17-7671. Contested matters relating to manager; contested votes. (a) Upon application of any member or manager, as defined in subsection (c), the district court may hear and determine the validity of any admission, election, appointment, removal or resignation of a manager of a limited liability company, and the right of any person to become or continue to be a manager of a limited liability company, and, in case the right to serve as a manager is claimed by more than one person, may determine the person or persons entitled to serve as managers; and to that end make such order or decree in any such case as may be just and proper, with power to enforce the production of any books, papers and records of the limited liability company relating to the issue. In any such application, the limited liability company shall be named as a party, and service of copies of the application upon the resident agent of the limited liability company shall be deemed to be service upon the limited liability company and upon the person or persons whose right to serve as a manager is contested and upon the person or persons, if any, claiming to be a manager or claiming the right to be a manager; and the resident agent shall forward immediately a copy of the application to the limited liability company and to the person or persons whose right to serve as a manager is contested and to the person or persons, if any, claiming to be a manager or the right to be a manager, in a postpaid, sealed, registered letter addressed to such limited liability company and such person or persons at their post-office addresses last known to the resident agent or furnished to the resident agent by the applicant member or manager. The court may make such order respecting further or other notice of such application as it deems proper under these circumstances.
(b) Upon application of any member or manager, the district court may hear and determine the result of any vote of members or managers upon matters as to which the members or managers of the limited liability company, or any class or group of members or managers, have the right to vote pursuant to the operating agreement or other agreement or this act, other than the admission, election, appointment, removal or resignation of managers. In any such application, the limited liability company shall be named as a party, and service of the application upon the resident agent of the limited liability company shall be deemed to be service upon the limited liability company, and no other party need be joined in order for the court to adjudicate the result of the vote. The court may make such order respecting further or other notice of such application as it deems proper under these circumstances.
(c) As used in this section, the term "manager" refers to a person:
(1) Who is a manager as defined in subsection (i) of K.S.A. 17-7663, and amendments thereto; and
(2) whether or not a member of a limited liability company, who, although not a manager as defined in subsection (i) of K.S.A. 17-7663, and amendments thereto, participates materially in the management of the limited liability company, except that the power to elect or otherwise select or to participate in the election or selection of a person to be a manager as defined in subsection (i) of K.S.A. 17-7663, and amendments thereto, shall not, by itself, constitute participation in the management of the limited liability company.
(d) Nothing herein contained limits or affects the right to serve process in any other manner now or hereafter provided by law. This section is an extension of and not a limitation upon the right otherwise existing of service of legal process upon nonresidents.
History: L. 1999, ch. 119, § 10; L. 2014, ch. 40, § 7; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 76 - Limited Liability Companies
17-7667 Service of process or service of any notice or demand.
17-7668 Nature of business permitted; powers.
17-7669 Business transactions of member or manager with the limited liability company.
17-7671 Contested matters relating to manager; contested votes.
17-7672 Interpretation and enforcement of operating agreement.
17-7675 Articles of organization; cancellation; certificates of cancellation and correction.
17-7676a Execution by agent; power of attorney or proxy.
17-7677 Execution by judicial order.
17-7680 Restated articles of organization; restated certificate of designation.
17-7681 Merger or consolidation.
17-7682 Contractual appraisal rights.
17-7685a Division of a limited liability company.
17-7687 Classes; voting; meetings of members; amendment of operating agreement.
17-7688 Liability to third parties.
17-7689 Events; ceasing membership of a limited liability company.
17-7691 Remedies for breach of operating agreement by member.
17-7692 Admission of managers.
17-7693 Management of limited liability company.
17-7694 Contributions by a manager.
17-7695 Classes and voting; meetings of managers.
17-7696 Remedies for breach of operating agreement by manager.
17-7697 Reliance on reports and information by member, manager or liquidating trustee.
17-7698 Delegation of rights and powers to manage.
17-76,100 Liability for contribution.
17-76,101 Allocation of profits and losses.
17-76,102 Allocation of distributions.
17-76,103 Defense of usury not available.
17-76,104 Interim distributions.
17-76,105 Resignation of manager.
17-76,106 Resignation of member.
17-76,107 Distribution upon resignation.
17-76,108 Distribution in kind.
17-76,109 Right to distribution.
17-76,110 Limitations on distribution.
17-76,111 Nature of limited liability company interest.
17-76,112 Assignment of limited liability company interest.
17-76,113 Rights of judgment creditor; charging orders.
17-76,114 Right of assignee to become member.
17-76,115 Powers of estate of deceased or incompetent member.
17-76,117 Involuntary dissolution.
17-76,119 Distribution of assets.
17-76,128 Execution; liability.
17-76,129 Service of process; venue.
17-76,130 Right to bring action by a member or an assignee.
17-76,131 Proper plaintiff in a derivative action.
17-76,134 Construction and application of act and operating agreement.
17-76,135 Cases not provided for in this act.
17-76,136 Fees for documents or services of secretary of state. [See Revisor's Note]
17-76,137 Reserved power of state to alter or repeal act.
17-76,138 Taxation of limited liability companies.
17-76,141 Severability clause.
17-76,143 Series limited liability company.
17-76,143a Merger or consolidation of one or more series.
17-76,144 Certification of cancellation; court appointments; powers of trustees or receivers.
17-76,145 Procedure preventing dissolution or winding up; exception.
17-76,147 Reinstatement of a series. [See Revisor's Note]
17-76,148 Statutory public benefit limited liability companies; applicable law; how formed.
17-76,149 Same; definitions; contents of articles of organization and operating agreement.
17-76,150 Same; vote, consent or approval required for certain actions.
17-76,151 Same; duties of members or managers.
17-76,152 Same; periodic statements and third-party certification.
17-76,153 Same; derivative lawsuits.