{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.052","heading":"UNAUTHORIZED PURPOSE IN NAME PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) A filing entity or a foreign filing entity may not have a name that contains any word or phrase that indicates or implies that the entity is engaged in a business that the entity is not authorized by law to pursue.\n(b) A registered series may not have a name that contains any word or phrase that indicates or implies that the registered series is engaged in a business that the registered series is not authorized by law to pursue.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 43 (S.B. 1523), Sec. 14, eff. June 1, 2022.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 5. NAMES OF ENTITIES; REGISTERED AGENTS AND REGISTERED OFFICES","SUBCHAPTER B. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO NAMES OF ENTITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.5.htm#5.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"c42a9d57650704c6e6cf92262dc01445edcef7a4b181346ac2aaa9c85bf39ce8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}