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Texas Business Organizations Code - Section 5.203. Change By Registered Agent To Name Or Address Of Registered Office

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§ 5.203. CHANGE BY REGISTERED AGENT TO NAME OR ADDRESS OF 
REGISTERED OFFICE.  (a) The registered agent of a filing entity or 
a foreign filing entity may change its name, its address as the 
address of the entity's registered office, or both by filing a 
statement of the change in accordance with Chapter 4.
	(b)  The statement must be signed by the registered agent, or 
a person authorized to sign the statement on behalf of the 
registered agent, and must contain:
		(1)  the name of the entity represented by the 
registered agent;            
		(2)  the name of the entity's registered agent and the 
address at which the registered agent maintained the entity's 
registered office;
		(3)  if the change relates to the name of the registered 
agent, the new name of that agent;
		(4)  if the change relates to the address of the 
registered office, the new address of that office;  and
		(5)  a recitation that written notice of the change was 
given to the entity at least 10 days before the date the statement 
is filed.
	(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.                                
	(d)  A registered agent may file a statement under this 
section that applies to more than one entity.

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

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