Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 4.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
SIGNATURE AND DELIVERY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A filing instrument must be:
(1) signed by a person authorized by this code to act on behalf of the entity in regard to the filing instrument; and
(2) delivered to the secretary of state in person or by mail, courier, electronic transmission, or any other method approved by the secretary of state.
(b) A person authorized by this code to sign a filing instrument for an entity is not required to show evidence of the person's authority as a requirement for filing.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 199 (S.B. 2411), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.4.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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