISTERED AGENT WITHOUT CONSENT; PENALTIES AND LIABILITIES.
§§ 4.007 and 4.008 apply with respect to a false statement in a registered agent filing that names a person the registered agent of a represented entity without the person's consent.
§ 5.208. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.
(a) A person designated or appointed as the registered agent of a represented entity is not liable solely because of the person's designation or appointment as registered agent for the debts, liabilities, or obligations of the represented entity.
F. SERVICE OF PROCESS ON ENTITY
§ 5.251. FAILURE TO DESIGNATE REGISTERED AGENT.
§ 5.252. SERVICE ON SECRETARY OF STATE.
§ 5.253. ACTION BY SECRETARY OF STATE.
(a) After service in compliance with Section 5.252, the secretary of state shall immediately send one of the copies of the process, notice, or demand to the named entity.
§ 5.254. REQUIRED RECORDS OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
§ 5.255. AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS, NOTICE, OR DEMAND AS MATTER OF LAW.
§ 5.256. OTHER MEANS OF SERVICE NOT PRECLUDED.
This chapter does not preclude other means of service of process, notice, or demand on a domestic or foreign entity as provided by other law.
§ 5.257. SERVICE OF PROCESS BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
(a) A process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served by a political subdivision of this state or by a person, including another political subdivision or an attorney, acting on behalf of a political subdivision in connection with the collection of a delinquent ad valorem tax may be served on a domestic or foreign corporation whose corporate privileges are forfeited under Section 171.251, Tax Code, a domestic or foreign limited liability company whose right to transact business in this state is forfeited under Section 171.2515, Tax Code, or a corporation or limited liability company that is involuntarily terminated under Chapter 11 or whose registration is revoked under Chapter 9 by delivery of the process, notice, or demand to any officer or director of the corporation or manager or member of the limited liability company, as listed in the most recent records of the secretary of state.
F-1. SERVICE OF PROCESS ON SERIES OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR FOREIGN ENTITY
§ 5.301. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
This subchapter applies to service of process, notice, or demand on a series of a domestic limited liability company or a series of a foreign entity.
§ 5.302. AGENT FOR SERIES.
(a) The registered agent designated and maintained by a domestic limited liability company or foreign entity under Subchapter E is an agent of each series of the company or entity for the purpose of service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on a particular series of the company or entity.
§ 5.303. DUTIES OF REGISTERED AGENT.
(a) For purposes of Section 5.206, on service or receipt of process, notice, or demand that complies with the requirements of Section 5.302(b), the only duties of the registered agent are to:
§ 5.304. SERVICE ON SECRETARY OF STATE.
(a) The secretary of state is an agent of a series of a domestic limited liability company or foreign entity for purposes of service of process, notice, or demand on the series of the company or entity if the secretary of state is the agent of the company or entity pursuant to Section 5.251.
§ 5.305. SERVICE ON GOVERNING PERSONS.
(a) Each governing person of a series of a domestic limited liability company as described by Section 101.608 is an agent of the series for the purpose of service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the series.
§ 5.306. SERVICE OF PROCESS BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
(a) For purposes of Section 5.257, a process, notice, or demand may be served on a series of a domestic limited liability company by delivery of the process, notice, or demand to any governing person of the series as described by Section 101.608.