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Texas Business Organizations Code - Section 5.054. Name Of Corporation, Foreign Corporation, Or Professional Corporation

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§ 5.054. NAME OF CORPORATION, FOREIGN CORPORATION, OR 
PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION.  (a) The name of a corporation or foreign 
corporation must contain:
		(1)  the word "company," "corporation," 
"incorporated," or "limited";  or   
		(2)  an abbreviation of one of those words.                                   
	(b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a nonprofit corporation 
or foreign nonprofit corporation.
	(c)  Instead of a word or abbreviation required by Subsection 
(a), the name of a professional corporation may contain the phrase 
"professional corporation" or an abbreviation of the phrase.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.                     

Last modified: August 11, 2007