A. A foreign limited liability partnership transacting business in this state may not maintain an action or proceeding in this state unless it has filed a statement of foreign qualification.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 29-1107

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Business: includes every trade, occupation and profession. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Foreign limited liability partnership: means a partnership or limited partnership that is formed or created under laws other than the laws of this state and that is qualified as a limited liability partnership under those laws. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
  • Limited liability partnership: means a partnership or limited partnership that has filed a statement of qualification under section 29-1101. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Partnership: means an association or entity formed under section 29-1012, a predecessor law or a comparable law of another jurisdiction. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
  • Statement: means a statement of partnership authority under section 29-1023, a statement of denial under section 29-1024, a statement of dissociation under section 29-1064, a statement of dissolution under section 29-1075, a statement of merger under section 29-2205, a statement of qualification as a limited liability partnership under section 29-1101, a statement of foreign qualification under section 29-1106 or an amendment or cancellation of any of the foregoing. See Arizona Laws 29-1001

B. The failure of a foreign limited liability partnership to file a statement of foreign qualification does not impair the validity of a contract or act of the foreign limited liability partnership or prevent it from defending an action or proceeding in this state.

C. Limitations on personal liability of partners are not waived solely by transacting business in this state without a statement of foreign qualification.

D. If a foreign limited liability partnership transacts business in this state without a statement of foreign qualification, it appoints the secretary of state as its agent for service of process for claims for relief arising out of the transaction of business in this state.

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