Foreign corporation qualifications
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A foreign filing entity or foreign limited liability partnership shall deliver a foreign registration statement to the Mayor for filing. (DC ST § 29-105.03) The corporation also must appoint and maintain in the District an agent for service of process and must register the address of its principal office and its registered agent in the District. (DC ST § 29-104.04)
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A foreign corporation that transacts business in the District of Columbia cannot maintain an action at law or in equity unless it is registered. D.C. Code Ann. § 29-105.02. The failure of a foreign filing entity or foreign limited liability partnership to register to do business in the District shall not impair the validity of a contract or act of the foreign filing entity or foreign limited liability partnership or preclude it from defending a proceeding in the District. D.C. Code § 29-105.02(c).
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