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(a) Any foreign corporation required to comply with the provisions of §§ 3801 and 3807 of this title, that has been doing business in the Commonwealth without authorization, may not initiate any proceeding in any court of the Commonwealth, until such corporation has been authorized to do business in this jurisdiction and has paid to the Commonwealth any and all fees, penalties, and taxes, for the years or fraction thereof during which such corporation was doing business in this jurisdiction without authorization.\n(b) The fact that a foreign corporation had failed to obtain an authorization to do business in the Commonwealth shall not impair the validity of any contract or action of the foreign corporation nor impede it from defending itself in any proceeding in the Commonwealth.\nHistory —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 164, § 13.03.