17-7510.   Failure to file report or pay annual reportfee; forfeiture of articles of incorporation or authority to do business inKansas; notices; publication of forfeiture, when; certificates of goodstanding, issuance.(a) In addition to any other penalties, the failure of any domestic corporationto file the annual report in accordance with the provisions of this act or topay the annual report fee provided for within 90 daysof the time for filing and paying the same shall work the forfeiture of thearticles of incorporation of such domestic corporation. Within 60 days afterthe 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 whendue that its articles of incorporation shall be forfeited unless the annualreport is filed and the fee is paid within 90 days from the date such reportand fee were due. Any corporation that fails to submit such report and feewithin such time shall forfeit its articles of incorporation, and the secretaryof state shall notify the attorney general that the articles of incorporationof such corporation have been forfeited.

      (b)   In addition to any other penalties, the failure of any foreigncorporation to file the annual report or pay the annualreport fee prescribed by this act within 90 days from the time providedfor filing and paying the same shall work a forfeiture of its right orauthority to do business in this state. Within 60 days after the date suchannual report and fee are due, the secretary of state, by mail, shall notifyany corporation that has failed to submit such report and fee when due that itsauthority to do business in this state shall be forfeited unless the annualreport and fee is paid within 90 days from the date such report and fee weredue. Any corporation that fails to submit such report and fees within such timeshall forfeit its authority to do business in this state, and the secretary ofstate shall publish a notice of such forfeiture in the Kansas register.

      This section shall not be construed to restrict the state from invoking anyother remedies provided by law.

      (c)   The secretary of state shall not issue certificates of good standingfor any corporation that has failed to file its annual report or pay itsannual 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; Jan. 1, 2006.