Leasecomm Corp. v. Renaissance Auto Care, Inc.

EAGLES, Judge.

Defendants argue that the trial court erred in granting plaintiffs summary judgment motion because plaintiff lacked authority to maintain an action in North Carolina to enforce the foreign judgment. We agree.

G.S. 55-15-02(a) provides:

No foreign corporation transacting business in [North Carolina] without permission obtained through a certificate of authority ... shall be permitted to maintain any action or proceeding in any court of this State unless such corporation shall have obtained a certificate of authority prior to trial; nor shall any action or proceeding be maintained…