(1) A foreign limited liability company may not do business in this state until it registers with the division under this chapter.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 48-3a-902

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Division: means the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 48-3a-102
  • Foreign limited liability company: means an unincorporated entity formed under the law of a jurisdiction other than this state, which would be a limited liability company, including a low-profit limited liability company, if formed under the law of this state. See Utah Code 48-3a-102
  • Manager: means a person that under the operating agreement of a manager-managed limited liability company is responsible, alone or in concert with others, for performing the management functions stated in Subsection 48-3a-407(3). See Utah Code 48-3a-102
  • Member: means a person that:
         (14)(a) has become a member of a limited liability company under Section 48-3a-401 or was a member in a company when the company became subject to this chapter under Section 48-3a-1405; and
         (14)(b) has not dissociated under Section 48-3a-602. See Utah Code 48-3a-102
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Utah Code 48-3a-102
(2) A foreign limited liability company doing business in this state may not maintain an action or proceeding in this state unless it is registered to do business in this state.
(3) The failure of a foreign limited liability company to register to do business in this state does not impair the validity of a contract or act of the foreign limited liability company or preclude it from defending an action or proceeding in this state.
(4) A limitation on the liability of a member or manager of a foreign limited liability company is not waived solely because the foreign limited liability company does business in this state without registering to do business in this state.
(5) Subsections 48-3a-901(1) and (2) apply even if a foreign limited liability company fails to register under this chapter.