{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156c-47","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, § 47","heading":"Laws applicable to foreign limited liability company","body":"Section 47. A foreign limited liability company shall not do any business in the commonwealth which is prohibited to a limited liability company organized under this chapter. A member, manager or other agent of a foreign limited liability company shall be subject to the liabilities, and shall have the defenses, with respect to the limited liability company, as officers, directors and other agents of a foreign corporation have under section 15.11 of subdivision A of Part 15 of chapter 156D. Subject to the constitution of the commonwealth, a foreign limited liability company's organization and internal affairs and the liability of its members and managers shall be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction under which it is organized. A foreign limited liability company may not be denied registration by reason of any difference between such laws and the laws of the commonwealth.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 156C"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter156C/Section47","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:39Z","sha256":"59cadded7b675154f3cb8df4e04bdc6f8e2a647dcb1ccacf980ab9ab2e237cb0","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156c-46","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156c-48"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}