SECTION 105.201. Registration; Forms

(a) A registration statement will be accepted for filing only upon submission of a completed registration form and payment of the applicable fee. See Form 3401.

(b) Registration and other forms designed for the purposes of complying with Chapter 302, Texas Business and Commerce Code and this subchapter are available on the secretary of state web site at www.sos.state.tx.us/statdoc/statforms.shtml or may be obtained by writing the Statutory Documents Section, Office of the Secretary of State, P.O. Box 13550, Austin, Texas 78711-3550. See Forms 3401, 3403-06.

(c) A telephone solicitation seller shall file an irrevocable consent appointing the secretary of state to act as the seller's agent to receive service of any lawful process in any noncriminal suit, action, or proceeding against the seller that may arise under Chapter 302, Texas Business and Commerce Code. The consent form may be obtained by writing the Statutory Documents Section at the address provided in subsection (b) of this section. See Form 3406.

(d) The effective date of a registration statement is the date on which the secretary of state issues the certificate of registration. A registration statement is effective for one year after its effective date and may be renewed.

(e) A registration statement is renewed by filing a renewal registration statement and paying the applicable fee. See Form 3401.

(f) If an initial or renewal registration statement is not complete before the 45th day after it is received incomplete, the file will be closed and the registration fee forfeited.

(g) If a renewal filing is not received before the 30th day after the registration has lapsed, the file will be closed.

Source Note: The provisions of this §105.201 adopted to be effective November 9, 1993, 18 TexReg 7474; amended to be effective October 16, 1995, 20 TexReg 7973; amended to be effective January 1, 2010, 34 TexReg 9177