56-1a502. Registration. Before doing business in the state of Kansas, a foreign limited partnership shall register with the secretary of state. In order to register, a foreign limited partnership shall submit to the secretary of state together with payment of the fee required by K.S.A. 56-1a605 and amendments thereto, an original copy executed by a general partner, together with a duplicate copy, of an application for registration as a foreign limited partnership, setting forth:

(a) The name of the foreign limited partnership;

(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 partnership 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 subsection (b) of K.S.A. 56-1a504 and amendments thereto;

(e) an irrevocable written consent of the foreign limited partnership 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 partnership;

(f) the name and business, residence or mailing address of each of the general partners; and

(g) the date on which the foreign limited partnership first did, or intends to do, business in the state of Kansas.

History: L. 1983, ch. 88, § 50; L. 1987, ch. 208, § 13; L. 1988, ch. 195, § 18; L. 2004, ch. 143, § 98; Jan. 1, 2005.