{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-17-7923","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 17-7923","heading":"Reservation of exclusive right to entity name.","body":"(a) The exclusive right to the use of an entity name or, as applicable, the name of a series of a limited liability company, may be reserved by:\n(1) Any person intending to organize a covered entity under the laws of this state;\n(2) any domestic limited liability company or any person intending to organize a domestic limited liability company, intending to file a certificate of designation to form a series of any such limited liability company;\n(3) any domestic covered entity intending to change its name or intending to change the name of a series for which a certificate of designation has been filed;\n(4) any foreign covered entity intending to make application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state;\n(5) any foreign covered entity authorized to transact business in this state, and intending to change its name; and\n(6) any person intending to organize a foreign covered entity, and intending to have such entity make application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state.\n(b) The reservation shall be made by filing with the secretary of state an application to reserve a specific covered entity name or the name of a series of a domestic limited liability company, executed by the applicant. The reservation may be filed by telefacsimile communication as prescribed by K.S.A. 17-7914, and amendments thereto. If the secretary of state finds that the name is available, the secretary of state shall reserve the same for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period of 120 days.\n(c) The right to exclusive use of a specified entity name or the name of a series of a domestic limited liability company, reserved pursuant to this section, may be transferred to any other person or covered entity by filing in the office of the secretary of state, a notice of such transfer, executed by the applicant for whom the name was reserved, and specifying the name and address of the transferee.","path":["Chapter 17.—CORPORATIONS","Article 79.—BUSINESS ENTITY STANDARD TREATMENT ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch17/017_079_0023.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:10:49Z","sha256":"ff64bbc79dca3f74c042fa6e0bde1f115cc64803cd4a824f3347be6a0b6e318e","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-17-7922","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-17-7924"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}