This certificate is used by an unincorporated business, professional service, partnership, joint venture, estate, real estate investment trust, or other company that is not a corporation, limited partnership, registered limited liability partnership, or limited liability company to register an assumed name in the county records. See the Assumed Business or Professional Name Act, Tex. Bus. & Com. Code ch. 71, particularly Tex. Bus. & Com. Code §§ 71.101–.104, for authorized signers and for requirements of execution and filing.
Assumed [Business/Professional] Name Certificate for Unincorporated Business or Profession
Date:
Registrant:
Assumed Name:
[County/Counties]:
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The time period during which the assumed name will be used may not exceed ten years. See Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 71.052(3). |
Period of Use:
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Select one of the following. |
1.Registrant [is conducting/will conduct] business under the Assumed Name.
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Or |
1.Registrant [is rendering/will render] professional service under the Assumed Name.
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Select one of the following. |
2.Registrant is an individual whose full name and residence address are [name and address].
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Or |
2.Registrant is a partnership named [name of partnership]. The partnership office address is [address]. The full names and addresses of each general partner are [names and addresses (residence for individuals, office for other entities)].
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Or |
2.Registrant is a joint venture named [name of joint venture]. The joint venture office address is [address]. The full names and addresses of each joint venturer are [names and addresses (residence for individuals, office for other entities)].
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Or |
2.Registrant is an estate named [name of estate]. The estate’s address is [address]. The full names and addresses of each representative of the estate are [names and addresses (residence for individuals, office for other entities)].
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Or |
2.Registrant is a real estate investment trust named [name of trust]. The address of the trust is [address]. The full names and addresses of each trustee manager are [names and addresses (residence for individuals, office for other entities)].
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Or |
2.Registrant is a company other than a real estate investment trust or a corporation. The name of the company is [name of company]. The state, country, or other jurisdiction under the laws of which it was organized or associated is [jurisdiction]. Its office address is [address].
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Continue with the following. |
3.The period during which the Assumed Name will be used is the Period of Use.
4.The [business/professional service] that [is/will be] [conducted/rendered] in the [county/counties] under the Assumed Name [is being/will be] [conducted/rendered] as a [proprietorship/sole practitioner/joint venture/partnership/real estate investment trust/joint-stock company/[other form of unincorporated business or professional association or legal entity other than a limited partnership, registered limited liability partnership, or limited liability company]].
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Include the following if applicable. |
5.The attorney[s]-in-fact executing this certificate for Registrant [has/have] been duly authorized in writing by [his/her/their] principal[s] to execute and acknowledge this certificate.
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Include signature and acknowledgment for each registrant who is an individual. For all other registrants, include signatures and acknowledgments under oath. |