{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-505.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 505.005","heading":"SERVICE OF NOTICE OR PROCESS ON SECRETARY OF STATE.","body":"(a) On receipt of a notice or process described by Section 505.004(a)(2), the secretary of state shall promptly forward the notice or process by a qualified delivery method to the officer, agent, or other person designated by the foreign corporate fiduciary under Section 505.004 to receive the notice or process.\n(b) Service of notice or process described by Section 505.004(a)(2) on the secretary of state as agent for a foreign corporate fiduciary has the same effect as if personal service had been had in this state on the foreign corporate fiduciary.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 205 (S.B. 1373), Sec. 45, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE K. FOREIGN WILLS, OTHER TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENTS, AND FIDUCIARIES","CHAPTER 505. FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, TRUSTEES, AND FIDUCIARIES","SUBCHAPTER A. FOREIGN CORPORATE FIDUCIARY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.505.htm#505.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"8f711856ca5cf9db165239ccfd0e8ba8e0c19ce6e2109ba2c0d7bf692668f0e8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-505.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-505.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}