Sec. 5.053. IDENTICAL AND DECEPTIVELY SIMILAR NAMES PROHIBITED. (a) A filing entity may not have a name, and a foreign filing entity may not register to transact business in this state under a name, that is the same as, or that the secretary of state determines to be deceptively similar or similar to:
(1) the name of another existing filing entity;
(2) the name of a foreign filing entity that is registered under Chapter 9;
(3) a name that is reserved under Subchapter C; or
(4) a name that is registered under Subchapter D.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the other entity or the person for whom the name is reserved or registered, as appropriate, provides to the secretary of state a notarized written statement of the entity's or person's consent to the use of the similar name.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1195 (S.B. 1313), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.
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