Tex. Business Organizations Code § 12.004
APPEALS FROM SECRETARY OF STATE
Texas · Texas Business Organizations Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Business Organizations Code § 12.004, APPEALS FROM SECRETARY OF STATE, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/583374
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(a) If the secretary of state does not approve the filing of a filing instrument, the secretary of state shall, before the 11th day after the date of the delivery of the filing instrument to the secretary of state, notify the person delivering the filing instrument of the disapproval and specifying each reason for the disapproval. The disapproval of a filing instrument by the secretary of state may be appealed only to a district court of Travis County by filing with the court clerk a petition, a copy of the filing instrument sought to be filed, and a copy of any written disapproval by the secretary of state of the filing instrument. The court shall try the appeal de novo and shall sustain the action of the secretary of state or direct the secretary to take any action the court considers to be proper.
(b) A final order or judgment entered by the district court under this section in review of any ruling or decision of the secretary of state may be appealed as in other civil actions.