{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-3.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 3.001","heading":"FORMATION AND EXISTENCE OF FILING ENTITIES.","body":"(a) Subject to the other provisions of this code, to form a filing entity, a certificate of formation complying with Sections 3.003, 3.004, and 3.005 must be filed in accordance with Chapter 4.\n(b) The filing of a certificate of formation described by Subsection (a) may be included in a filing under Chapter 10.\n(c) The existence of a filing entity commences when the filing of the certificate of formation takes effect as provided by Chapter 4.\n(d) Except in a proceeding by the state to terminate the existence of a filing entity, an acknowledgment of the filing of a certificate of formation issued by the filing officer is conclusive evidence of:\n(1) the formation and existence of the filing entity;\n(2) the satisfaction of all conditions precedent to the formation of the filing entity; and\n(3) the authority of the filing entity to transact business in this state.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 3. FORMATION AND GOVERNANCE","SUBCHAPTER A. FORMATION, EXISTENCE, AND CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.3.htm#3.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"b32007c0f875eb6d6b2038702cd2a9e6a32ff0b9f7a95709060b8cd534ffd08f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-2.116","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-3.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}