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Denton County assumed name filing guide

The official answer

Authority: Denton County County ClerkSource: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptDenton County County Clerk
Fee: $23 if it is already notarized and $24 if the clerk must witness a signatureSource: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$23 if it is already notarized and $24 if the clerk must witness a signature

Open the official authority →Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved

Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names (DBAs) | Denton County, TX

What Denton County calls a DBA

The official term documented here is assumed name.

Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptThe filing fee is $23 if it is already notarized and $24 if the clerk must witness a signature.

Denton County labels this county record “Assumed Names (DBAs)” and identifies the Denton County County Clerk.

Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptDenton County County Clerk
Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names (DBAs) | Denton County, TX

The supported entity split reserves the county route for unincorporated businesses and directs corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, and foreign filing entities to the Texas Secretary of State.

Source: www.dentoncounty.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.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptDenton County County Clerk
Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names (DBAs) | Denton County, TX

This page therefore applies its verified details to the sole-proprietor branch only.

Source: www.dentoncounty.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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Its strongest locality-specific fact is the two-price distinction tied to notarization or clerk witnessing, a distinction that should be preserved exactly rather than flattened into one DBA fee.

Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$23 if it is already notarized and $24 if the clerk must witness a signature
Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptDenton County County Clerk
Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names (DBAs) | Denton County, TX
Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptassumed name

Rules by legal entity type

sole proprietor

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Authority: Denton County County ClerkSource: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptDenton County County Clerk
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Official fee: $23 if it is already notarized and $24 if the clerk must witness a signatureSource: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$23 if it is already notarized and $24 if the clerk must witness a signature
Effective duration: The period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.Source: www.dentoncounty.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.dentoncounty.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.dentoncounty.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.dentoncounty.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

Denton’s verified pricing depends on how the signature is handled.

Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$23 if it is already notarized and $24 if the clerk must witness a signature

That makes its local page materially different from counties whose fee is stated by owner count or by business-name count.

Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$23 if it is already notarized and $24 if the clerk must witness a signature
Source: www.dentoncounty.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.

A generic Texas fee would erase the choice between an already notarized certificate and clerk witnessing.

Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$23 if it is already notarized and $24 if the clerk must witness a signature
Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptDenton County County Clerk
Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names (DBAs) | Denton County, TX

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It confirms the county clerk, the unincorporated entity branch, a ten-year maximum period, and a Certificate of Abandonment.

Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptThe period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.
Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptA Certificate of Abandonment is used when discontinuing the business name.
Source: www.dentoncounty.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.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptDenton County County Clerk
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Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names (DBAs) | Denton County, TX

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Denton’s own authority must answer those remaining questions.

Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptDenton County County Clerk
Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names (DBAs) | Denton County, TX

How to file through the authority

Denton County’s official Assumed Names page is the verified filing destination.

Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names (DBAs) | Denton County, TX

The price is twenty-three dollars when the certificate is already notarized and twenty-four dollars when the clerk must witness a signature.

Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$23 if it is already notarized and $24 if the clerk must witness a signature
Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptDenton County County Clerk
Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names (DBAs) | Denton County, TX

The condition attached to each amount is part of the answer.

Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$23 if it is already notarized and $24 if the clerk must witness a signature

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This site neither performs the witnessing nor accepts a certificate, identifying information, or fee.

Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$23 if it is already notarized and $24 if the clerk must witness a signature

Renewal, amendment, and abandonment

The stated certificate period may not exceed ten years.

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

That limit is also the only renewal wording available; it does not confirm a renewal filing date, grace period, or process.

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

Denton County’s supported discontinuance route is a Certificate of Abandonment.

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

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The page keeps those unknown milestones apart and does not infer them from the signature-related fee.

Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$23 if it is already notarized and $24 if the clerk must witness a signature

Publication and notice

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Next steps: self-file first

Determine the entity branch first.

Source: www.dentoncounty.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.

An unincorporated filer using Denton County can visit the county’s Assumed Names page and decide, from the authority’s current instructions, whether the certificate will arrive already notarized or require the clerk to witness a signature.

Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptDenton County County Clerk
Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names (DBAs) | Denton County, TX

Recheck the corresponding twenty-three- or twenty-four-dollar amount.

Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$23 if it is already notarized and $24 if the clerk must witness a signature

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State-filing entities should follow the Secretary of State route.

Source: www.dentoncounty.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.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptDenton County County Clerk
Source: www.dentoncounty.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination title: Assumed Names (DBAs) | Denton County, TX

Record the certificate’s actual period, use the abandonment certificate after discontinuance, and ask Denton County about amendment or publication questions left unresolved here.

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

Paid help, if offered later, is optional. This independent guide does not submit filings or accept government fees.

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