Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 17-6807 (2026)

Continuation of corporation after dissolution for purposes of settling and closing business affairs

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17-6807. Continuation of corporation after dissolution for purposes of settling and closing business affairs. (a) All corporations, whether they expire by their own limitation or are otherwise dissolved, including revocation or forfeiture of articles of incorporation pursuant to K.S.A. 17-6812 or 17-7510, and amendments thereto, shall be continued, nevertheless, for the term of three years from such expiration or dissolution or for such longer period as the district court in its discretion shall direct, bodies corporate for the purpose of prosecuting and defending suits, whether civil, criminal or administrative, by or against them, and of enabling them gradually to settle and close their business, to dispose of and convey their property, to discharge their liabilities and to distribute to their stockholders any remaining assets, but not for the purpose of continuing the business for which the corporation was organized. With respect to any action, suit or proceeding begun by or against the corporation either prior to or within three years after the date of its expiration or dissolution, the action shall not abate by reason of the dissolution of the corporation. The corporation shall, solely for the purpose of such action, suit or proceeding, be continued as a body corporate beyond the three-year period and until any judgments, orders or decrees therein shall be fully executed, without the necessity for any special direction to that effect by the district court.

(b) K.S.A. 17-6808 through 17-6811 and K.S.A. 17-6808a, and amendments thereto, shall apply to any corporation that has expired by its own limitation, and when so applied, all references in those sections to a dissolved corporation or dissolution shall include a corporation that has expired by its own limitation and to such expiration, respectively.

History: L. 1972, ch. 52, § 97; L. 1973, ch. 100, § 13; L. 1988, ch. 99, § 48; Revived and amended, L. 1988, ch. 100, § 48; L. 2016, ch. 110, § 83; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 16 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1981–2022 · leading case: Jon Couzens, Jr. v. William Donohue, 854 F.3d 508 (8th Cir. 2017).

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Jon Couzens, Jr. v. William Donohue, 854 F.3d 508 (8th Cir. 2017). · cites it 2× “Kan. Stat. Ann. § 17-6807 ; see Keystone Agency, Inc.”

Patterson v. Missouri Valley Steel, Inc., 625 P.2d 483 (Kan. 1981). · cites it 10× “That said corporation was liquidated on or about August 1, 1976, but continues to be a corporation for the purposes of suit, under and by virtue of K.S.A. 17-6807 and may be served with process by serving its resident agent, F.”

Mitchell v. Miller, 8 P.3d 26 (Kan. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 8× “The appellants argue the district magistrate court erred in granting Mitchell’s request for leave to file a notice of appeal out of time, Mitchell’s action against Stateline was barred by K.S.A. 17-6807, and Stateline’s promise to pay was not supported by any consideration.”

First Am. Inv. Grp., Inc. v. Henry, 732 P.2d 792 (Kan. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 8× “K.S.A. 17-6807 provides for the limited continuation of corporate existence following dissolution.”

Carmichael v. Halstead Nursing Ctr., Ltd., 701 P.2d 934 (Kan. 1985). · cites it 3× “Appellants argue this is a violation of K.S.A. 17-6807, which provides: “All corporations, whether they expire by their own limitation or are otherwise dissolved .”

Pottorf v. United States, 773 F. Supp. 1491 (D. Kan. 1991). · cites it 7× “The statute relied upon by the plaintiffs, K.S.A. 17-6807, does raise some questions concerning the aforementioned discussion.”

Vogel v. Missouri Valley Steel, Inc., 625 P.2d 1123 (Kan. 1981). · cites it 4× “K.S.A. 17-6807 provides: “All corporations, whether they expire by their own limitation or are otherwise dissolved, including revocation or forfeiture of articles of incorporation pursuant to K.”

Burge v. Frey, 545 F. Supp. 1160 (D. Kan. 1982). · cites it 2× “Kan.Stat.Ann. § 17-6807 (1981) provides: All corporations whether they expire by their own limitation or are otherwise dissolved, including revocation or forfeiture of articles of incorporation pursuant to K.”

First Nat'l Bank of Liberal v. Liberal MacK Sales, Inc. (In Re Liberal MacK Sales, Inc.), 24 B.R. 707 (Bankr. D. Kan. 1982). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. § 17-6807 (1981). This statute is patterned after the Delaware Corporation Code, Del.”

Rodarte v. Kansas Dep't of Transp., 39 P.3d 675 (Kan. Ct. App. 2002). “See K.S.A. 17-6807; First American Investment Group, Inc.”

Mission Road Assocs., L.P. Ex Rel. United Props., Inc. v. IML Realty Co., 807 P.2d 1330 (Kan. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 17-6807 provides that a corporation may sue or defend an action in the district court for a period of three years from the date its articles of incorporation are forfeited.”

Barter Sys., Inc. v. Comm'r, 59 T.C.M. 72 (Tax Ct. 1990). · cites it 2× “2 At *198 various times, petitioner also did business under the name of American Trade Exchange.”

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— K.S.A. § 17-6807(a) — 1 case

Kansas City Chrome Shop, Inc. v. Patsy G. Smith, Pers. Rep. (Mo. Ct. App. 2022).

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