Georgia § 14-3-1502 - Transacting business without certificate of authority.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 14-3-1502 — Transacting business without certificate of authority., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 14-3-1502. Transacting business without certificate of authority.
A foreign corporation transacting business in this state without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any court in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority. The successor to a foreign corporation that transacted business in this state without a certificate of authority and the assignee of a cause of action arising out of that business may not maintain a proceeding based on that cause of action in any court in this state unless before the commencement of the proceeding the foreign corporation or its successor obtains a certificate of authority. Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this Code section, the failure of a foreign corporation to obtain a certificate of authority does not impair the validity of its corporate acts or prevent it from defending any proceeding in this state. (Code 1981, § 14-3-1502 , enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1.) Law reviews. - For article, "Foreign Corporations in Georgia," see 10 Ga. St. B. J. 243 (1973).
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