Section 10.20.615. Liability to state for transacting business without certificate of authority.

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A foreign corporation that transacts business in the state without a certificate of authority is liable to the state, for the years or portions of years during which it transacted business in the state without a certificate of authority, in an amount equal to all fees that would have been imposed by this chapter on the corporation if it had applied for and received a certificate of authority to transact business in the state as required by this chapter and filed all reports required by this chapter, plus all penalties imposed by this chapter for failure to pay the fees and a penalty of up to $5,000 per year or fraction of a year of operating without a certificate of authority. The attorney general shall bring proceedings to recover amounts due the state under this section.

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(Sec. 1 ch 99 SLA 1968; am Sec. 46 ch 170 SLA 1976)

                    
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