(a) A filing entity or foreign filing entity may change its registered office, its registered agent, or both by filing a statement of the change in accordance with Chapter 4.
(b) The statement must contain:
(1) the name of the entity;
(2) the name of the entity’s registered agent;
(3) the street address of the entity’s registered agent;
(4) if the change relates to the registered agent, the name of the entity’s new registered agent;
(5) if the change relates to the registered office, the street address of the entity’s new registered office;
(6) a recitation that the change specified in the statement is authorized by the entity; and
(7) a recitation that the street address of the registered office and the street address of the registered agent’s business are the same.

Terms Used In Texas Business Organizations Code 5.202

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Business: means a trade, occupation, profession, or other commercial activity. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • Certificate of formation: means :
    (A) the document required to be filed with the filing officer under Chapter 3 to form a filing entity; and
    (B) if appropriate, a restated certificate of formation and all amendments of an original or restated certificate of formation. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • Entity: means a domestic entity or foreign entity. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • 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
  • Filing officer: means :
    (A) with respect to an entity other than a domestic real estate investment trust, the secretary of state; or
    (B) with respect to a domestic real estate investment trust, the county clerk of the county in which the real estate investment trust's principal office is located in this state. 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
  • Foreign filing entity: means a foreign entity, other than a foreign limited liability partnership, that registers or is required to register as a foreign entity under Chapter 9. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002

(c) On acceptance of the statement by the filing officer, the statement is effective as an amendment to the appropriate provision of:
(1) the filing entity’s certificate of formation; or
(2) the foreign filing entity‘s registration.

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