Filing Guide

Travis County · checked 2026-09-02 · Source-backed guide

Travis County assumed name filing guide

Sole proprietor

Authority and fee for this entity route. Choose your entity below before filing.

Authority: Travis County County ClerkSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptTravis County County Clerk
Official fee: $23.00 for business name and one ownerSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$23.00 for business name and one owner
Form: ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE FOR CERTAIN UNINCORPORATED PERSONSSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE FOR CERTAIN UNINCORPORATED PERSONS

Use the official filing path →Source: www.tccsearch.org official record · retrieved

Supporting excerpt**How to submit an application online for Unincorporated businesses only:** - **Note: Applicants must either appear in person at the Travis County Clerk's Office to complete the online process or mail in a typed application that has been signed and notarized, along with correct payment.**

What Travis County calls a DBA

The official term documented here is assumed name.

Source: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptassumed name

Travis County’s official vocabulary is “assumed name,” and its dedicated DBA record identifies the Travis County County Clerk.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • assumed name
  • Travis County County Clerk
Source: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • Official destination title: DBAs - Travis County Clerk

The county route is supported for unincorporated businesses; corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, and foreign filing entities belong with the Texas Secretary of State.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • Travis County County Clerk
  • Unincorporated businesses use the county filing; corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and foreign filing entities use the Texas Secretary of State.
Source: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • Official destination title: DBAs - Travis County Clerk

Consequently, this is a local sole-proprietor record rather than a statewide answer.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • Unincorporated businesses use the county filing; corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and foreign filing entities use the Texas Secretary of State.

The guide maintains those limits while presenting the county facts that are actually confirmed: authority, fee basis, maximum certificate period, and the instrument used after discontinuance.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • Travis County County Clerk
  • $23.00 for business name and one owner
  • A Certificate of Abandonment is used when discontinuing the business name.
Source: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • Official destination title: DBAs - Travis County Clerk

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Sole proprietor

Required: No universal yes/no answer is confirmed. Read the documented applicability below.
Authority: Travis County County ClerkSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptTravis County County Clerk
When this route applies: Unincorporated businesses use the county filing; corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and foreign filing entities use the Texas Secretary of State.Source: countyclerk.traviscountytx.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.
Official form: ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE FOR CERTAIN UNINCORPORATED PERSONSSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE FOR CERTAIN UNINCORPORATED PERSONS
Form destination: https://countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov/wp-content/uploads/recording/DBAunincorporatedDLM.pdfSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE FOR CERTAIN UNINCORPORATED PERSONS
Online filing link: https://www.tccsearch.org/BusinessLicense/ASNApplication.aspx?cabinet=LICENSES_ASNSource: www.tccsearch.org official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt**How to submit an application online for Unincorporated businesses only:** - **Note: Applicants must either appear in person at the Travis County Clerk's Office to complete the online process or mail in a typed application that has been signed and notarized, along with correct payment.**
Official fee: $23.00 for business name and one ownerSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerpt$23.00 for business name and one owner
Effective duration: The period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.Source: countyclerk.traviscountytx.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: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptThe period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.
Changes or amendments: Not confirmed in this guide.
Abandonment or cancellation: A Certificate of Abandonment is used when discontinuing the business name.Source: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptA Certificate of Abandonment is used when discontinuing the business name.
Important exclusions: Not confirmed in this guide.
Mail filing: Send completed notarized form for recording ( assume name pdf form). Must send cashier's check, money order, or check to: Recording Division Travis County Clerk P.O. Box 149325 Austin, TX 78714Source: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptMail In - Send completed notarized form for recording ( assume name pdf form). Must send cashier's check, money order, or check to: Recording Division Travis County Clerk P.O. Box 149325 Austin, TX 78714
In-person filing: All owners must be present with valid government issued identification for recording. Our office will accept cash, personal checks or credit card for payment of fee.Source: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
Supporting excerptWalk In - Submit an application online. All owners must be present with valid government issued identification for recording. Our office will accept cash, personal checks or credit card for payment of fee.

Why this local filing matters

Travis County’s evidence offers a different price expression from the other measured Texas counties: it ties twenty-three dollars to one business name and one owner.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • $23.00 for business name and one owner

That specificity is the reason not to copy a fee from Harris, Bexar, Denton, Tarrant, or Collin.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • $23.00 for business name and one owner

The county also maintains a DBA-specific destination, making it the appropriate place to resolve form and delivery questions that the extracted facts leave open.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • assumed name

This page deliberately stops at the boundary of that record.

Its local function is to join the Travis clerk and Travis fee wording to the correct unincorporated entity branch.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • Travis County County Clerk
  • $23.00 for business name and one owner
  • Unincorporated businesses use the county filing; corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and foreign filing entities use the Texas Secretary of State.
Source: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • Official destination title: DBAs - Travis County Clerk

How to file through the authority

The verified handoff is Travis County’s DBA page.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • assumed name

Its fee is described as twenty-three dollars “for business name and one owner.”

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • $23.00 for business name and one owner

Both units matter: the statement does not support calling that amount an unlimited flat charge.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • $23.00 for business name and one owner

A filer should therefore open the dedicated county page and obtain those mechanics from the clerk.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • Travis County County Clerk
Source: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • Official destination title: DBAs - Travis County Clerk

DBA Filing Guide supplies no substitute paperwork and receives no filing data.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • assumed name

Before acting, compare the authority’s current fee display with the preserved one-name, one-owner wording.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • Travis County County Clerk
  • $23.00 for business name and one owner
Source: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • Official destination title: DBAs - Travis County Clerk

Renewal, amendment, and abandonment

Travis County’s certificate period cannot exceed ten years.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • The period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.

The record repeats that limit for renewal, but it does not state a renewal deadline, grace period, or separate renewal process.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • The period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.

The supported discontinuance fact is the availability of a Certificate of Abandonment when the business name is no longer used.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • A Certificate of Abandonment is used when discontinuing the business name.

A reader should not turn the ten-year maximum into a guaranteed lifespan, and should not treat an absent publication answer as a statement that notice is unnecessary.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • The period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.

Publication and notice

Publication could not be confirmed for all covered entity types. No requirement or exemption is asserted.

Next steps: self-file first

Use the entity split as the first checkpoint.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • Unincorporated businesses use the county filing; corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and foreign filing entities use the Texas Secretary of State.

If the business is unincorporated and Travis County is the applicable county, visit the clerk’s DBA page and verify the certificate, current fee, and accepted submission channel.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • assumed name
  • Travis County County Clerk
  • $23.00 for business name and one owner
Source: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • Official destination title: DBAs - Travis County Clerk

If the business is one of the state-filing entities named in the evidence, leave the county path and use the Secretary of State.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • Travis County County Clerk
  • Unincorporated businesses use the county filing; corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and foreign filing entities use the Texas Secretary of State.
Source: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • Official destination title: DBAs - Travis County Clerk

For county filing, note the precise period entered on the certificate and do not let it exceed the documented ceiling.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • The period stated on the certificate may not exceed ten years.

Locate the Certificate of Abandonment if use ends.

Official sources and supporting excerptsSource: countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov official record · retrieved
  • A Certificate of Abandonment is used when discontinuing the business name.

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