Section 5.251 - Failure to Designate Registered Agent The secretary of state is an agent of an entity for purposes of service of process, notice, or demand on the entity if:
(1) the entity is a filing entity or a foreign filing entity and:(A) the entity fails to appoint or does not maintain a registered agent in this state; or(B) the registered agent of the entity cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office of the entity; or(2) the entity is a foreign filing entity and:(A) the entity's registration to do business under this code is revoked; or(B) the entity transacts business in this state without being registered as required by Chapter 9.Tex. Bus. Org. Code § 5.251
Subchapter heading amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 74,Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2017. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/2006.