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Contracts entered into by entity using unregistered fictitious name - 54 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 331

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     § 331.  Contracts entered into by entity using unregistered
                fictitious name.
        (a)  General rule.--No entity which has failed to register a
     fictitious name as required by this chapter shall be permitted
     to maintain any action in any tribunal of this Commonwealth
     until such entity shall have complied with the provisions of
     this chapter. Nor shall any action be maintained in any tribunal
     of this Commonwealth by any successor or assignee of such entity
     on any right, claim or demand arising out of a transaction with
     respect to which such entity used such fictitious name until
     such entity, or an entity which has acquired all or
     substantially all of its assets, shall have complied with the
     provisions of this chapter. The failure of any entity to
     register a fictitious name as required by this chapter shall not
     impair the validity of any contract or act of such entity and
     shall not prevent such entity from defending any action in any
     tribunal of this Commonwealth.
        (b)  Civil penalty.--Before any entity may institute any
     action in any tribunal of this Commonwealth on any cause of
     action arising out of any transaction in respect to which such
     entity used a fictitious name prior to the date of the
     registration of such fictitious name, or after the date its
     registration under this chapter was cancelled or otherwise
     terminated as to such entity, the entity shall pay to the
     department for the use of the Commonwealth a civil penalty of
     $500.
        (c)  Substantial compliance.--The penalties of subsections
     (a) and (b) shall not be applicable if there has been
     substantial compliance in good faith with the requirements of
     this chapter or the corresponding provisions of prior law.

        Cross References.  Section 331 is referred to in section 332
     of this title.

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