Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 71.153 · Subchapter D. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE
ABANDONMENT OF USE OF BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL NAME.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A registrant who has filed a certificate under this chapter and who ceases to conduct business or render professional services in this state under the assumed name stated in the certificate may file a statement of abandonment of use of the assumed name in the office in which the registrant's certificate was filed.
(b) The statement of abandonment of use of an assumed name must state:
(1) the assumed name being abandoned;
(2) the date on which the certificate was filed in the office in which the statement of abandonment is being filed and in any other office in which the certificate was filed; and
(3) the registrant's name and residence or office address as required for a certificate filed under this chapter.
(c) A statement of abandonment must be executed and acknowledged in the same manner as if the registrant were filing a certificate under this chapter.
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
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.71.htm
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