{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-17-7919","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 17-7919","heading":"Name requirements for corporations.","body":"(a) The name of a corporation, except for banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks and public benefit corporations, shall contain:\n(1) One of the following words: \"Association\"; \"church\" or well-recognized words for religious institutions; \"college\"; \"company\"; \"corporation\"; \"club\"; \"foundation\"; \"fund\"; \"incorporated\"; \"institute\"; \"society\"; \"union\"; \"university\"; \"syndicate\" or \"limited\";\n(2) one of the following abbreviations: \"Co.\"; \"corp.\"; \"inc.\" or \"ltd.\"; or\n(3) words or abbreviations of like import in other languages if they are written in Roman characters or letters.\n(b) The name of a public benefit corporation shall contain either or both of one of the words, abbreviations or designations in subsection (a) or:\n(1) The words \"public benefit corporation\";\n(2) the abbreviation \"P.B.C.\";\n(3) the designation \"PBC\"; or\n(4) words or abbreviations of like import in other languages if they are written in Roman characters or letters.","path":["Chapter 17.—CORPORATIONS","Article 79.—BUSINESS ENTITY STANDARD TREATMENT ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch17/017_079_0019.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:10:49Z","sha256":"a09383d79faf791857547e22ffcf72b7ab5d9ffef92c4cda06bba9a6ef4f9319","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-17-7918","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-17-7920"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}