Nonprofit Corporation Administrative Dissolution and Reinstatement in Kansas

At a glance

Requirements one by one

The report clock

Under K.S.A. § 17-7504(a)–(b), a nonprofit corporation files its information report every other year, matching the even or odd year in which it filed formation documents, by June 15. K.S.A. § 17-7510(a) directs the Secretary of State to mail a warning within 60 days after a missed report or fee is due. If the report and fee are still missing 90 days after they were due, forfeiture follows under the statute.

Agent defaults

A dead or departed resident agent starts a separate sequence: § 17-7902(a) includes corporations within the covered entities subject to these rules. § 17-7926(b) gives the corporation 30 days to designate a replacement, then requires 30 days’ notice before the Secretary may declare the articles forfeited. Under § 17-7929(a), a resigning agent gives written notice at least 30 days before filing a resignation certificate; § 17-7929(b) requires a forfeiture declaration if there is still no successor 60 days after that filing.

Revival

§ 17-7002(b) permits a qualifying corporation to seek revival “at any time.” The certificate identifies the old name, original filing and forfeiture dates, registered office and agent, and governing-body authorization. § 17-7002(g) gives nonprofits a special catch-up rule: only the most recent overdue information report must be filed, with all fees due paid. § 17-7002(h) allows a majority of the governing body then in office, even less than a quorum, or its sole member, to authorize revival. For a nonstock corporation, subsection (j) places the board’s role with its governing body and the stockholders’ role with its eligible voting members.

What trips people up

If another entity took the corporation’s name while its articles were forfeited, § 17-7002(f) requires revival under another name stated in the certificate. An attorney-general petition can produce a court revocation or forfeiture under § 17-6812(a); § 17-7002(b) expressly excludes that route from its revival procedure. After a resident agent’s resignation becomes effective without a replacement, § 17-7929(c) directs service of process to the Secretary of State.

Common questions

Can a forfeited nonprofit keep operating normally?

§ 17-6807(a) continues corporate existence for three years to handle suits and wind up, with a longer period possible by district-court direction. It does not authorize continuing the activity for which the corporation was organized.

What happens to acts during the forfeiture period after revival?

Under § 17-7002(e), filing the revival certificate restores the corporation as though its articles had not been forfeited. The section validates intervening acts within the scope of its articles and vests property not disposed of before revival in the corporation.

Statutes and sources

• K.S.A. §§ 17-7504 and 17-7510, accessed September 28, 2026: nonprofit reporting rule and report/fee forfeiture; § 17-7510 has the mailed-warning text.
• K.S.A. §§ 17-7926 and 17-7929, accessed September 28, 2026: resident-agent change and resignation; § 17-7929 has the resignation clock.
• K.S.A. § 17-6807, accessed September 28, 2026: continuation for suits and winding up. Section 17-6812 sets out the separate court route.
• K.S.A. § 17-7002, accessed September 28, 2026: certificate of revival, nonprofit catch-up, names, and restoration effect.