Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 71.158
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 71.158, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 71.158. FILING OF REPRODUCTION.
Official statutory text
(a) The secretary of state may accept for filing a photographic, photostatic, or similar reproduction of a signed original document required or authorized to be filed in the secretary's office under this chapter.
(b) A signature on a document required or authorized to be filed in the secretary of state's office under this chapter may be a facsimile.
(b) A signature on a document required or authorized to be filed in the secretary of state's office under this chapter may be a facsimile.
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