Sec. 5.102. RESERVATION OF CERTAIN NAMES PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS. (a) The secretary of state may not reserve a name that is the same as, or that the secretary of state considers deceptively similar or similar to:
(1) the name of an existing filing entity;
(2) the name of a foreign filing entity that is registered under Chapter 9;
(3) a name that is reserved under this subchapter; 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, provides to the secretary of state a notarized written statement of the entity's or person's consent to the subsequent reservation of the similar name.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1195 (S.B. 1313), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2015.
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