Tex. Est. Code § 505.005 · Subchapter A. FOREIGN CORPORATE FIDUCIARY
SERVICE OF NOTICE OR PROCESS ON SECRETARY OF STATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On receipt of a notice or process described by Section 505.004(a)(2), the secretary of state shall promptly forward the notice or process by a qualified delivery method to the officer, agent, or other person designated by the foreign corporate fiduciary under Section 505.004 to receive the notice or process.
(b) Service of notice or process described by Section 505.004(a)(2) on the secretary of state as agent for a foreign corporate fiduciary has the same effect as if personal service had been had in this state on the foreign corporate fiduciary.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 205 (S.B. 1373), Sec. 45, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.505.htm
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