Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 4.007 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
LIABILITY FOR FALSE FILING INSTRUMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person may recover damages, court costs, and reasonable attorney's fees if the person incurs a loss and:
(1) the loss is caused by a:
(A) forged filing instrument; or
(B) filed filing instrument that constitutes an offense under Section 4.008; or
(2) the person reasonably relies on:
(A) a false statement of material fact in a filed filing instrument; or
(B) the omission in a filed filing instrument of a material fact required by this code to be included in the instrument.
(b) A person may recover under Subsection (a) from:
(1) each person who forged the forged filing instrument or signed the filing instrument and knew when the instrument was signed of the false statement or omission;
(2) any managerial official of the entity who directed the signing and filing of the filing instrument who knew or should have known when the instrument was signed or filed of the false statement or omission; or
(3) the entity that authorizes the filing of the filing instrument.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.4.htm
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Business Organizations Code
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 5.053DISTINGUISHABLE NAMES REQUIRED.Printed as Sections 4.007 and 4.008
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 5.207DESIGNATION OF REGISTERED AGENT WITHOUT CONSENT; PENALTIES AND LIABILITIES.Printed as Sections 4.007 and 4.008
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.105USE OF DISTINGUISHABLE NAME REQUIRED.Printed as Sections 4.007 and 4.008
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 11.203USE OF DISTINGUISHABLE NAME REQUIRED.Printed as Sections 4.007 and 4.008
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