| (a) A licensee may conduct Texas Finance Code, Chapter
348 transactions at different locations or under additional assumed
names at a single location by filing notice of a new registered office
and paying the applicable fee.
(b) Notice of a new registered office must be filed
before a licensee can engage in a Chapter 348 transaction at the different
location or under the additional assumed name.
(1) Date registered office began conducting Chapter
348 transactions. If the registered office has commenced business,
provide the date the registered office began conducting Texas Finance
Code, Chapter 348 transactions. If the notice is filed in advance,
provide the date the licensee anticipates commencing business under
this registered office.
(2) License number of licensed location. Provide the
license number shown on the license of the licensed location issued
by the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner.
(3) Assumed name certificate. If the registered office
is using an assumed name, as that term is defined in Texas Business
and Commerce Code, §71.002, an assumed name certificate must
be filed as provided in this paragraph.
(A) Unincorporated applicants. Unincorporated applicants
using or planning to use an assumed name at a new registered office
must file an assumed name certificate with the county clerk of the
county where the proposed business is located in compliance with Texas
Business and Commerce Code, Chapter 71. An applicant must provide
a copy of the assumed name certificate that shows the filing stamp
of the county clerk or, alternatively, a certified copy.
(B) Incorporated applicants. Incorporated applicants
using or planning to use an assumed name at a new registered office
must file an assumed name certificate in compliance with Texas Business
and Commerce Code, Chapter 71. Evidence of the filing bearing the
filing stamp of the Office of the Texas Secretary of State must be
submitted or, alternatively, a certified copy.
(c) Late filing. A licensee who desires to retroactively
register an office may do so by complying with Texas Finance Code, §349.302,
and the rules adopted under this chapter.
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