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

Tarrant County assumed name filing guide

The official answer

Authority: Tarrant County County ClerkSource: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptTarrant County County Clerk
Fee: $24.00 for one owner, $0.50 for each additional owner listedSource: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$24.00 for one owner, $0.50 for each additional owner listed

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

Supporting excerptOfficial destination returned 200 for the cited document URL.

What Tarrant County calls a DBA

The official term documented here is assumed name.

Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptThe filing fee is $24.00 for one owner, $0.50 for each additional owner listed.

Tarrant County’s official instructions use “assumed name” and identify the Tarrant County County Clerk for the local record.

Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptTarrant County County Clerk
Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination returned 200 for the cited document URL.
Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptassumed name

Verified entity wording assigns unincorporated businesses to the county branch, while corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, and foreign filing entities use the Texas Secretary of State.

Source: www.tarrantcountytx.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.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptTarrant County County Clerk
Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination returned 200 for the cited document URL.

The guide therefore treats the county evidence as a sole-proprietor route rather than an all-entity answer.

Source: www.tarrantcountytx.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.

The local facts that are established include an owner-count fee, a ceiling on the period stated in the certificate, and a named abandonment certificate.

Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$24.00 for one owner, $0.50 for each additional owner listed
Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptA Certificate of Abandonment is used when discontinuing the business name.

Rules by legal entity type

sole proprietor

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Authority: Tarrant County County ClerkSource: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptTarrant County County Clerk
Official form: Research is still pending; no answer is asserted.
Form destination: Research is still pending; no answer is asserted.
Online filing: Research is still pending; no answer is asserted.
Official fee: $24.00 for one owner, $0.50 for each additional owner listedSource: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$24.00 for one owner, $0.50 for each additional owner listed
Effective duration: The period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.Source: www.tarrantcountytx.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.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptThe period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.
Changes or amendments: Research is still pending; no answer is asserted.
Abandonment or cancellation: A Certificate of Abandonment is used when discontinuing the business name.Source: www.tarrantcountytx.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.tarrantcountytx.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.
Important exclusions: Research is still pending; no answer is asserted.
Mail filing: Research is still pending; no answer is asserted.
In-person filing: Research is still pending; no answer is asserted.

Why this local filing matters

Tarrant County’s evidence is document-specific: the official action opens a county instruction PDF rather than a general clerk landing page.

Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptTarrant County County Clerk
Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination returned 200 for the cited document URL.

Its fee resembles Harris County’s owner-count structure but has its own wording—twenty-four dollars for one owner and fifty cents for each additional owner listed.

Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$24.00 for one owner, $0.50 for each additional owner listed

This page keeps the Tarrant language and destination together.

The confirmed Tarrant answer is limited to the clerk’s role, the unincorporated branch, the owner-based charge, the ten-year ceiling, and the abandonment certificate.

Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptThe period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.
Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptA Certificate of Abandonment is used when discontinuing the business name.
Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptTarrant County County Clerk
Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination returned 200 for the cited document URL.

How to file through the authority

The verified authority link is Tarrant County’s 2024 Assumed Name Form Instructions PDF.

Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptTarrant County County Clerk
Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination returned 200 for the cited document URL.
Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptassumed name

Its fee wording is twenty-four dollars for one owner and fifty cents for every additional owner listed.

Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$24.00 for one owner, $0.50 for each additional owner listed

Since the increment attaches to owners, this page does not calculate a total without knowing a filer’s circumstances.

Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$24.00 for one owner, $0.50 for each additional owner listed

The county PDF is thus the direct place to confirm the current document and delivery requirements.

Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination returned 200 for the cited document URL.

DBA Filing Guide provides the official handoff only; it cannot accept a completed certificate, owner details, or payment.

Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$24.00 for one owner, $0.50 for each additional owner listed
Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptassumed name

Renewal, amendment, and abandonment

Tarrant County’s supported duration rule says the period written on the certificate may not exceed ten years.

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

The renewal field carries that same limit and nothing more, so there is no verified renewal window or method to report.

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

The record identifies a Certificate of Abandonment when the business name is discontinued.

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

None of those missing rules can be derived from the year in the instruction document or from the certificate’s maximum period.

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

Publication and notice

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Next steps: self-file first

If so, open the county’s instruction PDF, verify that it is still current, and obtain the certificate and submission details it directs.

Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination returned 200 for the cited document URL.

Use the twenty-four-dollar first-owner amount and fifty-cent added-owner amount only in the form stated by the clerk.

Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$24.00 for one owner, $0.50 for each additional owner listed
Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptTarrant County County Clerk
Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination returned 200 for the cited document URL.

Businesses in the verified corporation, LLC, limited-partnership, or foreign-filing groups should use the Secretary of State branch.

Source: www.tarrantcountytx.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.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptTarrant County County Clerk
Source: www.tarrantcountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptOfficial destination returned 200 for the cited document URL.

Preserve the period actually selected on a filed certificate.

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

Find the Certificate of Abandonment after discontinuance, and ask the county for current amendment or publication guidance because neither is confirmed here.

Source: www.tarrantcountytx.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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