No contractor who fails to register with the commissioner as required by this article or who fails to comply with any provision of this article shall be entitled to maintain an action to recover payment for performance on the contract in the courts of this state.
(Ga. L. 1961, p. 480, § 6; Code 1933, § 91A-6107, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2.)