17-7929. Resignation of resident agent; effect of failure to appoint successor; service of process. (a) The resident agent of one or more covered entities may resign without appointing a successor by paying a fee if authorized by law, as provided by K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7910, and amendments thereto, and filing a certificate of resignation, with the secretary of state stating that the resident agent resigns as resident agent for the covered entities identified in the certificate, but such resignation shall not become effective until 30 days after the certificate is filed. The certificate shall be executed by the resident agent, shall contain a statement that written notice of resignation was given to each affected covered entity at least 30 days prior to the filing of the certificate by mailing or delivering such notice to the covered entity at its address last known to the resident agent and shall set forth the date of such notice.
(b) After receipt of the notice of the resignation of its resident agent, provided for in subsection (a), any covered entity for which such resident agent was acting shall obtain and designate a new resident agent to take the place of the resident agent so resigning. Such covered entity shall pay a fee if authorized by law, as provided by K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-7910, and amendments thereto, and file with the secretary of state a certificate setting forth the name and address of the successor resident agent. Upon such filing, the successor resident agent shall become the resident agent of such covered entity and the successor resident agent's address, as stated in such certificate, shall become the address of the covered entity's registered office in this state. If such covered entity fails to obtain and designate a new resident agent as aforesaid, prior to the expiration of the period of 60 days after the filing by the resident agent of the certificate of resignation, the secretary of state shall declare the entity's organizing documents forfeited.
(c) After the resignation of the resident agent shall have become effective, as provided in subsection (a), and if no new resident agent shall have been obtained and designated in the time and manner provided for in subsection (b), service of legal process against the covered entity, or in the case of a domestic or foreign limited liability company, any series of such limited liability company, for which the resigned resident agent had been acting shall thereafter be upon the secretary of state in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 60-304, and amendments thereto.
(d) Any covered entity affected by the filing of 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.
History: L. 2014, ch. 121, § 29; L. 2016, ch. 110, § 137; L. 2019, ch. 47, § 48; 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.