17-7510. Failure to file 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 annual report in accordance with the provisions of this act or to pay the annual report fee provided for within 90 days of the time for filing and paying the same or, in the case of an annual 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 annual 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 annual 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 annual report or pay the annual report fee prescribed by this act within 90 days from the time provided for filing and paying the same or, in the case of an annual 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 annual 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 annual 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.

(c) This section shall not be construed to restrict the state from invoking any other remedies provided by law.

(d) The secretary of state shall not issue certificates of good standing for any corporation that has failed to file its annual report or pay its annual report 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; July 1.