Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 17-6910 (2026)

Employee's lien for wages when corporation insolvent

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17-6910. Employee's lien for wages when corporation insolvent. Whenever any corporation of this state, or any foreign corporation doing business in this state, shall become insolvent, the employees doing labor or service of whatever character in the regular employ of the corporation, shall have a lien upon the assets thereof for the amount of the wages due to them, not exceeding two months' wages, respectively, which shall be paid prior to any other debt or debts of the corporation. The word "employee" as used in this section shall not be construed to include any of the officers of the corporation.

History: L. 1972, ch. 52, § 113; L. 2004, ch. 143, § 71; L. 2016, ch. 110, § 98; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2021–2021 · leading case: Bank Midwest v. R.F. Fisher Elec. Co., LLC (D. Kan. 2021).

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Bank Midwest v. R.F. Fisher Elec. Co., LLC (D. Kan. 2021). · cites it 22× “The Union attempts to distinguish First National from the facts here by noting that the parties and the court in First National did not consider the application of K.S.A. § 17-6910, a statute that addresses receivers for insolvent corporations.”

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