Tex. Business Organizations Code § 9.008
This is the official text of Tex. Business Organizations Code § 9.008, part of Texas’s Business Organizations Code — governs the formation and operation of corporations, LLCs, and partnerships.
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§ 9.008. EFFECT OF REGISTRATION.
Official statutory text
(a) The registration of a foreign entity other than a foreign limited liability partnership is effective when the application filed under Chapter 4 takes effect. The registration remains in effect until the registration terminates, is withdrawn, or is revoked.
(b) Except in a proceeding to revoke the registration, the secretary of state's issuance of an acknowledgment that the entity has filed an application is conclusive evidence of the authority of the foreign filing entity to transact business in this state under the entity's name or under another name stated in the application, in accordance with Section 9.004(b)(1).
(c) Subchapter K, Chapter 152, governs the effect of registration of a foreign limited liability partnership to transact business in this state.
(b) Except in a proceeding to revoke the registration, the secretary of state's issuance of an acknowledgment that the entity has filed an application is conclusive evidence of the authority of the foreign filing entity to transact business in this state under the entity's name or under another name stated in the application, in accordance with Section 9.004(b)(1).
(c) Subchapter K, Chapter 152, governs the effect of registration of a foreign limited liability partnership to transact business in this state.
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