Texas Business & Commerce Code - Section 35.05. Filing Of Security Instruments And Statement Of Name Change, Merger Or Consolidation By Secretary Of State; Fees
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§ 35.05. FILING OF SECURITY INSTRUMENTS AND STATEMENT OF
NAME CHANGE, MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION BY SECRETARY OF STATE;
FEES. (a) The Secretary of State shall endorse upon any security
instrument and any statement of name change, merger, or
consolidation deposited for filing in his office, the day and hour
of receipt and the file number assigned to it. Such endorsement
shall, in the absence of other evidence, be conclusive proof of the
time and fact of deposit for filing.
(b) The Secretary of State shall retain in his office all
security instruments and statements of name change, merger, or
consolidation deposited in his office and shall file such in
adequate filing devices.
(c) The uniform fee for filing and indexing a security
instrument, or an instrument supplementary or amendatory thereto,
and a statement of name change, merger, or consolidation and for
stamping a copy of such documents, furnished by the secured party or
the utility, to show the date and place of filing shall be $25.
Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 2343, ch. 785, § 1. Amended by Acts
1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1032, ch. 400, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1974; Acts
1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1007, § 7, eff. June 19, 1987.
Section: 34.04 34.05 35.01 35.015 35.02 35.03 35.04 35.05 35.06 35.07 35.08 35.09 35.14 35.15 35.16
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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