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KS Stat § 17-7904 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 79 - Business Entity Standard Treatment Act|17-7904 Filings related to limited liability companies. [See Revisor's Note]

17-7904. Filings related to limited liability companies. [See Revisor's Note] The following documents related to limited liability companies shall be filed with the secretary of state:(a) Articles of organization as set forth in K.S.A. 17-7673 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7673a, and amendments thereto;(b) professional articles of organization as set forth in K.S.A. 17-7673 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7673a, and amendments thereto;(c) series limited liability company articles of organization as set forth in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-76,143, and amendments thereto;(d) foreign limited liability company application for authority as set forth in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7931, and amendments thereto;(e) foreign series limited liability company application for admission to transact business as set forth in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7931 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-76,143, and amendments thereto;(f) annual report as set forth in K.S.A. 17-76,139, and amendments thereto;(g) certificate of amendment as set forth in K.S.A. 17-7674 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7674a and 17-76,143, and amendments thereto;(h) restated articles of organization as set forth in K.S.A. 17-7680, and amendments thereto;(i) series certificate of designation as set forth in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-76,143, and amendments thereto;(j) certificate of amendment or termination to certificate of merger or consolidation as set forth in K.S.A. 17-7681 or K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-76,143a, and amendments thereto;(k) certificate of correction as set forth in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7912, and amendments thereto;(l) foreign certificate of correction as set forth in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7912, and amendments thereto;(m) change of registered office or resident agent as set forth in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7926, 17-7927, 17-7928 and 17-7929, and amendments thereto;(n) mergers or consolidations as set forth in K.S.A. 17-7681 or K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-76,143a, and amendments thereto;(o) reinstatement as set forth in K.S.A. 17-76,139 or K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-76-147, and amendments thereto;(p) certificate of cancellation as set forth in K.S.A. 17-7675 or K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-76,143, and amendments thereto;(q) foreign cancellation of registration as set forth in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7936, and amendments thereto; and(r) certificate of division as set forth in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7685a, and amendments thereto.History: L. 2014, ch. 121, § 4; L. 2019, ch. 47, § 42; L. 2019, ch. 47, § 43; July 1, 2020.
KS Stat § 17-7905 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 79 - Business Entity Standard Treatment Act|17-7905 Filings related to limited partnerships. [See Revisor's Note]

17-7905. Filings related to limited partnerships. [See Revisor's Note] (a) The following documents related to limited partnerships shall be filed with the secretary of state:(1) Certificate of limited partnership as set forth in K.S.A. 56-1a151, and amendments thereto;(2) foreign application for registration as set forth in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7931, and amendments thereto;(3) annual report as set forth in K.S.A. 56-1a606 and 56-1a607, and amendments thereto;(4) amendment to certificate as set forth in K.S.A. 56-1a152, and amendments thereto;(5) restated certificate as set forth in K.S.A. 56-1a160, and amendments thereto;(6) change of registered office or resident agent as set forth in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7926, 17-7927, 17-7928 and 17-7929, and amendments thereto;(7) foreign certificate of amendment or correction as set forth in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7912, and amendments thereto;(8) mergers as set forth in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-78,201 through 17-78,206, and amendments thereto;(9) reinstatement as set forth in K.S.A. 56-1a606 and 56-1a607, and amendments thereto;(10) cancellation as set forth in K.S.A. 56-1a153, and amendments thereto; and(11) foreign cancellation of registration as set forth in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7936, and amendments thereto.(b) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2015.History: L. 2014, ch. 121, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-7906 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 79 - Business Entity Standard Treatment Act|17-7906 Filings related to limited liability partnerships. [See Revisor's Note]

17-7906. Filings related to limited liability partnerships. [See Revisor's Note] (a) The following documents related to limited liability partnerships shall be filed with the secretary of state:(1) Statement of qualification as set forth in K.S.A. 56a-1001, and amendments thereto;(2) foreign statement of qualification as set forth in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7931, and amendments thereto;(3) annual report as set forth in K.S.A. 56a-1201 and 56a-1202, and amendments thereto;(4) amendment to statement of qualification as set forth in K.S.A. 56a-105, and amendments thereto;(5) change of registered office or resident agent as set forth in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7926, 17-7927, 17-7928 and 17-7929, and amendments thereto;(6) reinstatement as set forth in K.S.A. 56a-1201, and amendments thereto;(7) cancellation of statement as set forth in K.S.A. 56a-105, and amendments thereto;(8) statement of denial as set forth in K.S.A. 56a-304, and amendments thereto;(9) statement of dissociation as set forth in K.S.A. 56a-704, and amendments thereto;(10) statement of dissolution as set forth in K.S.A. 56a-105 and 56a-805, and amendments thereto; and(11) statement of merger as set forth in K.S.A. 56a-907, and amendments thereto.(b) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2015.History: L. 2014, ch. 121, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-7907 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 79 - Business Entity Standard Treatment Act|17-7907 Rules and regulations.

17-7907. Rules and regulations. The secretary of state is hereby authorized to adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. No rule and regulation adopted pursuant to this section shall take effect prior to January 1, 2015.History: L. 2014, ch. 121, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-7908 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 79 - Business Entity Standard Treatment Act|17-7908 Execution of filings.

17-7908. Execution of filings. All documents required by this act to be filed with the secretary of state shall be executed as follows:(a) Documents related to corporations shall be executed in the following manner:(1) The articles of incorporation for all corporations, and any other document to be filed before the election of the initial board of directors, if the initial directors were not named in the articles of incorporation, shall be signed by the incorporator or incorporators or, in the case of any such other document, such incorporator's or incorporators' successors and assigns. If any incorporator is not available, then any such other document may be signed, with the same effect as if such incorporator had signed it, by any person for whom or on whose behalf such incorporator, in executing the articles of incorporation, was acting directly or indirectly as an employee or agent, except that such other document shall state that such incorporator is not available and the reason therefore, that such incorporator in executing the articles of incorporation was acting directly or indirectly as an employee or agent for or on behalf of such person and that such person's signature on such instrument is otherwise authorized and not wrongful.(2) All documents related to a corporation that are not addressed by subsection (a)(1), shall be signed: (A) By any authorized officer of the corporation; (B) if it appears from the document that there are no such officers, by a majority of the directors or by such directors as may be designated by the board; (C) if it appears from the document that there are no such officers or directors, by the holders of record, or such of them as may be designated by the holders of record, of a majority of all outstanding shares of stock; or (D) by the holders of record of all outstanding shares of stock.(b) Documents related to limited liability companies shall be executed in the following manner: All documents shall be signed by one or more authorized persons. Unless otherwise provided in an operating agreement, any person may sign the articles, any certificate, any amendment thereof, or enter into an operating agreement or amendment thereof by an agent.(c) Documents related to limited partnerships shall be executed in the following manner:(1) An initial certificate of limited partnership must be signed by all general partners;(2) a certificate of amendment must be signed by at least one general partner and by each other general partner who is designated in the certificate of amendment as a new general partner; and(3) a certificate of cancellation must be signed by all general partners or, if there is no general partner, by a majority of the limited partners.(d) Documents related to limited liability partnerships shall be executed by an authorized person.History: L. 2014, ch. 121, § 8; L. 2016, ch. 110, § 130; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-7909 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 79 - Business Entity Standard Treatment Act|17-7909 Execution of filing constitutes an oath.

17-7909. Execution of filing constitutes an oath. (a) The execution of any document required to be filed by chapter 17 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and by this act with the secretary of state shall constitute an oath or affirmation, under the penalties of perjury, that the facts stated in the document are true and that any power of attorney used in connection with the execution is in proper form and substance.(b) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2015.History: L. 2014, ch. 121, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-7910 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 79 - Business Entity Standard Treatment Act|17-7910 Filing process; signatures; tender of taxes and fees; certification by secretary of state; evidence of authority to file not required. [See Revisor's Note]

17-7910. Filing process; signatures; tender of taxes and fees; certification by secretary of state; evidence of authority to file not required. [See Revisor's Note] When any document is required by this act to be filed with the secretary of state, such requirement means that:(a) The original signed document shall be delivered to the office of the secretary of state, where the document shall be recorded in an electronic medium. Any signature on documents authorized to be filed with the secretary of state under the provisions of this act may be a facsimile, a conformed signature, an electronic signature or an electronically transmitted signature;(b) all taxes and fees authorized by law to be collected by the secretary of state in connection with the filing of the document shall be tendered to the secretary of state;(c) upon delivery of the document, and upon tender of the required taxes and fees, the secretary of state shall, if the secretary of state finds that the document conforms to law, certify that the document has been filed in the office of the secretary of state by endorsing upon the electronically recorded document the word "Filed" and the date and hour of its filing. This endorsement is the "filing date" of the document and is conclusive of the date and time of its filing in the absence of actual fraud. The secretary of state shall thereupon record the endorsed document in an electronic medium and that electronic document shall become the original document; and(d) the secretary of state shall return a certified copy of the recorded document to the person who filed the document or that person's representative, except this provision shall not apply to annual reports.(e) A person who executes any document required by this act to be filed with the secretary of state, including a person who executes such document as an agent or fiduciary, shall not be required to exhibit evidence of the person's authority as a prerequisite to filing such documents with the secretary of state.History: L. 2014, ch. 121, § 10; L. 2015, ch. 65, § 13; L. 2021, ch. 61, § 31; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-7911 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 79 - Business Entity Standard Treatment Act|17-7911 Effective date.

17-7911. Effective date. Any document that is required by this act to be filed with the secretary of state shall be effective upon its filing date. Any document may provide that it is not to become effective until a specified date subsequent to its filing date, but such date shall not be later than 90 days after its filing date. If any document filed in accordance with this act provides for a future effective date and the transaction is terminated or its terms are amended to change the future effective date prior to the future effective date, the document shall be terminated or amended by the filing, prior to the future effective date, of a certificate of termination or a certificate of amendment of the original document, executed and filed in accordance with this section. The certificate shall identify the document which has been terminated or amended, and shall state that the document has been terminated or the manner in which it has been amended.This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2015.History: L. 2014, ch. 121, § 11; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-7912 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 79 - Business Entity Standard Treatment Act|17-7912 Correction of inaccurate filing, administrative errors.

17-7912. Correction of inaccurate filing, administrative errors. (a) When any document that is required by this act to be filed with the secretary of state has been so filed and is an inaccurate record of the covered entity action therein referred to, or was defectively or erroneously executed, such document may be corrected by filing with the secretary of state a certificate of correction of such document which shall be executed and filed in accordance with this act. The certificate of correction shall specify the inaccuracy or defect to be corrected and shall set forth the portion of the document in corrected form. In lieu of filing a certificate of correction, the document may be corrected by filing with the secretary of state a corrected document which shall be executed and filed in accordance with this act. A fee equal to the fee payable to the secretary of state if the document being corrected were then being filed shall be paid and collected by the secretary of state. The corrected document shall be specifically designated as such in its heading, shall specify the inaccuracy or defect to be corrected, and shall set forth the entire document in corrected form. A document corrected in accordance with this section shall be effective as of the date the original document was filed, except as to those persons who are substantially and adversely affected by the correction and as to those persons, the corrected document shall be effective from the filing date.(b) The secretary of state may correct the secretary's own errors on the secretary's own motion.History: L. 2014, ch. 121, § 12; L. 2015, ch. 65, § 14; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-7913 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 79 - Business Entity Standard Treatment Act|17-7913 Secretary of state not liable; not required to file documents not conforming to law.

17-7913. Secretary of state not liable; not required to file documents not conforming to law. The secretary of state is not required to file any document that the secretary of state finds, on its face, does not conform to law. If any document required to be filed by this act with the secretary of state is filed and is inaccurately, defectively or erroneously executed or otherwise defective in any respect, the secretary of state shall not be liable to any person for the preclearance for filing, the acceptance for filing or the filing and indexing of such document.This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2015.History: L. 2014, ch. 121, § 13; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-7914 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 79 - Business Entity Standard Treatment Act|17-7914 Filing by telefacsimile or electronic communication.

17-7914. Filing by telefacsimile or electronic communication. (a) Any document required to be filed by this act with the secretary of state may be filed by telefacsimile communication. If such telefacsimile communication is accompanied with the appropriate fees, and meets the statutory requirements, it shall be effective upon its filing date or future effective date as prescribed in the document. The secretary of state shall prescribe a telefacsimile communication fee in addition to any filing fees to cover the cost of the services. The fee must be paid prior to acceptance of a telefacsimile communication under this section. The telefacsimile communication fee shall be deposited into the information and services fee fund.(b) As used in this act, "telefacsimile communication" means the use of electronic equipment to send or transfer a document. This section shall not be construed so as to require the secretary of state to accept any filing through electronic mail. The secretary of state may designate acceptable types or formats of telefacsimile communication for filing documents pursuant to this act.(c) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2015.History: L. 2014, ch. 121, § 14; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-7915 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 79 - Business Entity Standard Treatment Act|17-7915 Service of process on covered entity or series of a limited liability company.

17-7915. Service of process on covered entity or series of a limited liability company. Service of process in any action against a covered entity or a series of a limited liability company shall be made in the manner described in K.S.A. 60-304, and amendments thereto.History: L. 2014, ch. 121, § 15; L. 2019, ch. 47, § 44; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-7916 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 79 - Business Entity Standard Treatment Act|17-7916 Attorneys-in-fact and power of attorney; irrevocable power of attorney.

17-7916. Attorneys-in-fact and power of attorney; irrevocable power of attorney. (a) Unless otherwise provided in a covered entity's public organic document or organic rules, any person may sign any document filed with the secretary of state pursuant to this act by an attorney-in-fact, but a power of attorney to sign a certificate relating to the admission of a general partner must describe the admission. Powers of attorney relating to the signing of a document by an attorney-in-fact need not be filed in the office of the secretary of state but must be retained by the covered entity.(b) For all purposes of the laws of the state of Kansas, unless otherwise provided in a covered entity's public organic document or organic rules, a power of attorney with respect to any document filed with the secretary of state pursuant to the business entity standard treatment act, K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7901 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall be irrevocable if the power of attorney states that it is irrevocable and it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. Such irrevocable power of attorney, unless otherwise provided therein, or in a covered entity's public organic document or organic rules, shall not be affected by the subsequent death, disability, incapacity, dissolution, termination of existence or bankruptcy of, or any other event concerning, the principal.History: L. 2014, ch. 121, § 16; L. 2015, ch. 65, § 15; L. 2019, ch. 47, § 45; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-7917 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 79 - Business Entity Standard Treatment Act|17-7917 Failure or refusal to execute document; court to order execution.

17-7917. Failure or refusal to execute document; court to order execution. If a person required by this act to execute any document fails or refuses to do so, any other person who is adversely affected by the failure or refusal may petition the district court to direct the execution of the document. If the court finds that it is proper for the document to be executed and that the person required to execute the document has failed or refused to do so, the court shall order the secretary of state to record an appropriate document.This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2015.History: L. 2014, ch. 121, § 17; July 1.
KS Stat § 17-7918 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 79 - Business Entity Standard Treatment Act|17-7918 Names of covered entities or foreign covered entities; permitted names in general.

17-7918. Names of covered entities or foreign covered entities; permitted names in general. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the names of all covered entities, except for banks, savings and loan associations and savings banks, must be distinguishable on the records of the office of the secretary of state from:(1) The name of any other covered entity or foreign covered entity;(2) the name of any non-covered entity, other than a general partnership, that has filed with the office of the secretary of state, including a series of a limited liability company for which a certificate of designation has been filed;(3) any entity name reserved pursuant to K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7923, and amendments thereto; and(4) the name of any other covered entity, series of a limited liability company or foreign covered entity whose public organic documents, certificate of designation or foreign registration has been canceled or forfeited for any reason within the previous one year.(b) A covered entity may register under any name that is not distinguishable on the records of the office of the secretary of state from the name of any other covered entity or non-covered entity that has filed with the office of the secretary of state with the written consent of the other entity, which written consent shall be filed with the secretary of state.(c) A covered entity may use a name that is not distinguishable from a name described in subsection (a)(1) through (3) if the entity delivers to the secretary of state a certified copy of a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction establishing the right of the entity to use the name in this state.History: L. 2014, ch. 121, § 18; L. 2015, ch. 65, § 16; L. 2016, ch. 110, § 131; L. 2019, ch. 47, § 46; July 1, 2020.
KS Stat § 17-7919 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 17 - Corporations|Article 79 - Business Entity Standard Treatment Act|17-7919 Name requirements for corporations.

17-7919. Name requirements for corporations. (a) The name of a corporation, except for banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks and public benefit corporations, shall contain:(1) One of the following words: "Association"; "church"; "college"; "company"; "corporation"; "club"; "foundation"; "fund"; "incorporated"; "institute"; "society"; "union"; "university"; "syndicate" or "limited";(2) one of the following abbreviations: "Co."; "corp."; "inc." or "ltd."; or(3) words or abbreviations of like import in other languages if they are written in Roman characters or letters.(b) The name of a public benefit corporation shall contain either or both of one of the words, abbreviations or designations in subsection (a) or:(1) The words "public benefit corporation";(2) the abbreviation "P.B.C.";(3) the designation "PBC"; or(4) words or abbreviations of like import in other languages if they are written in Roman characters or letters.History: L. 2014, ch. 121, § 19; L. 2016, ch. 110, § 132; L. 2017, ch. 71, § 13; July 1.