Filing Guide

Collin County · checked 2026-09-02 · database check unavailable

Collin County assumed name filing guide

The official answer

Authority: Collin County County ClerkSource: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptCollin County County Clerk
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Open the official authority →Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved

Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names

What Collin County calls a DBA

The official term documented here is assumed name.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptThe County Clerk accepts assumed-name filings for unincorporated businesses.

Collin County’s authority uses the term “assumed name” and confirms that the County Clerk accepts these filings for unincorporated businesses.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptCollin County County Clerk
Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names
Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptassumed name

The verified Texas entity division sends corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, and foreign filing entities to the Secretary of State instead.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptUnincorporated businesses use the county filing; corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and foreign filing entities use the Texas Secretary of State.
Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptCollin County County Clerk
Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names

This local page consequently documents the sole-proprietor county branch and does not extend it to every legal form.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptUnincorporated businesses use the county filing; corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and foreign filing entities use the Texas Secretary of State.

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Rules by legal entity type

sole proprietor

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Authority: Collin County County ClerkSource: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptCollin County County Clerk
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Effective duration: The period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptThe period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.
Renewal: The period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptThe period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.
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Abandonment or cancellation: A Certificate of Abandonment is used when discontinuing the business name.Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptA Certificate of Abandonment is used when discontinuing the business name.
Who must file: Unincorporated businesses use the county filing; corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and foreign filing entities use the Texas Secretary of State.Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptUnincorporated businesses use the county filing; corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and foreign filing entities use the Texas Secretary of State.
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Why this local filing matters

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What Collin does confirm is the County Clerk’s assumed-name role for unincorporated businesses, the certificate-period ceiling, and the abandonment instrument.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptA Certificate of Abandonment is used when discontinuing the business name.
Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptCollin County County Clerk
Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names

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How to file through the authority

The official destination is Collin County’s Assumed Names page.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names

It confirms the clerk’s role, but the retained facts do not name a certificate form, link a form download, identify an online filing portal, or state postal and in-person delivery instructions.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptCollin County County Clerk
Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names

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Renewal, amendment, and abandonment

A Collin County assumed-name certificate can state a period no longer than ten years.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptThe period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.

The same verified sentence is retained in the renewal field, but it does not establish how or when a renewal is filed.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptThe period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.

For discontinuance, the evidence names a Certificate of Abandonment.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptA Certificate of Abandonment is used when discontinuing the business name.

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Publication is wholly unstated, including required status, starting point, frequency, length, and proof.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptUnincorporated businesses use the county filing; corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and foreign filing entities use the Texas Secretary of State.

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The certificate’s maximum period does not answer any newspaper question, and the existence of an abandonment certificate does not support guessing how a correction or ownership change is handled.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptA Certificate of Abandonment is used when discontinuing the business name.

Publication and notice

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Next steps: self-file first

Begin by confirming that the business belongs to the unincorporated county branch.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptUnincorporated businesses use the county filing; corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and foreign filing entities use the Texas Secretary of State.

Open Collin County’s Assumed Names page and ask the clerk for the current certificate, fee, filing channel, and execution directions because none of those mechanics is verified in this dataset.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptCollin County County Clerk
Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names

State-filing entities identified in the evidence should use the Texas Secretary of State rather than the county page.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptUnincorporated businesses use the county filing; corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and foreign filing entities use the Texas Secretary of State.
Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptCollin County County Clerk
Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names

If a county certificate is accepted, preserve the period written on it and remember the ten-year maximum.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptThe period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.

When the business stops using the name, locate the Certificate of Abandonment.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptA Certificate of Abandonment is used when discontinuing the business name.

Seek Collin-specific instructions for amendments and publication instead of copying another clerk’s process.

Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptCollin County County Clerk
Source: www.collincountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names

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