Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 4 - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Chapter 80 - UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS ENTITIES
Subchapter B - UNINCORPORATED NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONS
Section 80.21 - Statement Appointing an Agent for Service of Process

Universal Citation: 1 TX Admin Code ยง 80.21

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) Initial appointment. An unincorporated nonprofit association may file a statement appointing an agent authorized to receive service of process. The secretary of state has promulgated a form for this purpose; however, use of such form is not mandatory. See Form 706, available at http://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/forms_boc.shtml. The statement appointing an agent must contain the following information:

(1) the name of the nonprofit association;

(2) the federal tax identification number of the nonprofit association, if applicable;

(3) the address in this state, including the street address, if any, of the nonprofit association, or its address outside this state, as applicable;

(4) the name of the person in this state authorized to receive service of process and the person's address, including street address, in this state; and

(5) a statement that the person appointed as agent for the nonprofit association accepts the appointment, as evidenced by the person's execution of the statement to be filed.

(b) Execution. The statement appointing an agent submitted for filing with the secretary of state must be executed by a person authorized to manage the affairs of the nonprofit association, or, if the person is a corporation or other legal or commercial entity, by an officer or other duly authorized representative of the corporation or other legal or commercial entity. The statement appointing an agent also must be signed by the person appointed agent, or, if the person appointed agent is a corporation or other legal or commercial entity, by an officer or other duly authorized representative of the corporation or other legal or commercial entity. The execution of the statement appointing an agent by the person appointed as agent constitutes an acceptance of the appointment.

(c) Fee. The fee for filing a statement appointing an agent is $25.

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