Texas Business Organizations Code 10.155 – Filing of Certificate of Conversion
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(a) If a certificate of conversion is required to be filed, the certificate of conversion must be filed in accordance with Chapter 4. If the converted entity is a filing entity, the certificate of formation of the filing entity must also be filed with the certificate of conversion in accordance with Chapter 4. Except as provided by this section, the certificate must be filed with the secretary of state.
(b) If the converting entity is a domestic real estate investment trust, the certificate of conversion must be filed in accordance with Chapter 4 with the county clerk of the county in which the converting entity’s principal place of business in this state is located.
Terms Used In Texas Business Organizations Code 10.155
- Business: means a trade, occupation, profession, or other commercial activity. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Certificate of formation: means :
(A) the document required to be filed with the filing officer under Chapter 3 to form a filing entity; and
(B) if appropriate, a restated certificate of formation and all amendments of an original or restated certificate of formation. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002 - Conversion: means :
(A) the continuance of a domestic entity as a non-code organization of any type;
(B) the continuance of a non-code organization as a domestic entity of any type;
(C) the continuance of a domestic entity of one type as a domestic entity of another type;
(D) the continuance of a domestic entity of one type as a foreign entity of the same type that may be treated as a domestication, continuance, or transfer transaction under the laws of the jurisdiction of formation of the foreign entity; or
(E) the continuance of a foreign entity of one type as a domestic entity of the same type that may be treated as a domestication, continuance, or transfer transaction under the laws of the jurisdiction of formation of the foreign entity. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002 - Converted entity: means an organization resulting from a conversion. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Converting entity: means an organization as the organization existed before the organization's conversion. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Domestic: means , with respect to an entity, that the entity is formed under this code or the entity's internal affairs are governed by this code. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Entity: means a domestic entity or foreign entity. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Filing entity: means a domestic entity that is a corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, professional association, cooperative, or real estate investment trust. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Real estate investment trust: means an entity governed as a real estate investment trust under Title 5. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Secretary: means the:
(A) individual designated as secretary of an entity under the entity's governing documents; or
(B) officer or committee of persons authorized to perform the functions of secretary of an entity without regard to the designated name of the officer or committee. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
(c) If the converted entity is a domestic real estate investment trust, the certificate of formation of the converted entity must also be filed with the certificate of conversion in accordance with Chapter 4 with the county clerk of the county in which the converted entity’s principal place of business in this state is located.