Opinion No.

Honorable Mike Driscoll Harris County Attorney 1001 Preston, Suite 634 Houston, Texas 77002

Re: Authority of a clerk to accept for filing an assumed name certificate written in a foreign language (RQ-1069)

Dear Mr. Driscoll:

You ask whether a county clerk may file a document whose acknowledgement is written in a foreign language and which is authenticated with an "apostille." Specifically, you ask about an assumed business or professional name certificate to be filed in accordance with section 36.10 of the Business and Commerce Code. Subsection (b) of section 36.10 requires that such…