Statement of merger

(a) After a merger, the surviving partnership may file a statement that the parties to the merger have merged into the surviving partnership. (b) A statement of merger must contain: (1) The name of each partnership that is a party to the merger; (2) the name of the surviving partnership into which the other partnerships were merged; and (3) the street address of the surviving partnership's principal office and of an office in this state, if any. (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), for the purposes of K.S.A. 56a-302, and amendments thereto, property of the surviving partnership that before the merger was held in the name of another party to the merger is property held in the name of the surviving partnership upon filing a statement of merger. (d) For the purposes of K.S.A. 56a-302, and amendments thereto, real property of the surviving partnership that before the merger was held in the name of another party to the merger is property held in the name of the surviving partnership upon recording a certified copy of the statement of merger in the office for recording transfers of that real property. (e) A filed and, if appropriate, recorded statement of merger, executed and declared to be accurate pursuant to subsection (c) of K.S.A. 56a-105, and amendments thereto, stating the name of a partnership that is a party to the merger in whose name property was held before the merger and the name of the surviving partnership, but not containing all of the other information required by subsection (b), operates with respect to the partnerships named to the extent provided in subsections (c) and (d).