(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 The registration remains in effect until the registration terminates, is withdrawn, or is revoked.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 § 9.004(b)(1).

Terms Used In Texas Business Organizations Code 9.008

  • Business: means a trade, occupation, profession, or other commercial activity. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • Entity: means a domestic entity or foreign entity. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Filing entity: means a domestic entity that is a corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, professional association, cooperative, or real estate investment trust. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • Foreign: means , with respect to an entity, that the entity is formed under, and the entity's internal affairs are governed by, the laws of a jurisdiction other than this state. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • Limited liability partnership: means a partnership governed as a limited liability partnership under Title 4. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • Secretary: means the:
    (A) individual designated as secretary of an entity under the entity's governing documents; or
    (B) officer or committee of persons authorized to perform the functions of secretary of an entity without regard to the designated name of the officer or committee. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002

(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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