17-7926. Change of registered office or resident agent. (a) Any covered entity, by action of its governing body or by any other means set forth in its organic rules, may change the location of its registered office in this state to any other place in this state and the resident agent may be changed to any other person described in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7925(a), and amendments thereto. A certificate certifying the change shall be executed and filed with the secretary of state in accordance with K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7908 through 17-7910, and amendments thereto.
(b) If a covered entity's resident agent dies or moves from the registered office, the entity shall designate and certify to the secretary of state the name and address of another resident agent, in the manner provided in subsection (a), within 30 days of such death or move. If no new resident agent is designated in the time and manner as provided in this subsection, service of legal process on such entity may be made as prescribed by K.S.A. 60-304, and amendments thereto. If any covered entity fails to designate a new resident agent as required by this subsection, the secretary of state, after giving 30 days notice of the intended action, may declare the entity's public organic document forfeited or, in the case of a foreign entity, the secretary may declare the foreign entity's authority to do business in this state forfeited.
(c) Any covered entity which files a certificate under this section shall not be required to take any further action to amend its public organic documents to reflect a change of registered office or resident agent.
(d) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2015.
History: L. 2014, ch. 121, ยง 26; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 79 - Business Entity Standard Treatment Act
17-7901 Citation of act; applicability.
17-7903 Filings related to corporations. [See Revisor's Note]
17-7904 Filings related to limited liability companies. [See Revisor's Note]
17-7905 Filings related to limited partnerships. [See Revisor's Note]
17-7906 Filings related to limited liability partnerships. [See Revisor's Note]
17-7907 Rules and regulations.
17-7909 Execution of filing constitutes an oath.
17-7912 Correction of inaccurate filing, administrative errors.
17-7913 Secretary of state not liable; not required to file documents not conforming to law.
17-7914 Filing by telefacsimile or electronic communication.
17-7915 Service of process on covered entity or series of a limited liability company.
17-7916 Attorneys-in-fact and power of attorney; irrevocable power of attorney.
17-7917 Failure or refusal to execute document; court to order execution.
17-7918 Names of covered entities or foreign covered entities; permitted names in general.
17-7919 Name requirements for corporations.
17-7920 Name requirements for limited liability companies.
17-7921 Name requirements for limited partnerships.
17-7922 Name requirements for limited liability partnerships.
17-7923 Reservation of exclusive right to entity name.
17-7924 Registered office; requirements to maintain; references in documents.
17-7925 Resident agent; requirement to maintain; references in documents.
17-7926 Change of registered office or resident agent.
17-7927 Change of address of registered office by resident agent; change of name of resident agent.
17-7928 Resignation of resident agent; appointment of successor.
17-7929 Resignation of resident agent; effect of failure to appoint successor; service of process.
17-7930 Foreign covered entities; governing law.
17-7931 Registration of foreign covered entities with secretary of state.
17-7932 Doing business in Kansas; classification of activities.
17-7933 Name requirements for foreign covered entities.
17-7934 Registered office and resident agent requirements for foreign covered entities; changes.
17-7935 Corrections to application for registration of a foreign covered entity.
17-7936 Withdrawal of registration by foreign covered entity. [See Revisor's Note]
17-7937 Action by attorney general to enjoin or restrain a foreign covered entity.