Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 44-811 (2026)

Action by or against unincorporated organization

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44-811. Action by or against unincorporated organization. An action or suit may be maintained by or against any unincorporated labor organization in its commonly used name. All process, pleadings, and other papers in such action may be served on the president or other officer, business agent, manager or person in charge of the business of such labor organization. Judgment in such action may be enforced against the common property only, of such labor organization.

History: L. 1943, ch. 191, § 10; May 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1960–1982 · leading case: R. D. Andersen Constr. Co. v. City of Topeka, 612 P.2d 595 (Kan. 1980).
R. D. Andersen Constr. Co. v. City of Topeka, 612 P.2d 595 (Kan. 1980). · cites it 3× “Finally, it held that the Trades Council was a “labor organization” as that term is used in K.S.A. 44-811, and it sustained the intervention of the Trades Council in this action under both K.”
Diluzio v. United Elec., Radio & Mach. Wkrs. of Am., 435 N.E.2d 1027 (Mass. 1982). “634-3 (1976); Kan. Stat. Ann. § 44-811 (1981); La. Code Civ.”
DiLuzio v. United Elec., Radio & Mach. Workers of Am., 435 N.E.2d 1027 (Mass. 1982). “634-3 (1976); Kan. Stat. Ann. § 44-811 (1981); La. Code Civ.”
Topeka Bldg. & Constr. Trades Council v. Leahy, 353 P.2d 641 (Kan. 1960). · cites it 2× “Section 44-811 is only authority for an unincorporated labor organization to bring an action and has no particular relation to mandamus.”
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