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Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.052: UNAUTHORIZED PURPOSE IN NAME PROHIBITED.
Where this section sits in the code
- BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE
- TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- CHAPTER 5. NAMES OF ENTITIES; REGISTERED AGENTS AND REGISTERED OFFICES
- SUBCHAPTER B. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO NAMES OF ENTITIES
(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.
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.
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