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Corporation · Abandonment · Texas

Texas

Authority: Texas Secretary of StateSource: www.sos.state.tx.us official record · retrieved 2026-09-02

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Texas Secretary of State

abandonment: A registrant may abandon the assumed name certificate before the expiration of the period of duration by filing an abandonment of the certificate ( Form 504 (PDF)).Source: www.sos.state.tx.us official record · retrieved 2026-09-03

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Duration: The assumed name certificate shall be effective for a term not to exceed ten years from the date the certificate is filed and may be renewed by filing a new certificate within six months of the expiration of the original certificate (TBCC § 71.151). A registrant may abandon the assumed name certificate before the expiration of the period of duration by filing an abandonment of the certificate ( Form 504 (PDF)).

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