§ 17-7912 — Correction of inaccurate filing, administrative errors

Kansas § 17-7912

• Jurisdiction: Kansas
• Ch. 17: CORPORATIONS
• Art. 79: BUSINESS ENTITY STANDARD TREATMENT ACT

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(a) When any document that is required by this act to be filed with the secretary of state has been so filed and is an inaccurate record of the covered entity action therein referred to, or was defectively or erroneously executed, such document may be corrected by filing with the secretary of state a certificate of correction of such document which shall be executed and filed in accordance with this act. The certificate of correction shall specify the inaccuracy or defect to be corrected and shall set forth the portion of the document in corrected form. In lieu of filing a certificate of correction, the document may be corrected by filing with the secretary of state a corrected document which shall be executed and filed in accordance with this act. A fee equal to the fee payable to the secretary of state if the document being corrected were then being filed shall be paid and collected by the secretary of state. The corrected document shall be specifically designated as such in its heading, shall specify the inaccuracy or defect to be corrected, and shall set forth the entire document in corrected form. A document corrected in accordance with this section shall be effective as of the date the original document was filed, except as to those persons who are substantially and adversely affected by the correction and as to those persons, the corrected document shall be effective from the filing date.
(b) The secretary of state may correct the secretary's own errors on the secretary's own motion.

Legislative History

L. 2014, ch. 121, § 12; L. 2015, ch. 65, § 14; July 1.