Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 5.056 · Subchapter B. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO NAMES OF ENTITIES
NAME OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The name of a limited liability company or a foreign limited liability company doing business in this state must contain:
(1) the phrase "limited liability company" or "limited company"; or
(2) an abbreviation of one of those phrases.
(b) A limited liability company formed before September 1, 1993, the name of which complied with the laws of this state on the date of formation but does not comply with this section is not required to change its name.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
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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- 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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