Texas Business Organizations Code - Section 12.002. Interrogatories By Secretary Of State
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§ 12.002. INTERROGATORIES BY SECRETARY OF STATE. (a) As
necessary and proper for the secretary of state to determine
whether a filing entity or a foreign filing entity has complied with
this code, the secretary of state may serve by mail interrogatories
on the entity or a managerial official.
(b) An entity or individual to whom an interrogatory is sent
by the secretary of state shall answer the interrogatory before the
later of the 31st day after the date the interrogatory is mailed or
a date set by the secretary of state. Each answer to an
interrogatory must be complete, in writing, and under oath. An
interrogatory directed to an individual shall be answered by the
individual, and an interrogatory directed to an entity shall be
answered by a managerial official.
(c) The secretary of state is not required to file any
instrument to which an interrogatory relates until the
interrogatory is answered as provided by this section and only if
the instrument conforms to the requirements of this code. The
secretary of state shall certify to the attorney general for action
as the attorney general may consider appropriate an interrogatory
and answer to the interrogatory that disclose a violation of this
code.
(d) This section and Sections 12.003 and 12.004 do not apply
to domestic real estate investment trusts.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Section: 11.409 11.410 11.411 11.412 11.413 11.414 12.001 12.002 12.003 12.004 12.151 12.152 12.153 12.154 12.155
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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