{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.059","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.059","heading":"NAME OF PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.","body":"(a) The name of a professional limited liability company or foreign professional limited liability company must contain:\n(1) the phrase \"professional limited liability company\"; or\n(2) an abbreviation of that phrase.\n(b) A professional limited liability company or foreign professional limited liability company formed before September 1, 1993, the name of which complied with the laws of this state on the date of formation but does not comply with this section, is not required to change its name.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 688 (H.B. 1737), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2007.","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#5.059","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"efa745c5dcca83bd4c048cc1e80e7449f326c05309a38e43aaa6382e6aaa4308","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.058","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}