Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 71.151 · Subchapter D. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE
DURATION AND RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A certificate is effective for a term not to exceed 10 years from the date the certificate is filed.
(b) A certificate is void at the end of the certificate's stated term, unless within six months preceding the certificate's expiration date the registrant files in the office of a county clerk and the secretary of state, if applicable, a renewal certificate complying with the requirements of this chapter for an original certificate.
(c) A registrant may renew a certificate under this section for any number of successive terms, but each term may not exceed 10 years.
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.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.71.htm
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