(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.

Source Note: The provisions of this §84.603 adopted to be effective May 8, 2008, 33 TexReg 3576; amended to be effective November 8, 2012, 37 TexReg 8780