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Texas Business Organizations Code - BUS ORG § 9.151. Revocation of Registration by Court Action

Current as of April 14, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) A court may revoke the registration of a foreign filing entity if, as a result of an action brought under Section 9.153, the court finds that one or more of the following problems exist:

(1) the entity did not comply with a condition precedent to the issuance of the entity's registration or an amendment to the registration;

(2) the entity's registration or any amendment to the entity's registration was fraudulently filed;

(3) a misrepresentation of a material matter was made in an application, report, affidavit, or other document the entity submitted under this code;

(4) the entity has continued to transact business beyond the scope of the purpose or purposes expressed in the entity's registration;  or

(5) public interest requires revocation because:

(A) the entity has been convicted of a felony or a high managerial agent of the entity has been convicted of a felony committed in the conduct of the entity's affairs;

(B) the entity or the high managerial agent has engaged in a persistent course of felonious conduct;  and

(C) revocation is necessary to prevent future felonious conduct of the same character.

(b) Sections 9.152-9.157 do not apply to Subsection (a)(5).

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