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Application for Registration
FA Foreign Covered Business

SUBMIT THE DOCUMENTS
WITHOUT THIS PAGE
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING

APPLICATION

Note: All documents filed by the Secretary of State’s office are considered public record and may be viewable online.

How to complete the Foreign Application for a foreign 5. Provide the registered office for the resident agent.
(non-Kansas) business:
Registered office: Must be an address in Kansas where the
Each of the numbered instructions below corresponds to a section on resident agent may be regularly present. The address must include
the form. the building number, street, city, state, and zip code. This can’t be
a PO box.
1. Select the covered business type the business is operating as in
their domestic state. This may be found on the certificate issued 6. Provide the date the covered business began doing business in
by the covered business’s domestic state or contact the office that Kansas. This field may be left blank if this date would be the date
issued the certificate for assistance with the covered business’s the application is filed with the Kansas Secretary of State’s Office.
type. This date determines if information reports must be filed with the
foreign application.
2. Provide the name of the covered business. The name provided must Information report: This is a document that is filed every two years
match identically to the name as it appears on the certificate from to maintain good standing with the Kansas Secretary of State. If an
the covered business’s domestic state. even year was entered in section 6, the information report would
Check to see if the name of the covered business is in use by any have been filed every following even year, and if an odd year was
other business already registered with our office online at https:// entered in section 6, the information report would have been filed
www.sos.ks.gov/eforms/BusinessEntity/Search.aspx. every following odd year. Perform the following steps for the type
selected in section 1 to determine how many reports to submit.
If the name is currently in use, either a letter of consent from the If the business has passed a
current business, or a letter of advertising must be submitted with Not-for-profit corporations:
reporting period for an information report, the foreign application
the foreign application. must be submitted with the most recent information report missed.
Letter of consent: Pursuant to K.S.A. 17-7933, the letter of consent All other businesses: Each of the information reports that have
must include an indication that the current business consents to not been filed within the reporting period that would have been
the use of the name. This letter must be executed by an authorized due, limited to the last 10 years of information reports, must be
person for the current business registered. submitted with the foreign application.
Letter of advertising: Pursuant to K.S.A. 17-7933, a letter of 7. Provide the date of organization in the covered business’s
advertising must indicate that the business, in all means of domestic state. This may be found on the certificate issued by the
identification and advertising, will identify as a business out of covered business’s domestic state.
their foreign (non-Kansas) state. If the current covered business is
domesticated in the same foreign state, a letter of advertising can’t 8. Provide the corporation’s purpose statement. This statement is a
be used and a letter of consent from the current business must be general indication as to the nature of business of the business.
provided.
9. This section only applies to LLCs that can create series:
3. Provide the jurisdiction where the covered business organized. This These two statements must be reviewed, and at least one of the
must be either a U.S. state, U.S. territory, or foreign country. statements checked for the business to be registered with our
office as an LLC that can create series in their domestic state.
4. Provide the name of the resident agent. If not true, then leave the boxes blank and the LLC will not be
registered as a series LLC.
Resident agent: This is either an individual or a business registered
in Kansas (may be the business the foreign application is for) who 10. An authorized person on behalf of the business must sign.
will receive any legal documents (e.g., subpoenas, court orders,
summons, etc.) for the business named in section 2. If the resident
agent is a business, search for the legal name of the business at
https://www.sos.ks.gov/eforms/BusinessEntity/Search.aspx.

K.S.A. 17-7931 Please continue to next page.
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SUBMIT THE DOCUMENTS
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING

APPLICATION

Note: All documents filed by the Secretary of State’s office are considered public record and may be viewable online.

Fee Schedule Mail to:

Foreign Application Kansas Secretary of State
Memorial Hall, 1st Floor
The filing fee for the foreign application is as follows: 120 SW 10th Avenue
Topeka KS 66612
Corporation:
For-profit: ................................................... $115
Checks and credit/debit cards are accepted for payment. Make checks
Not-for-profit: .............................................. $115
payable to the Kansas Secretary of State. Once processing the foreign
LLC: .............................................................. $165
application is completed, a certified copy of the foreign application will
LLP: .............................................................. $165
be mailed to the address of the sender.
LP: .............................................................. $165
Series LLC: .................................................... $165

For all entities, except for not-for-profit corporations, a one-time
penalty fee of $85 must be submitted if one or more information
reports are being filed after the business’s forfeiture date. Forfeiture
dates are 3 months after the end of the reporting period.

If information reports are being submitted, the filing fee for each must
also accompany the information reports. For more information and
to download the information reports, go to https://www.sos.ks.gov/
businesses/information-reports.html.

K.S.A. 17-7931 Please proceed to form.
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               FOREIGN APPLICATION

Note: The credit/debit card information will be destroyed upon the filing of the document. 

Contact Information

            Contact Person

            Direct Phone Number for Contact Person

Payment Information

            Credit/Debit Card Number

            Expiration Date

            Billing Zip Code

            K.S.A. 17-7931
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Memorial Hall, 1st Floor (785) 296-4564 Please complete the form, print, sign and mail to the
120 S.W. 10th Avenue kssos@ks.gov Kansas Secretary of State with the filing fee. Selecting
Topeka, KS 66612-1594 https://sos.ks.gov 'Print' will print the form and 'Reset' will clear the entire
form.
All information on the application for registration must be complete and accompanied by the correct filing fee or the document will not
be accepted for filing.

1. Choose type of covered Corporation for profit o Limited partnership
o
business: (fee $115) 51-03 (fee $165) 51-06

o Corporation not for profit o Limited liability partnership
(fee $115) 51-17 (fee $165) 51-18

o Limited liability company o Series limited liability company
(fee $165) 51-10 (fee $165) 51-33

2. Name of covered
business:
Must exactly match name on
certificate.

3. State or foreign country
of jurisdiction:

4. Name of resident agent:
Must be an individual, the business
named in section 2, or a business
already registered with our office.
Do not leave blank.

5. Registered office in Street Address (A PO Box is unacceptable)
Kansas for the resident
agent:
Must be a street, rural route, City State Zip
or highway. A PO box is
unacceptable. KS

6. Date the covered Month Day Year Provide a date only if this date is in the past.
business began doing Otherwise, leave blank.
business in Kansas:

7. Date of formation in state Month Day Year
or foreign country of
jurisdiction:

8. Full nature and character
of business to be
conducted in Kansas:

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9. This statement applies only to foreign limited liability companies who may create series in their domestic state and
must check the corresponding statements. All other LLCs or business types may skip to section 10.
The limited liability company is governed by an operating agreement that establishes or provides for the
establishment of a series of members, managers, limited liability company interests or assets having separate rights,
powers or duties with respect to specified property or obligations of the foreign limited liability company or profits
and losses associated with specified property or obligations.
Check all The debts, liabilities and obligations incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to a particular
that apply:
series, if any, are enforceable against the assets of such series only, and not against the assets of the foreign
o limited liability company generally or any other series thereof.
Any of the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect
o to the foreign limited liability company generally or any other series thereof shall be enforceable against the
assets of such series.

The foreign covered business hereby consents, without power of revocation, that actions may be commenced against
it in the proper court of any county in the state of Kansas; and the foreign covered business stipulates and agrees that
such service shall be taken and held in all courts to be valid and binding as if due service had been made upon the
authorized persons of the foreign covered business.

As of the day of this filing, the foreign covered business exists in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization.

10. I declare under penalty of perjury pursuant to the laws of the state of Kansas that the foregoing is true and correct.
Signature of Authorized Person Name of Signer (Printed or Typed)

K.S.A. 17-7931 Please review to ensure completion.
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