| (1) |
To cancel its certificate of authority, a foreign cooperative shall deliver to the division for filing a notice of cancellation. The certificate is canceled when the notice becomes effective under Section 16-16-203. |
Terms Used In Utah Code 16-16-1407
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
| (2) |
A foreign cooperative transacting business in this state may not maintain an action or proceeding in this state unless it has a certificate of authority. |
| (3) |
The failure of a foreign cooperative to have a certificate of authority does not impair the validity of a contract or act of the foreign cooperative or prevent the foreign cooperative from defending an action or proceeding in this state. |
| (4) |
A member of a foreign cooperative is not liable for the obligations of the foreign cooperative solely by reason of the foreign cooperative’s having transacted business in this state without a certificate of authority. |
| (5) |
If a foreign cooperative transacts business in this state without a certificate of authority or cancels its certificate, it appoints the division as its agent for service of process for an action arising out of the transaction of business in this state. |
Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
