2006 New York Code - Doing Business Without Certificate Of Authority.

 
    §  121-907.  Doing  business without certificate of authority. * (a) A
  foreign limited partnership doing business in this state without  having
  received a certificate of authority to do business in this state may not
  maintain  any  action,  suit  or special proceeding in any court of this
  state  unless  and  until  such  partnership  shall  have   received   a
  certificate  of  authority  in  this state and shall have filed proof of
  publication pursuant to section 121-902 of this article.
    * NB Effective until June 1, 2006
    * (a) A foreign limited  partnership  doing  business  in  this  state
  without  having  received  a  certificate of authority to do business in
  this state may not maintain any action, suit or  special  proceeding  in
  any  court  of  this  state unless and until such partnership shall have
  received a certificate of authority in this state.
    * NB Effective June 1, 2006
    (b) The failure  of  a  foreign  limited  partnership  that  is  doing
  business in this state to comply with the provision of this article 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 special 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 the limited partnership's doing or having done business in this state
  without having received a certificate of authority.
    (d) A foreign limited partnership by  doing  business  in  this  state
  without  authority  appoints  the  secretary  of  state as its agent for
  service of process with respect to causes of action arising out of doing
  business in this state. In any such case, process against  such  foreign
  limited  partnership  may  be  served upon the secretary of state in the
  manner set forth in section 121-109 of this article.