Legal Question in Business Law in Texas

Eligible businesses for a Limited Liability Company

My father and I were thinking of getting into the used car business. I was wondering if, in the State of Texas, one could operate a used car dealership as a LLC. The reason I am asking is because I came across a website that mentioned certain businesses could not operate as an LLC such as banks, title companies,...The site went on to say industries requiring a special license could not be LLCs. I was wondering if that applied to used car dealers.


Asked on 7/06/00, 5:40 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC

Re: Eligible businesses for a Limited Liability Company

You have been misinformed. Any business can operate as an LLC if properly chartered by the state.

Professional service businesses, such as accountants, lawyers, doctors and the like may not limit their liability for negligence by using an LLC, [these are called Professional LLC's]and the state licensing authority may require individuals to be on the license as well, but the basic LLC business structure is available to all legitimate businesses.

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Answered on 9/08/00, 3:08 pm


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