{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.002","heading":"EVIDENCE OF ESTABLISHED RIGHT TO INDISTINGUISHABLE NAME.","body":"Notwithstanding Sections 5.053, 5.102, and 5.153, the secretary of state may accept a name if the entity or person seeking acceptance of the filing instrument with the indistinguishable name delivers to the secretary of state a certified copy of the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that establishes the entity's or person's right to the name in this state.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 503 (H.B. 2856), Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2018.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 5. NAMES OF ENTITIES; REGISTERED AGENTS AND REGISTERED OFFICES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.5.htm#5.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"403aa84e8b6df9bc9b20ae0db5015944c337a453b4d55e730a093ede67cb9884","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}