Texas Business Organizations Code
Sec. § 5.208
Immunity From Liability

(a)

A person designated or appointed as the registered agent of a represented entity is not liable solely because of the person’s designation or appointment as registered agent for the debts, liabilities, or obligations of the represented entity.

(b)

A person who has been designated or appointed as a registered agent in a registered agent filing but has not consented to serve as the represented entity’s registered agent may not be held liable:

(1)

under a judgment, decree, or order of a court, agency, or tribunal of any type, or in any other manner, in this or any other state, or on any other basis, for a debt, obligation, or liability of the represented entity, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, solely because of the person’s designation or appointment as registered agent; or

(2)

to the represented entity or to a person who reasonably relied on the unauthorized designation or appointment solely because of the person’s failure or refusal to perform the duties of a registered agent under Section 5.206 (Duties of Registered Agent).
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1123 (H.B. 1787), Sec. 5, eff. January 1, 2010.
Source
Tex. Legislature
Last accessed
Aug. 7, 2020
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