Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 17-7510 (2026)

Failure to file business entity information report or pay annual report fee; forfeiture of articles of incorporation or authority to do business in Kansas; notices; publication of forfeiture, when; certificates of good standing, issuance

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17-7510. Failure to file business entity information report or pay annual report fee; forfeiture of articles of incorporation or authority to do business in Kansas; notices; publication of forfeiture, when; certificates of good standing, issuance. (a) In addition to any other penalties, the failure of any domestic corporation to file the business entity information report in accordance with the provisions of this act or to pay the fee provided for within 90 days of the time for filing and paying the same or, in the case of a report filing and fee received by mail, postmarked within 90 days of the time for filing and paying the same, shall work the forfeiture of the articles of incorporation of such domestic corporation. Within 60 days after the date such business entity information report and fee are due, the secretary of state, by mail, shall notify any corporation that has failed to submit such report and fee when due that its articles of incorporation shall be forfeited unless the business entity information report is filed and the fee is paid within 90 days from the date such report and fee were due. Any corporation that fails to submit such report and fee within such time shall forfeit its articles of incorporation, and the secretary of state shall notify the attorney general that the articles of incorporation of such corporation have been forfeited.

(b) In addition to any other penalties, the failure of any foreign corporation to file the business entity information report or pay the fee prescribed by this act within 90 days from the time provided for filing and paying the same or, in the case of a report filing and fee received by mail, postmarked within 90 days of the time for filing and paying the same, shall work a forfeiture of its right or authority to do business in this state. Within 60 days after the date such business entity information report and fee are due, the secretary of state, by mail, shall notify any corporation that has failed to submit such report and fee when due that its authority to do business in this state shall be forfeited unless the business entity information report * and fee is paid within 90 days from the date such report and fee were due. Any corporation that fails to submit such report and fees within such time shall forfeit its authority to do business in this state, and the secretary of state shall publish a notice of such forfeiture in the Kansas register.

(d) The secretary of state shall not issue certificates of good standing for any corporation that has failed to file its business entity information report or pay the required fee.

History: L. 1972, ch. 54, § 10; L. 1973, ch. 101, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 146, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 324, § 9; L. 2004, ch. 171, § 25; L. 2005, ch. 157, § 16; L. 2016, ch. 110, § 126; L. 2021, ch. 61, § 19; January 1, 2023.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1983–2024 · leading case: Kansas Comm'n on Civil Rights v. Serv. Envelope Co., 660 P.2d 549 (Kan. 1983).

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Kansas Comm'n on Civil Rights v. Serv. Envelope Co., 660 P.2d 549 (Kan. 1983). “By that time Service and Metro had both gone out of business and their corporate charters had been forfeited by the Kansas Secretary of State pursuant to K.S.A. 17-7510. It was the position of the KCCR in the trial court, and is its position in this court, that Clipner should be…”

Hill v. Horst (In Re Horst), 151 B.R. 563 (Bankr. D. Kan. 1993). “On January 15, 1985, the corporate charter of the corporation was forfeited for failure to file an annual report and pay fees pursuant to K.S.A. 17-7510 as amended, a fact known to Horst, but unknown to the Plaintiff.”

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

Paul Rivera v. Angkor Capital Ltd. (Del. Ch. 2024). “Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 17-7510 , -6807 (West 2024) (including corporations that fail to pay taxes in continuation of dissolved company statute); N.”

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