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Texas Business & Commerce Code - Section 36.14. Abandonment Of Use Of Assumed Business Or Professional Name

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§ 36.14. ABANDONMENT OF USE OF ASSUMED BUSINESS OR 
PROFESSIONAL NAME.  (a) A registrant that has filed an assumed 
business or professional name certificate under this chapter which 
ceases to transact business or render professional services under 
the assumed name stated in such certificate in this state may file 
in the office of the county clerk and of the Secretary of State, if 
applicable, where such certificate has been filed, a statement of 
abandonment of use of a business or professional name setting 
forth:
		(1)  the assumed business or professional name being 
abandoned;             
		(2)  the date on which the certificate was filed in the 
office in which such statement is being filed and any other filing 
office or offices, if any, where the certificate has been filed;  
and
		(3)  the registrant's name and residence or office 
address as would be required to be stated if the certificate were 
being presently filed.
	(b)  A statement filed under Subsection (a) of this section 
shall be executed and acknowledged in the same manner as would be 
required if the registrant were filing an assumed business or 
professional name certificate under this chapter.

Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1100, ch. 403, § 1, eff. Aug. 
29, 1977.

Last modified: August 10, 2007