Texas Business Organizations Code - Section 5.053. Identical And Deceptively Similar Names Prohibited
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§ 5.053. IDENTICAL AND DECEPTIVELY SIMILAR NAMES
PROHIBITED. (a) A filing entity may not have a name, and a foreign
filing entity may not register to transact business in this state
under a name, that is the same as, or that the secretary of state
determines to be deceptively similar or similar to:
(1) the name of another existing filing entity;
(2) the name of a foreign filing entity that is
registered under Chapter 9;
(3) a name that is reserved under Subchapter C; or
(4) a name that is registered under Subchapter D.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the other entity or the
person for whom the name is reserved or registered, as appropriate,
consents in writing to the use of the similar name.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Section: 4.158 4.159 4.160 4.161 5.001 5.051 5.052 5.053 5.054 5.055 5.056 5.057 5.058 5.059 5.060
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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