TX registered agent

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Texas law requires a registered agent. The text is below. Read it or do not.

what Texas does about it

The state's remedies, quoted. No commentary.

dissolution

... (1) the entity has failed to, and, before the 91st day after the date notice was mailed ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 11.251(b)(1)(B)

revocation

... state finds that: (1) the entity has failed to, and, before the 91st day after the date notice was mailed, has not corrected the entity's failure to: (A) file a report ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.101(b)(1)(B)

no court

... an action, suit, or proceeding in a court of this state, brought either directly by the entity or in the ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.051(b)

fine

... registered under this chapter is liable to this state for a civil penalty in an amount equal to all: (1) fees and taxes that would have ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.052(a)

also

... to the product of the amount of the registration fee for the foreign ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.054

also

... in a registered agent filing that names a person the registered agent of a represented ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code §§ 5.207, 4.008(b)

the rule

rule

Texas says:

... electronic form to be developed by the office of the secretary of state to serve as the registered agent of the entity; ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 5.201(b)-(c)

the lawsuit

service

... (1) the entity is a filing entity or a foreign filing entity ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 5.251

coming back

reinstatement

... filing an application for reinstatement of a corporation or registration as a foreign ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 4.152(14)

compliance

No.

the annual report

annual report, llc

Texas does not charge one, per the guidance quoted below. Nothing to skip.

... Public Accounts collects management information for corporations and LLCs from the entity's Public Information Report (PIR) that are filed as part ...

Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: TX SOS Management and Ownership FAQs #3

annual report, corporation

Texas does not charge one, per the guidance quoted below. Nothing to skip.

... corporation periodic report (Form 802) $5*; Annual statement of a professional association (Form 803) ...

Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: TX SOS SOSDirect Fee Schedule, 'Reports' section

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