New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-60. Transacting business without certificate of authority
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-60
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Foreign limited partnership: means a partnership formed under the laws of any state other than this State and having as partners one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. See New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-5
- General partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a general partner in accordance with the partnership agreement and named in the certificate of limited partnership as a general partner. See New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-5
- Limited partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a limited partner in accordance with the partnership agreement. See New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-5
- 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.
- Secretary of State: refers to the State Treasurer, based upon the transfer of the functions, powers and duties of the Division of Commercial Recording, established pursuant to section 1 of P. See New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-5
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-5
b. The failure of a foreign limited partnership to obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this State does not impair the validity of any contract or act of the foreign limited partnership or prevent the foreign limited partnership from defending an action in any court of this State.
c. A limited partner of a foreign limited partnership is not liable as a general partner of the foreign limited partnership solely by reason of the foreign limited partnership having transacted business in this State without having obtained a certificate of authority to transact business; provided that, on ascertaining that no certificate of authority to transact business in this State exists, he promptly:
(1) Causes an appropriate certificate of authority to transact business in this State to be executed and filed; or
(2) Withdraws from future equity participation in the enterprise pursuant to the laws of the state in which the limited partnership was formed.
d. A foreign limited partnership, by transacting business in this State without having obtained a certificate of authority to transact business, appoints the Secretary of State as its agent for service of process with respect to claims arising out of the transaction of business in this State.
e. A foreign limited partnership which transacts business in this State without a certificate of authority to transact business shall forfeit to the State a penalty of not less than $200.00, nor more than $1,000.00 for each calendar year, or part thereof, not more than five years prior thereto, in which it shall have transacted business in this State without the certificate. The penalty shall be recovered with costs in an action prosecuted by the Attorney General. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise.
L. 1983, c. 489, s. 59; amended 1988,c.130,s.30.