Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 3.001 · Subchapter A. FORMATION, EXISTENCE, AND CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION
FORMATION AND EXISTENCE OF FILING ENTITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Subject to the other provisions of this code, to form a filing entity, a certificate of formation complying with Sections 3.003, 3.004, and 3.005 must be filed in accordance with Chapter 4.
(b) The filing of a certificate of formation described by Subsection (a) may be included in a filing under Chapter 10.
(c) The existence of a filing entity commences when the filing of the certificate of formation takes effect as provided by Chapter 4.
(d) Except in a proceeding by the state to terminate the existence of a filing entity, an acknowledgment of the filing of a certificate of formation issued by the filing officer is conclusive evidence of:
(1) the formation and existence of the filing entity;
(2) the satisfaction of all conditions precedent to the formation of the filing entity; and
(3) the authority of the filing entity to transact business in this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.3.htm
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