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Texas Business Organizations Code - Section 5.251. Failure To Designate Registered Agent

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§ 5.251. FAILURE TO DESIGNATE REGISTERED AGENT.  The 
secretary of state is an agent of an entity for purposes of service 
of process, notice, or demand on the entity if:
		(1)  the entity is a filing entity or a foreign filing 
entity and:          
			(A)  the entity fails to appoint or does not 
maintain a registered agent in this state;  or
			(B)  the registered agent of the entity cannot 
with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office of the 
entity;  or
		(2)  the entity is a foreign filing entity and:                               
			(A)  the entity's registration to do business 
under this code is revoked;  or
			(B)  the entity transacts business in this state 
without being registered as required by Chapter 9.

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

Last modified: August 11, 2007