{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-9.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 9.007","heading":"APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP.","body":"(a) A foreign limited liability partnership registers by filing an application for registration under this section as provided by Chapter 4.\n(b) The application for registration must state:\n(1) the partnership's name;\n(2) the federal taxpayer identification number of the partnership;\n(3) the partnership's jurisdiction of formation;\n(4) the date of initial registration as a limited liability partnership under the laws of the jurisdiction of formation;\n(5) the date the foreign entity began or will begin to transact business in this state;\n(6) that the partnership exists as a valid limited liability partnership under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation;\n(7) the number of partners at the date of the statement;\n(8) each business or activity that the partnership proposes to pursue in this state, which may be stated to be any lawful business or activity under the laws of this state;\n(9) the address of the principal office of the partnership;\n(10) the address of the initial registered office and the name and address of the initial registered agent for service of process required to be maintained under Section 152.904; and\n(11) that the secretary of state is appointed the agent of the partnership for service of process under the same circumstances as set forth by Section 5.251 for a foreign filing entity.\n(c) Subchapter K, Chapter 152, governs the registration of a foreign limited liability partnership to transact business in this state.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 64 (H.B. 1319), Sec. 26, eff. January 1, 2006.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (S.B. 748), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 9. FOREIGN ENTITIES","SUBCHAPTER A. REGISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.9.htm#9.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"1d493cfdb3a6186432ffdd4c005e99e46173163241d63e0d5e81b47aa2478ea6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-9.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-9.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}