17-7307. Actions by and against unqualified foreign corporations.
17-7307
17-7307. Actions by and against unqualified foreign corporations.
(a) A foreign corporation which is required to comply with the
provisions of K.S.A. 17-7301 and 17-7302 and
which has done business in this state without authority shall not
maintain any action or special proceeding in this state, unless and
until such corporation has been authorized to do business in this state
and has paid to the state all taxes, fees and penalties which would have
been due for the years or parts thereof during which it did business in
this state without authority. This prohibition shall not apply to any
successor in interest of any such foreign corporation.
(b) The failure of a foreign corporation to obtain authority to do
business in this state shall not impair the validity of any contract or
act of the foreign corporation or the right of any other party to the
contract to maintain any action or special proceeding thereon, and shall
not prevent the foreign corporation from defending any action or special
proceeding in this state.
(c) Any person having a cause of action against any foreign
corporation, whether or not such corporation is qualified to do business
in this state, which cause of action arose in Kansas out of such
corporation doing business in Kansas, or arose while such corporation
was doing business in Kansas, may file suit against the corporation in
the proper court of a county in which there is proper venue. Service of
process in any action shall be made in the manner prescribed by K.S.A.
60-304.
History: L. 1972, ch. 52, § 147; L. 1973, ch. 100, § 21; July 1.