{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.253","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.253","heading":"ACTION BY SECRETARY OF STATE.","body":"(a) After service in compliance with Section 5.252, the secretary of state shall immediately send one of the copies of the process, notice, or demand to the named entity.\n(b) The notice must be:\n(1) addressed to the most recent address of the entity on file with the secretary of state; and\n(2) sent by certified mail, with return receipt requested.\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#5.253","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"9e0e37d93da602cb5692fa95a7c7f108aabb7e303df7b7ed0efa2eedbb5c5219","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.252","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-5.254"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}