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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.208: IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.

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  1. BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE
  2. TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
  3. CHAPTER 5. NAMES OF ENTITIES; REGISTERED AGENTS AND REGISTERED OFFICES
  4. SUBCHAPTER E. REGISTERED AGENTS AND REGISTERED OFFICES

(a) A person designated or appointed as the registered agent of a represented entity is not liable solely because of the person's designation or appointment as registered agent for the debts, liabilities, or obligations of the represented entity.

(b) A person who has been designated or appointed as a registered agent in a registered agent filing but has not consented to serve as the represented entity's registered agent may not be held liable:

(1) under a judgment, decree, or order of a court, agency, or tribunal of any type, or in any other manner, in this or any other state, or on any other basis, for a debt, obligation, or liability of the represented entity, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, solely because of the person's designation or appointment as registered agent; or

(2) to the represented entity or to a person who reasonably relied on the unauthorized designation or appointment solely because of the person's failure or refusal to perform the duties of a registered agent under Section 5.206.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1123 (H.B. 1787), Sec. 5, eff. January 1, 2010.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:46:58Z. Source file · JSON

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