{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-11.203","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 11.203","heading":"USE OF DISTINGUISHABLE NAME REQUIRED.","body":"Text of section as amended by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 503 (H.B. 2856), Sec. 7\nFor text of section as amended by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 74 (S.B. 1517), Sec. 6, see other Sec. 11.203.\nIf the secretary of state determines that a filing entity's name contained in a certificate of reinstatement filed under Section 11.202 does not comply with Chapter 5, the secretary of state may not accept for filing the certificate of reinstatement unless the filing entity contemporaneously amends its certificate of formation to change its name to a name that complies with Chapter 5.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 503 (H.B. 2856), Sec. 7, eff. June 1, 2018.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 11. WINDING UP AND TERMINATION OF DOMESTIC ENTITY","SUBCHAPTER E. REINSTATEMENT OF TERMINATED ENTITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.11.htm#11.203","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"8ee1b2cdaa858a7967689b78b444b66f6fbf11cd6acdf4d578ba090a9e7eb9c7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-11.202","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-11.203-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}