About the Corporations Section
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The Corporations Section is responsible for the receipt, filing and permanent maintenance and retention of documents that create or affect business organizations and non-profit entities, which are required by statute to be filed with the Secretary of State. The Section also provides information by telephone and email regarding those documents, and it provides plain and certified copies upon request. Although most documents are submitted by fax and mail, the Section is now filing an increasing number of electronic documents over the world wide web.
The Corporations Section files documents that create or affect business organizations and non-profit corporations under the following statutes:
- Texas Business Organizations Code
- Texas Assumed Business or Professional Name Act [ Chapter 71 ]
- Texas Trademark Act [Chapter 16]
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Texas Finance Code [Chapter 201]
Applicable to entities created before 2006. Will expire on January 1, 2010.
- Texas Business Corporation Act
- Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act [Title 32, Chapter 9, Article 1396-1.01 to 11.02]
- Texas Professional Corporation Act [Title 32, Chapter 18, Article 1528e]
- Texas Professional Association Act [Title 32, Chapter 18, Article 1528f]
- Texas Limited Liability Company Act [Title 32, Chapter 18, Article 1528n]
- Texas Miscellaneous Corporation Laws Act [Title 32, Chapter 1]
- Texas Cooperative Association Act [Title 32, Chapter 9, Article 1396-50.01]
- Texas Revised Limited Partnership Act [Title 105, Chapter 1, Article 6132a-1]
- Texas Revised Partnership Act [Title 105, Chapter 1, Article 6132b-1.01 et. seq.]
- Texas Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act [Title 32, Chapter 9, Article 1396-70.01]
Various other enabling statutes for the creation of entities
In addition, the Section accepts appointment of the Secretary of State as agent for service of process by foreign corporate fiduciaries under the Texas Probate Code.