Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 71.152 · Subchapter D. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE
MATERIAL CHANGE IN INFORMATION; NEW CERTIFICATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Not later than the 60th day after an event occurs that causes the information in a certificate to become materially misleading, a registrant must file a new certificate complying with this chapter in the office in which the original or renewal certificate was filed.
(b) An event that causes the information in a certificate to become materially misleading includes:
(1) a change in the name, identity, entity, form of business or professional organization, or location of a registrant;
(2) for a proprietorship or sole practitioner, a change in ownership; or
(3) for a partnership:
(A) the admission of a new partner or joint venturer; or
(B) the end of a general partner's or joint venturer's association with the partnership.
(c) A new certificate filed under this section is effective for a term not to exceed 10 years from the date the certificate is filed.
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. 69, eff. September 1, 2009.
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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