Tex. Business Organizations Code § 12.001
This is the official text of Tex. Business Organizations Code § 12.001, part of Texas’s Business Organizations Code — governs the formation and operation of corporations, LLCs, and partnerships.
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§ 12.001. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
Official statutory text
(a) The secretary of state may adopt procedural rules for the filing of instruments, including the filing of instruments by electronic or other means, authorized to be filed with the secretary of state under this code.
(b) The secretary of state has the power and authority reasonably necessary to enable the secretary to perform the duties imposed on the secretary under this code.
(c) The secretary of state, on acceptance of the filing of an instrument authorized to be filed with the secretary of state under this code, may issue:
(1) a certificate that evidences the filing of the instrument;
(2) a letter that acknowledges the filing of the instrument; or
(3) a certificate that evidences the filing of the instrument and a letter that acknowledges the filing of the instrument.
(d) This section and Sections 12.003 and 12.004 do not apply to a domestic real estate investment trust.
(b) The secretary of state has the power and authority reasonably necessary to enable the secretary to perform the duties imposed on the secretary under this code.
(c) The secretary of state, on acceptance of the filing of an instrument authorized to be filed with the secretary of state under this code, may issue:
(1) a certificate that evidences the filing of the instrument;
(2) a letter that acknowledges the filing of the instrument; or
(3) a certificate that evidences the filing of the instrument and a letter that acknowledges the filing of the instrument.
(d) This section and Sections 12.003 and 12.004 do not apply to a domestic real estate investment trust.
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