Business entity information reports

17-5902. Business entity information reports. (a) All corporations and limited partnerships, as defined in K.S.A. 17-5903, and amendments thereto, that hold agricultural land, as defined in K.S.A. 17-5903, and amendments thereto, within this state, and that are required to make written business entity information reports to the secretary of state shall provide the information required of such corporations and limited partnerships in the business entity information reports made under K.S.A. 17-7503, 17-7504, 17-7505, 56-1a606 or 56-1a607, and amendments thereto. The information required by this section does not apply to the following: (1) A tract of land of less than 10 acres; (2) contiguous tracts of land that in the aggregate are of less than 10 acres; or (3) state assessed railroad operating property. (b) Any person who shall knowingly submit, or who through the proper and due exercise of care and diligence should have known that any submission of information and statements required of corporations and limited partnerships subject to the provisions of this section are false or materially misleading, or who fails or refuses to submit such information and statements is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. (c) The secretary of state shall keep a separate index of all corporations and limited partnerships subject to the provisions of this section. History: L. 1973, ch. 99, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 107, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 88, § 71; L. 1986, ch. 96, § 1; L. 2021, ch. 61, § 10; January 1, 2023. Law Review and Bar Journal References: 1973 legislative session, Robert F. Bennett, 42 J.B.A.K. 153, 156 (1973). "Alien Ownership of Kansas Farmland: Can it be Prohibited?" David A. Williams, 20 W.L.J. 514 (1981). "No Mere Yeoman: Incorporating the Family Farm-Considerations and Consequences," Eric Melgren, 24 W.L.J. 546, 566 (1985). Attorney General's Opinions: Agricultural corporations; agricultural land ownership; prohibitions and exemptions. 88-47. County authority to rescind corporate farming resolution; effect; rights of property owner. 96-21. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited in holding commercial feedlots not farming or ranching within exemption from taxation under K.S.A. 79-201j. T-Bone Feeders, Inc. v. Martin, 236 Kan. 641, 648, 693 P.2d 1187 (1985). Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026