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WHAT CONSTITUTES DOING BUSINESS

2016 | EDITION

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What Constitutes Doing Business

By a corporation in States Foreign to the state of its incorporation

2016 Edition

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INTRODUCTION

1

THREE KINDS OF DOING BUSINESS

3

PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO QUALIFY

7

Suits By Unqualified Foreign Corporations

7

Effect of Subsequent Qualification

14

Defense of Suits

17

Validity of Corporate Acts

19

Counterclaims

20

Suits By Assignees and Successors

22

Personal Liability

26

Monetary Penalties

28

Statutory Citations

31

STATUTORY "DOING BUSINESS" DEFINITIONS

APPLICABLE TO ORDINARY BUSINESS

CORPORATIONS

35

The Model Act Provision

35

The Revised Model Act Provision

36

Alabama

37

Alaska

37

Arizona

38

Arkansas

38

California

38

Colorado

39

Connecticut

39

Delaware

39

District of Columbia

40

Florida

41

Georgia

41

Hawaii

42

Idaho

42

Illinois

43

Indiana

43

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Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Alberta

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British Columbia

65

Manitoba

66

New Brunswick

66

Newfoundland

67

Northwest Territories

68

Nova Scotia

68

Nunavut

68

Ontario

68

Prince Edward Island

69

Quebec

69

Saskatchewan

70

Yukon Territory

70

STATUTORY "DOING BUSINESS" PROVISIONS

LIMITED TO LENDING MONEY ON SECURITY

73

SPECIFIC DOING BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

75

Introduction

75

Interstate and Foreign Commerce

76

Isolated Transactions

82

Corporate Secondary Activities

87

In General

87

Advertising

88

Bank Accounts

91

Books And Records

91

Maintaining an Office

92

Maintaining and Defending Suits

94

Meetings in State

96

Preliminary Acts

96

Holding Interests in Resident Businesses

98

Franchise Operations

99

Holding Companies

101

Parent And Subsidiary Corporations

102

Partnerships, LLCs, and Joint Ventures

105

Contracting

108

Federal Contracts

111

Subcontracting

113

Submitting Bids

114

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Credit Collecting Debts Extending Credit Lending Money On Security

Entertainment Broadcasting Exhibition of Films Professional Sporting Exhibitions And Games Production of Films and Shows

Leasing Leasing Personal Property Leasing Real Property Oil and Gas Leases

Manufacturing Performing Services

In General Correspondence Schools Field Warehousing Installation of Machinery and Equipment Research Work Transportation Companies Property Ownership Personal Property Ownership Processing Purchasing Real Property Ownership Sales Commission Merchants and Brokers Conditional Sales Sales from Trucks Sales of Repossessed Goods Sales of Samples Sales of Securities Sales Through Brokers Shipments on Consignment Show Rooms Solicitation

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Specialty Salesmen

171

Subscription Sales

173

Selling Over the Internet

174

DOING BUSINESS IN

175

Canada

175

Guam

176

Puerto Rico

176

The Virgin Islands

177

PERSONAL JURISDICTION

179

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES

185

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