805 ILCS 206/1103

(805 ILCS 206/1103)

Sec. 1103. Effect of failure to qualify.

(a) A foreign limited liability partnership transacting business in this
State may not maintain
an action or proceeding in this State unless it has in effect a statement of
foreign qualification.

(b) The failure of a foreign limited liability partnership to have in effect
a statement of foreign
qualification does 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.

(c) A limitation on personal liability of a partner is not waived solely by
transacting business
in this State without a statement of foreign qualification.

(d) If a foreign limited liability partnership transacts business in this
State without a statement
of foreign qualification, the Secretary of State is its agent for service of
process with respect to a
right of action arising out of the transaction of business in this State.

(e) Service of any process, notice, or demand on the Secretary of State may be made by delivering to and leaving with the Secretary of State duplicate copies of the process, notice, or demand. If a process, notice, or demand is served on the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall forward one of the copies by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the foreign limited liability partnership and its designated office. An affidavit of compliance with this Section in substantially the form that the Secretary of State may prescribe by rule shall be attached to the process, notice, or demand.

(f) Service is effected under subsection (e) at the earliest of:
(1) the date the foreign limited liability