{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.208","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.208","heading":"IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.","body":"(a) A person designated or appointed as the registered agent of a represented entity is not liable solely because of the person's designation or appointment as registered agent for the debts, liabilities, or obligations of the represented entity.\n(b) A person who has been designated or appointed as a registered agent in a registered agent filing but has not consented to serve as the represented entity's registered agent may not be held liable:\n(1) under a judgment, decree, or order of a court, agency, or tribunal of any type, or in any other manner, in this or any other state, or on any other basis, for a debt, obligation, or liability of the represented entity, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, solely because of the person's designation or appointment as registered agent; or\n(2) to the represented entity or to a person who reasonably relied on the unauthorized designation or appointment solely because of the person's failure or refusal to perform the duties of a registered agent under Section 5.206.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1123 (H.B. 1787), Sec. 5, eff. January 1, 2010.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 5. NAMES OF ENTITIES; REGISTERED AGENTS AND REGISTERED OFFICES","SUBCHAPTER E. REGISTERED AGENTS AND REGISTERED OFFICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.5.htm#5.208","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"2cfff085031df47fa45e0f8be67725a8b5abdad2489c8d3c19f67dbc4ed3b9f3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.207","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.251"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}