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K.S.A. § 60-223b (2026)

Actions relating to unincorporated associations

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60-223b. Actions relating to unincorporated associations. This section applies to an action brought by or against the members of an unincorporated association as a class by naming certain members as representative parties. The action may be maintained only if it appears that those parties will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the association and its members. In conducting the action, the court may issue any appropriate orders corresponding with those described in subsection (d) of K.S.A. 60-223, and amendments thereto, and the procedure for settlement, voluntary dismissal or compromise must correspond with the procedure in subsection (e) of K.S.A. 60-223, and amendments thereto.

History: Order of Supreme Court dated July 17, 1969; L. 2010, ch. 135, § 92; July 1.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Petition requirements for shareholders' derivative action discussed. Newton v. Hornblower, Inc., 224 Kan. 506, 511, 582 P.2d 1136.


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Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1993–2025 · leading case: Prime v. Beta Gamma Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha, 47 P.3d 402 (Kan. 2002).
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Prime v. Beta Gamma Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha, 47 P.3d 402 (Kan. 2002). · cites it 4× “The statute cited by Prime is K.S.A. 60-223b, which became effective on publication in the Kansas Reports and in K.”
Murray v. Sevier, 145 F.R.D. 563 (D. Kan. 1993). “Pursuant to K.S.A. 60-223b and Fed. R.Civ.P. 23(b)(1), plaintiffs file this class action as members and legal representatives of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society, an unincorporated association.”
Wilmington Sav. Fund Soc'y v. Campbell (Kan. Ct. App. 2021). “60-223a and K.S.A. 60-223b, and amendments thereto, and any applicable state statute, the plaintiff may dismiss an action without a court order by filing: (i) A notice of dismissal before the opposing party serves either an answer or a motion for summary judgment; or (ii) a…”
City of Prairie Vill. v. PV United (Kan. Ct. App. 2025). “See K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-223b (allowing members of an unincorporated association to be named as "representative parties" but "only if it appears that those parties will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the association and its members"); Prime v.”
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