Tex. Business Organizations Code § 3.001
This is the official text of Tex. Business Organizations Code § 3.001, part of Texas’s Business Organizations Code — governs the formation and operation of corporations, LLCs, and partnerships.
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§ 3.001. FORMATION AND EXISTENCE OF FILING ENTITIES.
Official statutory text
(a) Subject to the other provisions of this code, to form a filing entity, a certificate of formation complying with Sections 3.003, 3.004, and 3.005 must be filed in accordance with Chapter 4.
(b) The filing of a certificate of formation described by Subsection (a) may be included in a filing under Chapter 10.
(c) The existence of a filing entity commences when the filing of the certificate of formation takes effect as provided by Chapter 4.
(d) Except in a proceeding by the state to terminate the existence of a filing entity, an acknowledgment of the filing of a certificate of formation issued by the filing officer is conclusive evidence of:
(1) the formation and existence of the filing entity;
(2) the satisfaction of all conditions precedent to the formation of the filing entity; and
(3) the authority of the filing entity to transact business in this state.
(b) The filing of a certificate of formation described by Subsection (a) may be included in a filing under Chapter 10.
(c) The existence of a filing entity commences when the filing of the certificate of formation takes effect as provided by Chapter 4.
(d) Except in a proceeding by the state to terminate the existence of a filing entity, an acknowledgment of the filing of a certificate of formation issued by the filing officer is conclusive evidence of:
(1) the formation and existence of the filing entity;
(2) the satisfaction of all conditions precedent to the formation of the filing entity; and
(3) the authority of the filing entity to transact business in this state.
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