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Tex. Tax Code § 171.311 (2026)

Record Of Forfeiture By Secretary Of State

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Sec. 171.311. RECORD OF FORFEITURE BY SECRETARY OF STATE. The secretary of state shall effect a forfeiture of a corporation's charter or certificate of authority under this chapter by inscribing on the corporation's record in the secretary's office the words "Charter Forfeited" or "Certificate Forfeited," the date on which this inscription is made, and a citation to this chapter as authority for the forfeiture.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1707, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1991–2022 · leading case: Perry v. Dearing (In Re Perry), 345 F.3d 303 (5th Cir. 2003).
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Perry v. Dearing (In Re Perry), 345 F.3d 303 (5th Cir. 2003). “A notation would have been made on the Corporation’s record in the Secretary of State’s office, Tex. Tax Code Ann. § 171.311 , and a brief inquiry could have easily provided definitive evidence as to whether forfeiture had occurred.”
Vahlco Corp. v. Comm'r, 97 T.C. 428 (Tax Ct. 1991). “Record of Forfeiture by Secretary of State The secretary of state shall effect a forfeiture of a corporation's charter or certificate of authority under this chapter by inscribing on the corporation's record in the secretary's office the words "Charter Forfeited" or "Certificate…”
Highline Innovation Inv. P'ship, LLC v. Biolert, LTD. (E.D. Tex. 2022). “YHR Mason, 2020 WL 716732 , at *5–6 (citing TEX. TAX CODE § 171.311). Once an entity’s corporate charter has been forfeited by the SOS, the entity may be “entitled to have its charter revived, and to have its corporate privileges revived, if: (1) the corporation files each…”
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