{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.251","heading":"FAILURE TO DESIGNATE REGISTERED AGENT.","body":"The secretary of state is an agent of an entity for purposes of service of process, notice, or demand on the entity if:\n(1) the entity is a filing entity or a foreign filing entity and:\n(A) the entity fails to appoint or does not maintain a registered agent in this state; or\n(B) the registered agent of the entity cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office of the entity; or\n(2) the entity is a foreign filing entity and:\n(A) the entity's registration to do business under this code is revoked; or\n(B) the entity transacts business in this state without being registered as required by Chapter 9.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 5. NAMES OF ENTITIES; REGISTERED AGENTS AND REGISTERED OFFICES","SUBCHAPTER F. SERVICE OF PROCESS ON ENTITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.5.htm#5.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"66e5b990270a31fc3d3b534f17490e8b209765e6bbee795da546c1fd4c8afd5b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.208","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}