Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 261.008 · Chapter 261. UTILITY SECURITY INSTRUMENTS
ENDORSEMENT AND FILING BY SECRETARY OF STATE; FEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The secretary of state shall endorse on a utility security instrument and any statement of name change, merger, or consolidation filed with the secretary of state:
(1) the day and hour of receipt; and
(2) the assigned file number.
(b) In the absence of other evidence, an endorsement under Subsection (a) is conclusive proof of the time and fact of filing.
(c) The secretary of state shall file in adequate filing devices and retain in the secretary of state's office all utility security instruments and statements of name change, merger, or consolidation filed with the secretary of state.
(d) The secretary of state shall charge a $25 fee to:
(1) file and index:
(A) a utility security instrument;
(B) an instrument that supplements or amends a utility security instrument; or
(C) a statement of name change, merger, or consolidation; and
(2) stamp a copy of a document described by Subdivision (1), provided by the secured party or the utility, to indicate the date and place of filing.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.261.htm
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