§ 5.203 — CHANGE BY REGISTERED AGENT TO NAME OR ADDRESS OF REGISTERED OFFICE.

Texas § 5.203

• Jurisdiction: Texas
• Code BO: Business Organizations Code

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Sec. 5.203. CHANGE BY REGISTERED AGENT TO NAME OR ADDRESS OF REGISTERED OFFICE. (a) The registered agent of a filing entity or a foreign filing entity may change its name, its address as the address of the entity's registered office, or both by filing a statement of the change in accordance with Chapter 4 .
(b) The statement must be signed by the registered agent, or a person authorized to sign the statement on behalf of the registered agent, and must contain:
(1) the name of the entity represented by the registered agent;
(2) the name of the entity's registered agent and the address at which the registered agent maintained the entity's registered office;
(3) if the change relates to the name of the registered agent, the new name of that agent;
(4) if the change relates to the address of the registered office, the new address of that office; and
(5) a recitation that written notice of the change was given to the entity at least 10 days before the date the statement is filed.
(c) On acceptance of the statement by the filing officer, the statement is effective as an amendment to the appropriate provision of:
(1) the filing entity's certificate of formation; or
(2) the foreign filing entity's registration.
(d) A registered agent may file a statement under this section that applies to more than one entity.

Legislative History

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