(a) A foreign filing entity or foreign limited liability partnership may not do business in this state until it registers with the secretary of state under this chapter.
(b) A foreign filing entity or foreign limited liability partnership doing business in this state may not maintain an action or proceeding in this state unless it is registered to do business in this state.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 30-21-502

  • Act: means the Idaho uniform business organizations code. See Idaho Code 30-21-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Filing entity: means an entity whose formation requires the filing of a public organic record. See Idaho Code 30-21-102
  • Governor: means :
Idaho Code 30-21-102
  • Interest: means :
    • Idaho Code 30-21-102
  • Limited liability partnership: means a domestic limited liability partnership registered under or subject to chapter 23, title 30, Idaho Code, or a foreign limited liability partnership. See Idaho Code 30-21-102
  • 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.
  • Proceeding: includes a civil action, arbitration, mediation, administrative proceeding, criminal prosecution and investigatory action. See Idaho Code 30-21-102
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Idaho Code 30-21-102
    • (c) The failure of a foreign filing entity or foreign limited liability partnership to register to do business in this state does not impair the validity of a contract or act of the foreign filing entity or foreign limited liability partnership or preclude it from defending an action or proceeding in this state.
    (d) A limitation on the liability of a series of foreign unincorporated entity or an interest holder or governor of a foreign filing entity or of a partner of a foreign limited liability partnership is not waived solely because the foreign unincorporated entity or any series thereof, foreign filing entity or foreign limited liability partnership does business in this state without registering.
    (e) Section 30-21-501(a) and (b), Idaho Code, applies even if a foreign entity fails to register under this chapter.