Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.304
This is the official text of Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.304, part of Texas’s Business Organizations Code — governs the formation and operation of corporations, LLCs, and partnerships.
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§ 5.304. SERVICE ON SECRETARY OF STATE.
Official statutory text
(a) The secretary of state is an agent of a series of a domestic limited liability company or foreign entity for purposes of service of process, notice, or demand on the series of the company or entity if the secretary of state is the agent of the company or entity pursuant to Section 5.251.
(b) The duplicate copies of a process, notice, or demand that are delivered to the secretary of state pursuant to Section 5.252(a) as agent for a series of a domestic limited liability company or foreign entity must include:
(1) the name of the company or entity; and
(2) the name of the series of the company or entity on which the process, notice, or demand is to be served.
(c) For purposes of Section 5.253, after service on the secretary of state in compliance with the requirements of Subsection (b), the secretary of state shall send to the domestic limited liability company or foreign entity named in the process, notice, or demand one of the copies of the process, notice, or demand as provided in Section 5.253.
(d) The secretary of state is not required to send a copy of the process, notice, or demand directly to the series of the named domestic limited liability company or foreign entity.
(b) The duplicate copies of a process, notice, or demand that are delivered to the secretary of state pursuant to Section 5.252(a) as agent for a series of a domestic limited liability company or foreign entity must include:
(1) the name of the company or entity; and
(2) the name of the series of the company or entity on which the process, notice, or demand is to be served.
(c) For purposes of Section 5.253, after service on the secretary of state in compliance with the requirements of Subsection (b), the secretary of state shall send to the domestic limited liability company or foreign entity named in the process, notice, or demand one of the copies of the process, notice, or demand as provided in Section 5.253.
(d) The secretary of state is not required to send a copy of the process, notice, or demand directly to the series of the named domestic limited liability company or foreign entity.
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