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17-6203.Change of registered office or resident agent; death or removal of resident agent; appointment of successor required. (a) Any corporation, by resolution of the board of directors of such corporation, may change the location of its registered office in this state to any other place in this state and the resident agent of a corporation may be changed to any other person or corporation, including itself in the case of a domestic corporation. The resolution shall state the location of the registered office and the resident agent's name as prescribed by subsection (a)(2) of K.S.A. 17-6002 and amendments thereto. Upon the adoption of such a resolution, a certificate certifying the change shall be executed and filed in accordance with K.S.A. 17-6003 and amendments thereto.

(b) If a foreign or domestic corporation's resident agent dies or leaves this state, such corporation shall designate and certify to the secretary of state the name of another resident agent in the manner provided in subsection (a) within 30 days of such death or when the resident agent left. If no new resident agent has been designated in the time and manner as provided in this subsection, service of legal process on such corporation may be made as prescribed by K.S.A. 60-304 and amendments thereto. If any corporation fails to designate a new resident agent as required by this subsection, the secretary of state after giving 30 days' notice of the intended action may declare the corporation's existence forfeited, or, in the case of a foreign corporation, the secretary may declare the corporation's authority to do business in this state forfeited.

History: L. 1972, ch. 52, § 19; L. 1978, ch. 80, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 39, § 8; L. 2000, ch. 39, § 20; July 1.



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