1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.39 – Same Defined Without limiting the discretion of the Secretary of State to determine that a proposed name is the same as an existing name, entity names are considered the same and therefore not available if a comparison of the names reveals no differences or if the only difference…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.38 – Distinguishable Names Without limiting the discretion of the Secretary of State to determine that a proposed name is the same as an existing name, entity names are distinguishable and are therefore available if a comparison of the names reveals sufficient differences, or if one or more of the…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.37 – Organizational Identifiers (a) Acceptable organizational identifiers are set forth in §§5.054 – RSA 5.059 of the Texas Business Organizations Code. (b) The following words, when used alone, do not satisfy the statutory requirements for organizational identifiers:(1) “companies,” “corporations,” “incorporation,” and “unlimited;”(2) “limited partnerships;” and(3) “limited” or “company,” to…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.36 – Grossly Offensive Name The entity name may not be one that is deemed to be so grossly offensive as to be unacceptable as an entity name.

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.35 – Foreign Words Not Translated (a) Although entity names may consist, in whole or in part, of words in a foreign language which utilize letters of the Roman alphabet, such words will not be translated for purposes of determining entity name availability. (1) Example: “Tejas Enterprises” is distinguishable from…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.34 – Restricted Words (a) Where prohibited by §16.105 of the Texas Business & Commerce Code, an entity name cannot include the words, “Olympic,” “Olympiad,” or “Citius Altius Fortius,” or a combination or simulation of those words or use a trademark, trade name, symbol or insignia of the International Olympic…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.33 – False Implication of Governmental Affiliation; False Implication of Purpose (a) The entity name may not be one that might falsely imply governmental affiliation (example: Texas Real Estate Commission, Inc.). (b) The entity name may not imply a purpose that would be unlawful for the entity to conduct.(1) The…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.32 – Characters of Print Acceptable in Names (a) Entity names may consist of letters of the Roman alphabet, Arabic numerals, symbols capable of being reproduced on a standard English language keyboard, and such other symbols as permitted by the secretary of state’s database and as posted on the secretary…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.31 – Applicability of Rules (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, these rules apply to all filing instruments, which are required to be reviewed for name availability, received by the secretary of state on or after June 1, 2018. (b) These rules apply to name reservations…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 79.31 – Applicability of Rules (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, these rules apply to all filing instruments, which are required to be reviewed for name availability, received by the secretary of state on or after June 1, 2018. (b) These rules apply to name reservations…