{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-9.010","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 9.010","heading":"NAME CHANGE OF FOREIGN FILING ENTITY.","body":"If a foreign filing entity authorized to transact business in this state changes its name to a name that would cause the entity to be denied an application for registration under this subchapter, the entity's registration must be suspended. An entity the registration of which has been suspended under this section may transact business in this state only after the entity:\n(1) changes its name to a name that is available to it under the laws of this state; or\n(2) otherwise complies with this chapter.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 64 (H.B. 1319), Sec. 29, eff. January 1, 2006.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 688 (H.B. 1737), Sec. 45, eff. September 1, 2007.","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#9.010","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"ef5257cbc8e1511c9d8ff22384a9c7869b8eae2a9720c78b7a40b8b28c749358","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-9.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-9.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}