KRS 14A.1-040: Interrogatories by Secretary of State.

(1) The Secretary of State may propound to any entity or foreign entity that the

Secretary of State has reason to believe is subject of the provisions of this chapter,

and to any authorized representative thereof including a registered agent, such

written inte rrogatories as may be necessary and proper to enable the Secretary of

State to ascertain whether the entity or foreign entity is subject to the provisions of

this chapter applicable to it and is in compliance therewith. The interrogatories shall

be answere d within thirty (30) days after the mailing thereof, or within such

additional time as may be fixed by the Secretary of State, and the answers thereto

shall be full and complete and shall be made in writing and under oath.

Interrogatories directed to an in dividual shall be answered by the individual.

Interrogatories directed to an entity or a foreign entity shall be answered by a person

with the authority, pursuant to the organic law governing the entity or foreign entity,

to bind the entity or foreign entity.

(2) The Secretary of State may take such action as is deemed appropriate, including a

referral to the Attorney General, when the interrogatories and the answers thereto

disclose a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of the organic law

governing an entity or foreign entity.