2004 Minnesota Statutes

     322A.75 Transaction of business without registration. 

    (a) A foreign limited partnership transacting business in 
 this state may not maintain any action, suit, or proceeding in 
 any court of this state until it has registered in this state. 

    (b) The failure of a foreign limited partnership to 
 register 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 any action, suit, 
 or proceeding 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 having transacted business in 
 this state without registration. 

    (d) A foreign limited partnership, by transacting business 
 in this state without registration, appoints the secretary of 
 state as its agent for service of process with respect to causes 
 of action arising out of the transaction of business in this 
 state. 

    HIST: 1980 c 582 art 5 s 54