{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-11.203-2","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 11.203 (2)","heading":"USE OF NAME SIMILAR TO PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED NAME.","body":"Text of section as amended by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 74 (S.B. 1517), Sec. 6\nFor text of section as amended by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 503 (H.B. 2856), Sec. 7, 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 is the same as, deceptively similar to, or similar to a name of a filing entity or foreign entity on file as provided by or reserved or registered under this code, 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 or obtains written consent for the use of the similar name. Sections 4.007 and 4.008 apply to a written consent for the use of a similar name under this section to the same extent those sections apply to filing instruments.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 74 (S.B. 1517), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.","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":"01ba48df9f9eb8918daa40333470f596eab2a042ad0e116b50adefc8b36403cb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-11.203","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-11.204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}