Texas § IN.982.304 - SAME OR DECEPTIVELY SIMILAR NAME
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§ IN.982.304. SAME OR DECEPTIVELY SIMILAR NAME
SAME OR DECEPTIVELY SIMILAR NAME. A foreign or alien insurance company may not be denied permission to engage in the business of insurance in this state because the name of the company is the same as or deceptively similar to the name of a domestic corporation existing under the laws of this state or of another foreign or alien insurance company authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state if the company desiring to engage in the business of insurance in this state: (1) files with the department and with any county clerk as provided by Subchapter B or C, Chapter 71 , Business & Commerce Code, an assumed name certificate stating a name permitted under the laws of this state; and (2) does not engage in any business in this state except under the assumed name. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278 ), Sec. 2.21, eff. April 1, 2009.
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