§ 17-6401 Classes or series of stock; rights, voting powers, designations, preferences, qualifications, limitations or restrictions; redemption; dividends; conversions and exchange; stock certificates, requirements; issuance of stock where rights, voting powers,
§ 17-6402 Lawful consideration for issuance of stock; fully paid stock
§ 17-6403 Same; value
§ 17-6404 Same; designation of part of consideration as capital; surplus and net assets defined
§ 17-6405 Fractional shares; certificated or uncertificated shares
§ 17-6406 Partly paid certificated shares
§ 17-6407 Rights and options concerning stock; powers of board of directors, limitations
§ 17-6408 Stock certificates; uncertificated shares
§ 17-6409 Shares of stock deemed personal property and transferable; taxation
§ 17-6410 Powers of corporation respecting its own stock; limitations; rights of stock called for redemption
§ 17-6411 Issuance of additional stock by directors, when
§ 17-6412 Liability of stockholder or subscriber for stock not paid in full; limitations of time
§ 17-6413 Payment for stock; rights of directors concerning stock not paid in full
§ 17-6414 Failure to pay for stock; remedies
§ 17-6415 Preincorporation subscriptions; period of irrevocability
§ 17-6416 Formalities required of stock subscriptions
§ 17-6417 Lost, stolen or destroyed stock certificates or uncertificated shares; issuance of new certificate or uncertificated shares
§ 17-6418 Same; judicial proceedings to compel issuance of new stock certificate or uncertificated shares
§ 17-6419 Situs of ownership of stock
§ 17-6420 Dividends; declaration and payment; determination of net profits by “wasting assets” corporation
§ 17-6421 Special purpose reserves
§ 17-6422 Reliance by director or committee member upon corporate records and information
§ 17-6423 Dividends; method of payment
§ 17-6424 Liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividend or unlawful stock purchase or redemption; exoneration from liability, when; contribution among directors; subrogation
§ 17-6425 Transfer of stock, stock certificates and uncertificated stock; applicability of uniform commercial code
§ 17-6426 Restrictions on transfer or ownership of securities
§ 17-6427 Business combinations with interested stockholders
§ 17-6428 Ratification of defective corporate acts and stock
§ 17-6429 Proceedings regarding validity of defective corporate acts and stock

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 17 > Article 64 - Stock and Dividends

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: includes an administrator where the subject matter applies to an administrator. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guardian: means an individual or a nonprofit corporation certified in accordance with Kan. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.