{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-9.105","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 9.105","heading":"USE OF DISTINGUISHABLE NAME REQUIRED.","body":"Text of section as amended by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 503 (H.B. 2856), Sec. 6\nFor text of section as amended by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 74 (S.B. 1517), Sec. 5, see other Sec. 9.105.\nIf the secretary of state determines that the name of a foreign filing entity or the fictitious name under which it is registered to transact business in this state does not comply with Chapter 5, the secretary of state may not accept for filing the certificate of reinstatement unless the foreign filing entity contemporaneously amends its registration to change its name to a name that complies with Chapter 5, or provides a fictitious name under which the foreign filing entity will transact business in this state that complies with Chapter 5.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 503 (H.B. 2856), Sec. 6, eff. June 1, 2018.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 9. FOREIGN ENTITIES","SUBCHAPTER C. REVOCATION OF REGISTRATION BY SECRETARY OF STATE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.9.htm#9.105","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"e4f69fdd62689c42ff1629749486825516895978a5a15f7b7af6029a9bba259e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-9.104","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-9.105-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}