Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 71.053
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 71.053, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 71.053. EXECUTION OF CERTIFICATE.
Official statutory text
(a) The certificate must be executed and acknowledged:
(1) by each individual whose name is required to be stated in the certificate or the individual's representative or attorney-in-fact; and
(2) under oath on behalf of each person whose name is required to be stated in the certificate and who is not an individual, by:
(A) the person's representative or attorney-in-fact; or
(B) a joint venturer, general partner, trustee manager, officer, or other person having authority regarding the person comparable to the person's representative or attorney-in-fact.
(b) A certificate executed and acknowledged by an attorney-in-fact must include a statement that the attorney has been authorized in writing by the attorney's principal to execute and acknowledge the certificate.
(1) by each individual whose name is required to be stated in the certificate or the individual's representative or attorney-in-fact; and
(2) under oath on behalf of each person whose name is required to be stated in the certificate and who is not an individual, by:
(A) the person's representative or attorney-in-fact; or
(B) a joint venturer, general partner, trustee manager, officer, or other person having authority regarding the person comparable to the person's representative or attorney-in-fact.
(b) A certificate executed and acknowledged by an attorney-in-fact must include a statement that the attorney has been authorized in writing by the attorney's principal to execute and acknowledge the certificate.
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