{"data":{"id":"us-gu/18-gca-7313","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"18 GCA § 7313","heading":"Effect of Failure to Obtain Certificate of Authority.","body":"(a) A foreign limited liability company transacting business in Guam may not maintain an action, or proceeding in Guam, unless it has a certificate of authority to transact business in Guam.\n(b) The failure of a foreign limited liability company to have a certificate of authority to transact business in Guam does not impair the validity of a contract, or act of the company, or prevent the foreign limited liability company from defending an action; or proceeding in Guam.\n(c) Limitations on personal liability of managers, members, and their transferees are not waived solely by transacting business in Guam without a\ncertificate of authority.\n(d) If a foreign limited liability company transacts business in Guam without a certificate of authority, it appoints the Department of Revenue and\nTaxation as its agent for service of process for claims of relief arising out of the transaction of business in Guam.","path":["Title 18: Business Structure and Function","Division 1 - Business Structure","Part 1 - The Corporate Law","Chapter 7: Foreign Corporations","ARTICLE 3: FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/18gc007.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T03:52:58Z","sha256":"476426d3d73b183c655b1f61234d8502418cb81245a613050edb1a47df7d59f3","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/18-gca-7312","next":"us-gu/18-gca-8101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}