Section 449.1907 - Maintaining court action in state before registration prohibited; effect of transacting business in state without registration(a) A foreign limited partnership transacting business in this state may not maintain any action or proceeding in any court of this state until it has registered in this state. An action commenced by a foreign limited partnership which has not registered in this state shall not be dismissed if it registers before the order of dismissal. This prohibition applies to: (1) A successor in interest of the foreign limited partnership, except a receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or other representative of creditors of the foreign limited partnership.(2) An assignee of the foreign limited partnership, except an assignee for value who accepts an assignment without knowledge that the foreign limited partnership should have but has not registered in this state.(b) The failure of a foreign limited partnership to register in this state does not impair the validity of any contract or act of the foreign limited partnership or prevent the foreign limited partnership from defending any action or proceeding in any court of this state.(c) A limited partner of a foreign limited partnership is not liable as a general partner of the foreign limited partnership solely by reason of having transacted business in this state without registration.(d) A foreign limited partnership, by transacting business in this state without registration, appoints the administrator as its agent for service of process with respect to causes of action arising out of the transaction of business in this state.1982, Act 213, Eff. 1/1/1983 .