{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-71.158","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 71.158","heading":"FILING OF REPRODUCTION.","body":"(a) The secretary of state may accept for filing a photographic, photostatic, or similar reproduction of a signed original document required or authorized to be filed in the secretary's office under this chapter.\n(b) A signature on a document required or authorized to be filed in the secretary of state's office under this chapter may be a facsimile.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 5. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICES","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PRACTICES","CHAPTER 71. ASSUMED BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL NAME","SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.71.htm#71.158","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"a5f209f53f616b43c69bd8ea53e0e4788a4bdd98a5bc46e85ad6be878d05a7f2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-71.157","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-71.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}