{"publisher":"NovaCopilot","source":{"name":"Delaware Code Online","url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c001/index.html"},"license":"https://legal.exploreworldai.com/revision","id":"us-delaware:foreign-corporation-qualification","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"Delaware","level":"state","question":"Must a company incorporated elsewhere register to do business in Delaware?","answer":"Before doing business in Delaware, a foreign corporation must file a certificate of qualification and appoint a registered agent under section 371. Failure blocks it from suing in Delaware courts until it complies.","reference":"8 Del. C. §§ 371 and 383","authority":"Delaware Secretary of State","legalKind":"statute","status":"In force at the reading date","readAt":"2026-10-01","relatedRules":[],"relatedCases":[],"canonical":"https://legal.exploreworldai.com/us/delaware/questions/foreign-corporation-qualification","version":"us-delaware-v1.1.0","hash":"sha256:4c07d8715c1cf949e4e59dba6f12bf0265deb12498fafba3d5bee75c586e9990"}