PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 654

(B) THE FILING OF A CERTIFICATE OF CANCELLATION DOES NOT TERMINATE
THE AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT SERVICE OF PROCESS ON THE
FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP WITH RESPECT TO CAUSES OF ACTION
ARISING OUT OF DOING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE.

9-1106. DOING BUSINESS WITHOUT REGISTRATION.

(A)    IF A FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP IS DOING OR HAS DONE
ANY INTRASTATE, INTERSTATE, OR FOREIGN BUSINESS IN THIS STATE WITHOUT
COMPLYING WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOREIGN LIMITED
LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AND ANY PERSON CLAIMING UNDER IT MAY NOT
MAINTAIN SUIT IN ANY COURT OF THIS STATE, UNLESS THE LIMITED LIABILITY
PARTNERSHIP SHOWS TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COURT THAT:

(1)     THE FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP OR THE PERSON
CLAIMING UNDER IT HAS PAID THE PENALTY SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (D) (1) OF
THIS SECTION; AND

(2)     (I) THE FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP OR A
SUCCESSOR TO IT HAS COMPLIED WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBTITLE; OR

(II) THE FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AND ANY
FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP SUCCESSOR TO IT ARE NO LONGER
DOING INTRASTATE, INTERSTATE, OR FOREIGN BUSINESS IN THIS STATE.

(B)     THE FAILURE OF A FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP TO
REGISTER IN THIS STATE DOES NOT IMPAIR THE VALIDITY OF A CONTRACT OR ACT
OF THE FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP OR PREVENT THE FOREIGN
LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP FROM DEFENDING ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR
PROCEEDING IN A COURT OF THIS STATE.

(C)     A FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP, BY DOING BUSINESS IN
THIS STATE WITHOUT REGISTRATION, APPOINTS THE DEPARTMENT AS ITS AGENT
FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS WITH RESPECT TO CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF
DOING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE

(D)    (1) (I) IF A FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP DOES ANY
INTRASTATE, INTERSTATE, OR FOREIGN BUSINESS IN THIS STATE WITHOUT
REGISTERING, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL IMPOSE A PENALTY OF $200 ON THE
LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP.

(II) THE PENALTY UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE COLLECTED
AND MAY BE REDUCED OR ABATED UNDER § 14-704 OF THE TAX - PROPERTY
ARTICLE.

(2) EACH MEMBER OF A FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
THAT DOES INTRASTATE, INTERSTATE, OR FOREIGN BUSINESS IN THIS STATE
WITHOUT REGISTERING, AND EACH AGENT OF THE FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY
PARTNERSHIP WHO TRANSACTS INTRASTATE, INTERSTATE, OR FOREIGN BUSINESS
IN THIS STATE FOR IT IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND ON CONVICTION IS
SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000.

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