Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 5.052 · Subchapter B. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO NAMES OF ENTITIES
UNAUTHORIZED PURPOSE IN NAME PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A filing entity or a foreign filing entity may not have a name that contains any word or phrase that indicates or implies that the entity is engaged in a business that the entity is not authorized by law to pursue.
(b) A registered series may not have a name that contains any word or phrase that indicates or implies that the registered series is engaged in a business that the registered series is not authorized by law to pursue.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 43 (S.B. 1523), Sec. 14, eff. June 1, 2022.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.5.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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