If your Texas Certificate of Fact, Status request came back denied, flagged, or never arrived, the most likely reason is that your LLC has forfeited its registration with the state, almost always over unresolved franchise tax. This is not a paperwork error a resubmission will fix. This guide explains what forfeiture actually means, walks through a real case where a denied certificate surfaced a forfeiture during a loan closing, and covers exactly what has to happen before.
