{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-42-1a-52","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 42:1A-52","heading":"Foreign qualification required; effects of failure","body":"52.  a.  A foreign limited liability partnership transacting business in this State shall not maintain an action or proceeding in this State unless it has in effect a statement of foreign qualification.\nb.\tThe failure of a foreign limited liability partnership to have in effect a statement of foreign qualification shall not impair the validity of a contract or act of the foreign limited liability partnership or preclude it from defending an action or proceeding in this State.\nc.\tA limitation on personal liability of a partner shall not be waived solely by transacting business in this State without a statement of foreign qualification.\nd.\tIf a foreign limited liability partnership transacts business in this State without a statement of foreign qualification, the State Treasurer shall be its agent for service of process with respect to a right of action arising out of the transaction of business in this State.\nL.2000,c.161,s.52.","path":["TITLE 42 PARTNERSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIP ASSOCIATIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"cea2d38d0dcae73f2f35c4c3dad20b76f0540402a112033d5d2875297ea064cd","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-42-1a-51","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-42-1a-53"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}