Texas Statutes
Title 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 9 - Foreign Entities

Subchapter A. Registration

Section 9.001. Foreign Entities Required to Register - Sec. 9.001. FOREIGN ENTITIES REQUIRED TO REGISTER. (a) To transact...

Section 9.002. Foreign Entities Not Required to Register - Sec. 9.002. FOREIGN ENTITIES NOT REQUIRED TO REGISTER. (a) A...

Section 9.003. Permissive Registration - Sec. 9.003. PERMISSIVE REGISTRATION. A foreign entity that is eligible...

Section 9.004. Registration Procedure - Sec. 9.004. REGISTRATION PROCEDURE. (a) A foreign filing entity registers...

Section 9.005. Supplemental Information Required in Application for Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company - Sec. 9.005. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION REQUIRED IN APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF...

Section 9.006. Supplemental Information Required in Application for Registration of Foreign Nonprofit Corporation - Sec. 9.006. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION REQUIRED IN APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF...

Section 9.007. Application for Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Partnership - Sec. 9.007. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP....

Section 9.008. Effect of Registration - Sec. 9.008. EFFECT OF REGISTRATION. (a) The registration of a...

Section 9.009. Amendments to Registration - Sec. 9.009. AMENDMENTS TO REGISTRATION. (a) A foreign filing entity...

Section 9.010. Name Change of Foreign Filing Entity - Sec. 9.010. NAME CHANGE OF FOREIGN FILING ENTITY. If a...

Section 9.011. Voluntary Withdrawal of Registration - Sec. 9.011. VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL OF REGISTRATION. (a) A foreign filing...

Section 9.012. Automatic Withdrawal on Conversion to Domestic Filing Entity - Sec. 9.012. AUTOMATIC WITHDRAWAL ON CONVERSION TO DOMESTIC FILING ENTITY....

Subchapter B. Failure to Register

Section 9.051. Transacting Business or Maintaining Court Proceeding Without Registration - Sec. 9.051. TRANSACTING BUSINESS OR MAINTAINING COURT PROCEEDING WITHOUT REGISTRATION....

Section 9.052. Civil Penalty - Sec. 9.052. CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A foreign filing entity that...

Section 9.053. Venue - Sec. 9.053. VENUE. In addition to any other venue authorized...

Section 9.054. Late Filing Fee - Sec. 9.054. LATE FILING FEE. (a) The secretary of state...

Section 9.055. Requirements of Other Law - Sec. 9.055. REQUIREMENTS OF OTHER LAW. This chapter does not...

Subchapter C. Revocation of Registration by Secretary of State

Section 9.101. Revocation of Registration by Secretary of State - Sec. 9.101. REVOCATION OF REGISTRATION BY SECRETARY OF STATE. (a)...

Section 9.102. Certificate of Revocation - Sec. 9.102. CERTIFICATE OF REVOCATION. (a) If revocation of a...

Section 9.103. Reinstatement by Secretary of State After Revocation - Sec. 9.103. REINSTATEMENT BY SECRETARY OF STATE AFTER REVOCATION. (a)...

Section 9.104. Procedures for Reinstatement - Sec. 9.104. PROCEDURES FOR REINSTATEMENT. (a) A foreign filing entity,...

Section 9.105. Use of Distinguishable Name Required - Sec. 9.105. USE OF DISTINGUISHABLE NAME REQUIRED. If the secretary...

Section 9.106. Reinstatement of Registration Following Tax Forfeiture - Sec. 9.106. REINSTATEMENT OF REGISTRATION FOLLOWING TAX FORFEITURE. A foreign...

Subchapter D. Judicial Revocation of Registration

Section 9.151. Revocation of Registration by Court Action - Sec. 9.151. REVOCATION OF REGISTRATION BY COURT ACTION. (a) A...

Section 9.152. Notification of Cause by Secretary of State - Sec. 9.152. NOTIFICATION OF CAUSE BY SECRETARY OF STATE. (a)...

Section 9.153. Filing of Action by Attorney General - Sec. 9.153. FILING OF ACTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. The attorney...

Section 9.154. Cure Before Final Judgment - Sec. 9.154. CURE BEFORE FINAL JUDGMENT. An action filed by...

Section 9.155. Judgment Requiring Revocation - Sec. 9.155. JUDGMENT REQUIRING REVOCATION. If a district court finds...

Section 9.156. Stay of Judgment - Sec. 9.156. STAY OF JUDGMENT. (a) If, in an action...

Section 9.157. Opportunity for Cure After Affirmation of Findings by Appeals Court - Sec. 9.157. OPPORTUNITY FOR CURE AFTER AFFIRMATION OF FINDINGS BY...

Section 9.158. Jurisdiction and Venue - Sec. 9.158. JURISDICTION AND VENUE. (a) The attorney general shall...

Section 9.159. Process in State Action - Sec. 9.159. PROCESS IN STATE ACTION. Citation in an action...

Section 9.160. Publication of Notice - Sec. 9.160. PUBLICATION OF NOTICE. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 9.161. Filing of Decree of Revocation Against Foreign Filing Entity - Sec. 9.161. FILING OF DECREE OF REVOCATION AGAINST FOREIGN FILING...

Section 9.162. Applicability of Subchapter to Foreign Limited Liability Partnerships - Sec. 9.162. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER TO FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS....

Subchapter E. Business, Rights, and Obligations

Section 9.201. Business of Foreign Entity - Sec. 9.201. BUSINESS OF FOREIGN ENTITY. (a) Except as provided...

Section 9.202. Rights and Privileges - Sec. 9.202. RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A foreign nonfiling entity or...

Section 9.203. Obligations and Liabilities - Sec. 9.203. OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES. Subject to this code and...

Section 9.204. Right of Foreign Entity to Participate in Business of Certain Domestic Entities - Sec. 9.204. RIGHT OF FOREIGN ENTITY TO PARTICIPATE IN BUSINESS...

Subchapter F. Determination of Transacting Business in This State

Section 9.251. Activities Not Constituting Transacting Business in This State - Sec. 9.251. ACTIVITIES NOT CONSTITUTING TRANSACTING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE....

Section 9.252. Other Activities - Sec. 9.252. OTHER ACTIVITIES. The list provided by Section 9.251...

Subchapter G. Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 9.301. Applicability of Code to Certain Foreign Entities - Sec. 9.301. APPLICABILITY OF CODE TO CERTAIN FOREIGN ENTITIES. (a)...