Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 79.41

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.41 – Administrative Review of Documents with Names Requiring Consent (a) A proposed name which is deemed to require consent cannot be filed without consent. No waiver of consent will be allowed even under the following conditions:(1) there is related management or ownership; (2) the existing entity is not actively […]

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 79.40

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.40 – Names that are Available with Consent Without limiting the discretion of the Secretary of State to determine that a proposed name is the same as an existing name, entity names that are not distinguishable are available with consent from an existing entity under one or more of the […]

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 79.39

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.39 – Same Defined Without limiting the discretion of the Secretary of State to determine that a proposed name is the same as an existing name, entity names are considered the same and therefore not available if a comparison of the names reveals no differences or if the only difference […]

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 79.38

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.38 – Distinguishable Names Without limiting the discretion of the Secretary of State to determine that a proposed name is the same as an existing name, entity names are distinguishable and are therefore available if a comparison of the names reveals sufficient differences, or if one or more of the […]

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 79.37

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.37 – Organizational Identifiers (a) Acceptable organizational identifiers are set forth in §§5.054 – RSA 5.059 of the Texas Business Organizations Code. (b) The following words, when used alone, do not satisfy the statutory requirements for organizational identifiers:(1) “companies,” “corporations,” “incorporation,” and “unlimited;”(2) “limited partnerships;” and(3) “limited” or “company,” to […]

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 79.36

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.36 – Grossly Offensive Name The entity name may not be one that is deemed to be so grossly offensive as to be unacceptable as an entity name.

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 79.35

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.35 – Foreign Words Not Translated (a) Although entity names may consist, in whole or in part, of words in a foreign language which utilize letters of the Roman alphabet, such words will not be translated for purposes of determining entity name availability. (1) Example: “Tejas Enterprises” is distinguishable from […]

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 79.34

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.34 – Restricted Words (a) Where prohibited by §16.105 of the Texas Business & Commerce Code, an entity name cannot include the words, “Olympic,” “Olympiad,” or “Citius Altius Fortius,” or a combination or simulation of those words or use a trademark, trade name, symbol or insignia of the International Olympic […]

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 79.33

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.33 – False Implication of Governmental Affiliation; False Implication of Purpose (a) The entity name may not be one that might falsely imply governmental affiliation (example: Texas Real Estate Commission, Inc.). (b) The entity name may not imply a purpose that would be unlawful for the entity to conduct.(1) The […]

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 79.32

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.32 – Characters of Print Acceptable in Names (a) Entity names may consist of letters of the Roman alphabet, Arabic numerals, symbols capable of being reproduced on a standard English language keyboard, and such other symbols as permitted by the secretary of state’s database and as posted on the secretary […]