17-76,121. Registration required; application.
17-76,121
17-76,121. Registration required; application. Before doing business in the state of Kansas, a foreign limited liability company shall register with the secretary of state. In order to register, a foreign limited liability company shall submit to the secretary of state, together with payment of the fee required by this act, an original copy executed by a member or manager, together with a duplicate copy, of an application for registration as a foreign limited liability company, setting forth:
(a) The name of the foreign limited liability company;
(b) the state or other jurisdiction or country where organized, the date of its organization and a statement issued by an appropriate authority in that jurisdiction or by a third-party agent authorized by the secretary of state that the foreign limited liability company exists in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization;
(c) the nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted in the state of Kansas;
(d) the address of the registered office and the name and address of the resident agent for service of process required to be maintained by this act;
(e) an irrevocable written consent of the foreign limited liability company that actions may be commenced against it in the proper court of any county where there is proper venue by the service of process on the secretary of state as provided for in K.S.A. 60-304, and amendments thereto, and stipulating and agreeing that such service shall be taken and held, in all courts, to be as valid and binding as if due service had been made upon the general partners of the foreign limited liability company;
(f) the name and business, residence or mailing address of each of the members or, if managed by managers, the name and business, residence or mailing address of each of the managers; and
(g) the date on which the foreign limited liability company first did, or intends to do, business in the state of Kansas.
A person shall not be deemed to be doing business in the state of Kansas solely by reason of being a member or manager of a domestic limited liability company or a foreign limited liability company.
History: L. 1999, ch. 119, § 60; L. 2004, ch. 143, § 95; Jan. 1, 2005.