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2021 Texas Statutes
Business Organizations Code
Title 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 5 - Names of Entities; Registered Agents and Registered Offices
Subchapter F. Service of Process on Entity
Section 5.251. Failure to Designate Registered Agent
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TX Bus Orgs § 5.251 (2021)
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Sec. 5.251. FAILURE TO DESIGNATE REGISTERED AGENT. The secretary of state is an agent of an entity for purposes of service of process, notice, or demand on the entity if:
(1) the entity is a filing entity or a foreign filing entity and:
(A) the entity fails to appoint or does not maintain a registered agent in this state; or
(B) the registered agent of the entity cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office of the entity; or
(2) the entity is a foreign filing entity and:
(A) the entity's registration to do business under this code is revoked; or
(B) the entity transacts business in this state without being registered as required by Chapter 9.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
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