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Texas Business Organizations Code - Chapter 9 Foreign EntitiesLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Business Organizations Code > Texas Business Organizations Code - Chapter 9 Foreign Entities Sponsored Links(a) To transact business in this state, a foreign entity must register under this chapter if the entity: (1) is a foreign corporation, foreign limited ... (a) A foreign entity not described by Section 9.001(a) may transact business in this state without registering under this chapter. (b) Subsection (a) does not ... A foreign entity that is eligible under other law of this state to register to transact business in this state, but that is not registered ... (a) A foreign filing entity registers by filing an application for registration as provided by Chapter 4. (b) The application must state: (1) the entity's ... In addition to the information required by Section 9.004, a foreign nonprofit corporation's application for registration must state: (1) the names and addresses of the ... (a) A foreign limited liability partnership registers by filing an application for registration under this section as provided by Chapter 4. (b) The application for ... (a) The registration of a foreign entity other than a foreign limited liability partnership is effective when the application filed under Chapter 4 takes effect. ... (a) A foreign filing entity must amend its registration to change its name or the business or activity stated in its application for registration if ... If a foreign filing entity authorized to conduct affairs in this state changes its name to a name that would cause the entity to be ... (a) A foreign filing entity or foreign limited liability partnership registered in this state may withdraw the entity's or partnership's registration at any time by ... (a) On application by the attorney general, a court may enjoin a foreign filing entity or the entity's agent from transacting business in this state ... (a) A foreign filing entity that transacts business in this state and is not registered under this chapter is liable to this state for a ... In addition to any other venue authorized by law, a suit under Section 9.051 or 9.052 may be brought in Travis County. Acts 2003, 78th ... The secretary of state may collect from a foreign filing entity a late filing fee equal to the registration fee for the entity for each ... This chapter does not excuse a foreign entity from complying with duties imposed under other law, including other chapters of this code, relating to filing ... (a) If it appears to the secretary of state that, with respect to a foreign filing entity, a circumstance described by Subsection (b) exists, the ... (a) If revocation of a registration is required, the secretary of state shall: (1) file a certificate of revocation; and (2) deliver a certificate of ... (a) The secretary of state shall reinstate the registration of an entity that has been revoked under this subchapter if the entity files an application ... (a) A foreign filing entity, to have its registration reinstated, must complete the requirements of this section not later than the third anniversary of the ... If the secretary of state determines that a foreign filing entity's name or the name under which it is registered to transact business in this ... A foreign filing entity whose registration has been revoked under the provisions of the Tax Code must follow the procedures in the Tax Code to ... (a) A court may revoke the registration of a foreign filing entity if, as a result of an action brought under Section 9.153, the court ... (a) The secretary of state shall provide to the attorney general: (1) the name of a foreign filing entity that has given cause under Section ... The attorney general shall file an action against a foreign filing entity in the name of the state seeking the revocation of the entity's registration ... An action filed by the attorney general under Section 9.153 shall be abated if, before a district court renders judgment on the action, the foreign ... If a district court finds in an action brought under this subchapter that proper grounds exist under Section 9.151(a) for revocation of the foreign filing ... (a) If, in an action brought under this subchapter, a foreign filing entity has proved by a preponderance of the evidence and obtained a finding ... (a) An appellate court that affirms a trial court's findings against a foreign filing entity under this subchapter shall remand the case to the trial ... (a) The attorney general shall bring an action for the revocation of the registration of a foreign filing entity under this subchapter in: (1) a ... Citation in an action for the involuntary revocation of a foreign filing entity's registration under this subchapter shall be issued and served as provided by ... (a) If process in an action under this subchapter is returned not found, the attorney general shall publish notice in a newspaper in the county ... (a) The clerk of a court that enters a decree revoking the registration of a foreign filing entity shall file a certified copy of the ... This subchapter applies to a partnership registered as a foreign limited liability partnership to the same extent as it applies to a foreign filing entity. ... A foreign entity may not conduct in this state a business or activity that is not permitted by this code to be transacted by the ... A foreign nonfiling entity or a foreign filing entity registered under this chapter enjoys the same but no greater rights and privileges as the domestic ... Subject to this code and other laws of this state and except as provided by Subchapter C, Chapter 1, in any matter that affects the ... A vote cast or consent provided by a foreign entity with respect to its ownership or membership interest in a domestic entity of which the ... For purposes of this chapter, activities that do not constitute transaction of business in this state include: (1) maintaining or defending an action or suit ... The list provided by Section 9.251 is not exclusive of activities that do not constitute transacting business in this state for the purposes of this ... (a) Except as provided by a statute described by this subsection, the provisions of this code governing a foreign entity apply to a foreign entity ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |