These terms and conditions govern the use of Kansas Company Search and every page published under it. By opening a page or sending a message, a reader accepts the terms as they stand on that date. A reader who does not accept them should stop using the site, because the terms apply to every visit without a separate acknowledgment.
The Kansas Company Search site is an independent reference publication about Kansas business records. It is not a government office, a law firm, a filing service, or a registered agent. The terms below set out what the site provides, what it does not provide, and the limits that apply when a reader relies on a page.
Acceptance of Terms
Use of the site is conditional on these terms. Opening a page, following an internal link, or sending an email to the published address is enough to show acceptance. No account is created and no box is ticked, so the act of reading is the act that accepts.
A reader who accepts on behalf of a business confirms that they may bind that business. A reader who does not have that authority should not use the site in a commercial capacity, because the terms would apply to a party that never agreed to them.
What the Site Provides
The site publishes descriptions of the Kansas registry of business entities, the papers filed with it, and the agencies that keep related files. It sets out filing routes, status values, name rules, agent requirements, and certificate requests. Each page is written to help a reader read a record before a decision.
The site provides information only. It does not perform a filing, issue a document, verify a company, or transmit a payment. A reader who wants to complete a transaction goes to the Secretary of State portal or to another office that performs the service.
No Legal or Professional Advice
Nothing on the site is legal advice, tax advice, accounting advice, or an opinion on whether a reader should form an entity, sign a contract, or take a particular position. The pages describe a public process, and a description is not a recommendation for a specific situation.
A reader with a question that turns on liability, ownership, tax treatment, or a dispute should consult a licensed professional in the relevant field. The site cannot know the facts of a reader’s situation, and a page written for the public cannot substitute for advice that accounts for those facts.
Use of Content
A reader may read, print, and share a page for personal or internal business use. A quotation should name the page and the date it was read, because a figure can change when the state revises a schedule. A citation that omits the date may point to content that no longer appears.
Systematic copying, republishing, or resale of the content is not permitted without written consent. That restriction covers a scraper, a content farm, and a paid report built from the pages. It does not cover a short quotation with a link and a date.
Permitted Use
A reader may use the site to prepare a filing, check a vendor, screen a tenant, verify a supplier, or research a public record. A professional may use a page in advising a client, provided the advice itself comes from the professional and the page is cited rather than reproduced.
A teacher or a researcher may link to a page and quote a passage for an educational purpose. The quotation should be short, attributed, and accompanied by a link, so that a reader can check the source and the date.
Prohibited Use
A reader may not attempt to gain access to an administrative area, interfere with the hosting, or use the site to distribute malicious code. A reader may not scrape the site at a rate that degrades service for others, or resell the content as a dataset.
A reader may not use a page to harass a person named in a public record or to imply that the site endorses a claim about a business. The site publishes descriptions of records, and it does not publish a conclusion about a company’s honesty or solvency.
Intellectual Property
The text, layout, and design of the site belong to the publisher, apart from material that is quoted from a public document or a statute. The names of the offices described on the pages belong to those offices. A third-party mark that appears on a page is used for identification only.
A reader who believes a page infringes a copyright should send a notice that identifies the work, the page, and the basis of the claim. The material is removed while a specific claim is reviewed, and it is restored if the claim does not hold.
Third-Party Links
Pages link to the Kansas Secretary of State and to other offices that hold records. A link is a pointer, not an endorsement of everything on the destination site. The destination has its own terms and its own privacy policy, and the reader is bound by those on arrival.
The site does not control a destination and cannot guarantee that a link will keep working. A link that breaks is repaired or removed, but a reader who needs a record should search for the office directly if a link fails at a critical moment.
Accuracy and Availability
The site aims for accuracy and checks each figure against a state source. It does not warrant that every page is free of error at every moment, because a fee schedule can change before a page is revised. A reader who relies on a figure should confirm it with the office before paying.
The site may be unavailable during maintenance or after a fault. It does not promise uninterrupted access, and it is not liable for a loss caused by a delay in loading a page. A reader with a deadline should keep the official portal open rather than depend on a single source.
User Messages
A message sent to the site is voluntary. The sender grants the site permission to read the message and to use the information in it to answer the question or correct a page. The sender confirms that the message does not infringe a third party’s rights and does not contain material that the sender is not entitled to share.
A message is not confidential in the way a lawyer’s file is confidential. The site treats it with care and does not publish it, but email is not a secure channel, and a reader should not send sensitive material through it.
Privacy
The privacy policy describes what the site collects, how long it keeps it, and how a reader can ask for deletion. That policy forms part of these terms, and a reader who accepts the terms also accepts the policy. The cookies policy page covers the small files a browser stores and how to remove them.
Where the terms and the policy appear to conflict on a question about personal data, the policy governs that question. The terms govern the use of the content and the limits on liability.
Limitation of Liability
The site is provided as it stands, without a warranty of any kind. To the extent the law allows, the publisher is not liable for a direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential loss that arises from the use of a page or from the inability to use it. That includes a lost filing fee, a missed deadline, and a decision made on an outdated figure.
The limit does not apply where the law forbids it, such as in a case of fraud or wilful misconduct. A reader in a jurisdiction that does not allow a particular exclusion should treat that exclusion as removed to the extent required, while the rest of the terms continue to apply.
Indemnity
A reader who uses the site in a way that causes a claim against the publisher agrees to cover the reasonable cost of defending it. That covers a claim from a third party whose rights were infringed by the reader’s message or by the reader’s misuse of the content.
The indemnity does not cover a claim that arises from the site’s own text. It covers the reader’s conduct, which the site cannot control. A reader who follows these terms is unlikely to trigger it.
Changes to the Site
Pages are added, merged, and removed as the coverage changes. A page may be revised without notice when a fee or an office changes. The site does not keep a public archive of every earlier version, although a correction note records a substantive change.
A removed page may leave an address that no longer resolves. The site redirects where it can and accepts a broken link report where it cannot. A reader who bookmarked a page should check the current version before relying on it.
Changes to These Terms
The terms may be revised to reflect a change in the law or in the site. The revision date at the top of the page is updated at the same time. A reader who continues to use the site after a revision accepts the new version.
A reader may request the prior wording of any clause, and the reply will quote it beside the current text. A material change that affects a reader’s rights is described in plain terms rather than left for the reader to find by comparison.
Termination
The site may block a reader who breaches these terms, particularly where the breach involves scraping, an attack, or harassment. A block may be applied without notice where the conduct threatens the service or another person.
A reader may stop using the site at any time. The sections on intellectual property, limitation of liability, and indemnity survive the end of use, because they govern conduct that has already happened.
Governing Law
The terms are governed by the law of the State of Kansas, without regard to a conflict-of-laws rule. A dispute that cannot be resolved through the contact route is brought in a court with jurisdiction over the publisher, unless a mandatory rule in the reader’s own jurisdiction provides otherwise.
A reader outside Kansas should note that local law may give a right that cannot be waived. Nothing in these terms removes a right that the law makes non-waivable, and the rest of the terms continue in force.
Severability and Entire Agreement
If a provision is found unenforceable, it is narrowed to the minimum extent needed, and the remaining provisions stay in force. A failure to enforce a provision on one occasion is not a waiver of the right to enforce it later.
These terms, together with the privacy policy, the cookies policy, and the disclaimer, form the whole agreement between the reader and the publisher about the site. An earlier statement on a page does not add a term that is absent here.
Contact Information
Questions about these terms can be sent to the address below. State the section and the point at issue, and the reply will point to the sentence and the reason it exists. A request that concerns a page rather than the terms can be sent to the same address.
- Website: kansascompanysearch.us
- Email: info@kansascompanysearch.us
