Section 4.009 - Filings By Real Estate Investment Trust(a) A filing instrument relating to a domestic real estate investment trust must be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the domestic real estate investment trust's principal place of business is located.(b) Subject to other state law governing the requirements for filing instruments with a county clerk, this chapter applies to a filing by a domestic real estate investment trust, except that in relation to such a filing a reference in this chapter to the secretary of state is considered to be a reference to the county clerk of the county in which the domestic real estate investment trust's principal place of business is located.(c) A filing instrument relating to a foreign real estate investment trust must be filed with the secretary of state and not a county clerk.Tex. Bus. Org. Code § 4.009
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/2006.