Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 71.102 · Subchapter C. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO INCORPORATED BUSINESS OR PROFESSION AND CERTAIN OTHER ENTITIES
CONTENTS OF CERTIFICATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The certificate must state:
(1) the assumed name under which the business is or is to be conducted or the professional service is or is to be rendered;
(2) the registrant's name as stated in the registrant's certificate of formation or application filed with the office of the secretary of state or other comparable document, except that:
(A) if the registrant is a limited liability company that is filing under an assumed name used by a protected series of the limited liability company, the certificate must state the name of that protected series as stated in the company agreement of the limited liability company and the name of the limited liability company as stated in the company's certificate of formation; or
(B) if the registrant is a registered series of a limited liability company, the certificate must state the registrant's name as stated in its certificate of registered series and the name of the limited liability company as stated in the company's certificate of formation;
(3) the state, country, or other jurisdiction under the laws of which the registrant was formed, incorporated, or organized;
(4) the period, not to exceed 10 years, during which the registrant will use the assumed name;
(5) a statement specifying that the registrant is:
(A) a for-profit corporation, nonprofit corporation, professional corporation, professional association, or other type of corporation;
(B) a limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or registered series of a limited liability company; or
(C) another type of incorporated business, professional or other association, or legal entity, foreign or domestic;
(6) the street or mailing address of the registrant's principal office in this state or outside this state, as applicable; and
(7) the county or counties in this state where the registrant is or will be conducting business or rendering professional services under the assumed name.
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.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 84 (S.B. 1442), Sec. 67, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 563 (S.B. 699), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 43 (S.B. 1523), Sec. 8, eff. June 1, 2022.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.71.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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