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K.S.A. § 58-5202 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 52 / Section 58-5202
58-5202 - Recording of contract for deed; seller remedies upon buyer default.
Status: in_force

58-5202. Recording of contract for deed; seller remedies upon buyer default. (a) Any contract for deed or affidavit of equitable interest may be recorded in the office of the county register of deeds where the property is located by any interested person.

(b) Following the notice and opportunity to cure provided for in K.S.A. 58-5204(c), and amendments thereto, the buyer shall have 15 days to:

(1) Record a record of release of affidavit of equitable interest or contract for deed, if such affidavit or contract were recorded; and

(2) vacate the premises, if applicable.

(c) If the buyer fails to satisfy the conditions under subsection (b), then such buyer shall be responsible for the seller's reasonable attorney fees, costs and expenses for the removal of the affidavit of equitable interest or contract for deed from the title and eviction of the buyer from the premises, if applicable.
K.S.A. § 66-1201 — KS Code / Chapter 66 / Article 12 / Section 66-1201
66-1201 - Erection of overhead crossing or viaduct.
Status: in_force

66-1201. Erection of overhead crossing or viaduct. It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or municipality to erect, build or construct any overhead crossing or viaduct over and across the tracks or right of way of any railroad or railway company, without providing a clear space or clearance of not less than 22 feet from the top of the rail or rails of such railroad or railway tracks to the lowest girder under said elevated structure.
K.S.A. § 73-3501 — KS Code / Chapter 73 / Article 35 / Section 73-3501
73-3501 - Official cage elevator.
Status: in_force

73-3501. Official cage elevator. The cage elevator located in the Kansas state capitol building is hereby designated the official cage elevator for the state of Kansas. The cage elevator, installed in 1923, shall be maintained in operating condition for the enjoyment of state officials, workers and visitors to the Kansas state capitol building.
K.S.A. § 19-812 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 8 / Section 19-812
19-812 - Process, writs, precepts and orders; court attendance; fees.
Status: in_force

19-812. Process, writs, precepts and orders; court attendance; fees. The sheriff, in person or by his undersheriff or deputy, shall serve and execute, according to law, all process, writs, precepts and orders issued or made by lawful authority and to him directed, and shall attend upon the several courts of record held in his county, and shall receive such fees for his services as are allowed by law.
K.S.A. § 75-2752 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 27 / Section 75-2752
75-2752 - Civil enforcement of act.
Status: in_force

75-2752. Civil enforcement of act. In addition to or in lieu of any penalty imposed pursuant to K.S.A. 75-2748 or 75-2749, any person who violates any provision of K.S.A. 75-2748 or 75-2749 may be liable for injunctive relief, damages and attorney fees or other appropriate relief to any person with a kinship, cultural, tribal, research, scientific or educational interest in preserving the affected burial site, skeletal remains or burial goods.
K.S.A. § 5-424 — KS Code / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 5-424
5-424 - Notice.
Status: in_force

5-424. Notice. (a) Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 5-423 through 5-453, and amendments thereto, a person gives notice to another person by taking action that is reasonably necessary to inform the other person in ordinary course, whether or not the other person acquires knowledge of the notice.

(b) A person has notice if the person has knowledge of the notice or has received notice.

(c) A person receives notice when it comes to the person's attention or the notice is delivered at the person's place of residence or place of business, or at another location held out by the person as a place of delivery of such communications.
K.S.A. § 74-8112 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 81 / Section 74-8112
74-8112 - Severability.
Status: in_force

74-8112. Severability. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.
K.S.A. § 24-815 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 8 / Section 24-815
24-815 - Penalties for unlawful acts; removal of obstructions.
Status: in_force

24-815. Penalties for unlawful acts; removal of obstructions. Any person who shall willfully cut, break, damage or make a leak in such levee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person who shall, without the consent of all the parties interested in such levee, throw up or cause to be built any cross-levee, dike or embankment, for the purpose of preventing the flow of the surface water in its natural course to the sewer pipes or openings provided for the escape of such surface water, or shall otherwise change the contour of such levee districts by the building of such cross-levees or embankments, or by any other act render the protection afforded by said levee to all parties less effective and complete, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars for such offense; and it shall be the duty of the levee supervisor of such levee thus affected to remove such obstructions, cross-levee, dike, or embankment, and the cost of removing the same shall be paid out of the general fund of the county, and shall be assessed and collected as taxes against the land of the party or parties causing the same to be built.
K.S.A. § 90-31 — KS Code / Chapter 90 / Article 0 / Section 90-31
90-31 - Seat of government.
Status: in_force

§ 31. Seat of government. That the seat of government of said territory is hereby located temporarily at Fort Leavenworth; and that such portions of the public buildings as may not be actually used and needed for military purposes may be occupied and used, under the direction of the governor and legislative assembly, for such public purposes as may be required under the provisions of this act.
K.S.A. § 72-2561 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 25 / Section 72-2561
72-2561 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

72-2561. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 72-2561 through 72-2564 , and amendments thereto:

(a) "Mentor teacher program" means a program established and maintained by the board of education of a school district for the purpose of providing probationary teachers with professional support and the continuous assistance of an on-site mentor teacher.

(b) "Mentor teacher" means a certificated teacher who has completed at least three consecutive school years of employment in the school district, has been selected by the board of education of the school district on the basis of having demonstrated exemplary teaching ability as indicated by criteria established by the state board of education, and has participated in and successfully completed a training program for mentor teachers provided for by the board of education of the school district in accordance with guidelines prescribed by the state board of education. The primary function of a mentor teacher shall be to provide probationary teachers with professional support and assistance. A mentor teacher may provide assistance and guidance to not more than two probationary teachers.

(c) "Probationary teacher" means a certificated teacher who has completed less than three consecutive school years of employment in the school district.
K.S.A. § 74-8801 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 88 / Section 74-8801
74-8801 - Title and application of act.
Status: in_force

74-8801. Title and application of act. K.S.A. 74-8801 through 74-8839 and amendments thereto shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas parimutuel racing act and shall apply to all horse race meetings at which parimutuel wagering is used or intended to be used and to all greyhound race meetings at which parimutuel wagering is used or intended to be used.
K.S.A. § 84-9-602 — KS Code / Chapter 84 / Article 9 / Section 84-9-602
84-9-602 - Waiver and variance of rights and duties.
Status: in_force

84-9-602. Waiver and variance of rights and duties. Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-624, and amendments thereto, to the extent that they give rights to a debtor or obligor and impose duties on a secured party, the debtor or obligor may not waive or vary the rules stated in the following listed sections:

(1) K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-207(b)(4)(C), and amendments thereto, which deals with use and operation of the collateral by the secured party;

(2) K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-210, and amendments thereto, which deals with requests for an accounting and requests concerning a list of collateral and statement of account;

(3) K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-607(c), and amendments thereto, which deals with collection and enforcement of collateral;

(4) K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-608(a) and 84-9-615(c), and amendments thereto, to the extent that they deal with application or payment of noncash proceeds of collection, enforcement, or disposition;

(5) K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-608(a) and 84-9-615(d), and amendments thereto, to the extent that they require accounting for or payment of surplus proceeds of collateral;

(6) K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-609, and amendments thereto, to the extent that it imposes upon a secured party that takes possession of collateral without judicial process the duty to do so without breach of the peace;

(7) K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-610(b), 84-9-611, 84-9-613 and 84-9-614, and amendments thereto, which deal with disposition of collateral;

(8) K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-615(f), and amendments thereto, which deals with calculation of a deficiency or surplus when a disposition is made to the secured party, a person related to the secured party, or a secondary obligor;

(9) K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-616, and amendments thereto, which deals with explanation of the calculation of a surplus or deficiency;

(10) K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-620, 84-9-621 and 84-9-622, and amendments thereto, which deal with acceptance of collateral in satisfaction of obligation;

(11) K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-623, and amendments thereto, which deals with redemption of collateral;

(12) K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-624, and amendments thereto, which deals with permissible waivers; and

(13) K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-625 and 84-9-626, and amendments thereto, which deal with the secured liability for failure to comply with this article.
K.S.A. § 77-621 — KS Code / Chapter 77 / Article 6 / Section 77-621
77-621 - Scope of review.
Status: in_force

77-621. Scope of review. (a) Except to the extent that this act or another statute provides otherwise:

(1) The burden of proving the invalidity of agency action is on the party asserting invalidity; and

(2) the validity of agency action shall be determined in accordance with the standards of judicial review provided in this section, as applied to the agency action at the time it was taken.

(b) The court shall make a separate and distinct ruling on each material issue on which the court's decision is based.

(c) The court shall grant relief only if it determines any one or more of the following:

(1) The agency action, or the statute or rule and regulation on which the agency action is based, is unconstitutional on its face or as applied;

(2) the agency has acted beyond the jurisdiction conferred by any provision of law;

(3) the agency has not decided an issue requiring resolution;

(4) the agency has erroneously interpreted or applied the law;

(5) the agency has engaged in an unlawful procedure or has failed to follow prescribed procedure;

(6) the persons taking the agency action were improperly constituted as a decision-making body or subject to disqualification;

(7) the agency action is based on a determination of fact, made or implied by the agency, that is not supported to the appropriate standard of proof by evidence that is substantial when viewed in light of the record as a whole, which includes the agency record for judicial review, supplemented by any additional evidence received by the court under this act; or

(8) the agency action is otherwise unreasonable, arbitrary or capricious.

(d) For purposes of this section, "in light of the record as a whole" means that the adequacy of the evidence in the record before the court to support a particular finding of fact shall be judged in light of all the relevant evidence in the record cited by any party that detracts from such finding as well as all of the relevant evidence in the record, compiled pursuant to K.S.A. 77-620, and amendments thereto, cited by any party that supports such finding, including any determinations of veracity by the presiding officer who personally observed the demeanor of the witness and the agency's explanation of why the relevant evidence in the record supports its material findings of fact. In reviewing the evidence in light of the record as a whole, the court shall not reweigh the evidence or engage in de novo review.

(e) In making the foregoing determinations, due account shall be taken by the court of the rule of harmless error.
K.S.A. § 74-2907 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 29 / Section 74-2907
74-2907 - Selection of persons for induction into state of Kansas sports hall of fame.
Status: in_force

74-2907. Selection of persons for induction into state of Kansas sports hall of fame. It shall be the duty of the state of Kansas sports hall of fame board of trustees to select Kansas athletes and other persons of athletic stature for induction into the state of Kansas sports hall of fame. The purpose of such selections shall be to honor those persons whose achievements in sports or in connection with sports, including coaches, athletic directors, teachers, sportswriters, sportscasters and athletes who have brought distinction to themselves and to the state of Kansas.
K.S.A. § 21-6206 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 62 / Section 21-6206
21-6206 - Harassment by telecommunication device.
Status: in_force

21-6206. Harassment by telecommunication device. (a) Harassment by telecommunication device is the use of:

(1) A telecommunications device to:

(A) Knowingly make or transmit any comment, request, suggestion, proposal, image or text which is obscene, lewd, lascivious or indecent;

(B) make or transmit a call, whether or not conversation ensues, with intent to abuse, threaten or harass any person at the receiving end;

(C) make or transmit any comment, request, suggestion, proposal, image or text with intent to abuse, threaten or harass any person at the receiving end;

(D) make or cause a telecommunications device to repeatedly ring or activate with intent to harass any person at the receiving end;

(E) knowingly play any recording on a telephone, except recordings such as weather information or sports information when the number thereof is dialed, unless the person or group playing the recording shall be identified and state that it is a recording; or

(F) knowingly permit any telecommunications device under one's control to be used in violation of this paragraph.

(2) Telefacsimile communication to send or transmit such communication to a court in the state of Kansas for a use other than court business, with no requirement of culpable mental state.

(b) Harassment by telecommunication device is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.

(c) Every telephone directory published for distribution to members of the general public shall contain a notice setting forth a summary of the provisions of this section. Such notice shall be printed in type which is no smaller than any other type on the same page and shall be preceded by the word "WARNING."

(d) As used in this section, "telecommunications device" includes telephones, cellular telephones, telefacsimile machines and any other electronic device which makes use of an electronic communication service, as defined in K.S.A. 22-2514, and amendments thereto.

(e) An offender who violates the provisions of this section may also be prosecuted for, convicted of, and punished for any other offense in K.S.A. 21-5508, 21-5509, 21-5510 or 21-6401*.
K.S.A. § 75-5503 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 55 / Section 75-5503
75-5503 - Same; changes in payroll periods and pay dates; notice to affected employees required; time for notice.
Status: in_force

75-5503. Same; changes in payroll periods and pay dates; notice to affected employees required; time for notice. The payroll period and pay date of employees of a state agency shall not be changed by inclusion of the state agency into the system of payroll accounting or by any revision or modification of the system, unless notice of the proposed change has been given to each employee who will be affected by such change, in the form and manner prescribed by the director of accounts and reports, not less than forty-five (45) days prior to the effective date of the change.
K.S.A. § 24-656 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 6 / Section 24-656
24-656 - Drainage districts organized with territory in two or more counties; definitions.
Status: in_force

24-656. Drainage districts organized with territory in two or more counties; definitions. The following terms when used in this act shall be construed to have the meaning ascribed to them in this section:

(a) "Person" shall mean any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation;

(b) "publication" shall mean the publication in a newspaper or newspapers admitted to the United States mail as second-class matter, of general circulation within the joint drainage district;

(c) "land" shall mean real property as that term is defined by the laws of the state of Kansas, and shall include any road, highway, bridge, street or other right-of-way;

(d) "chief engineer" shall mean the chief engineer of the division of water resources of the Kansas department of agriculture;

(e) "board" shall mean the board of directors of a joint drainage district;

(f) "qualified voter" shall mean any qualified elector of the district and any person 18 years of age or over owning land within the district, although not a resident therein;

(g) "landowner" shall mean the record owner of the fee in any real estate in the district or the fee in the surface rights of any real estate in the district, but the owners of an oil and gas lease, mineral rights or interest, easements or mortgages as such shall not be considered landowners, and school districts, cemetery associations and municipal corporations shall not be considered landowners;

(h) "steering committee" shall be the group of not less than three (3) qualified voters who shall serve as the governing body of the proposed drainage district until the first board of directors is elected.
K.S.A. § 17-1307 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 13 / Section 17-1307
17-1307 - Cemeteries in or near cities; capital stock; directors; powers.
Status: in_force

17-1307. Cemeteries in or near cities; capital stock; directors; powers. Every corporation hereafter formed or organized or that has been organized subsequent to March 1, 1914, for the purpose of the establishment and maintenance of cemeteries in, or within two miles of any city of the third class, four miles of any city of the second class having a population of less than twelve thousand, or within eight miles of any city of the first class or of any city of the second class having a population of twelve thousand or more, shall have a capital stock and board of directors elected by the stockholders with the same duties and powers as the board of directors of other corporations for profit, and is empowered to acquire and hold lands for cemetery purposes only, within such distances of such cities, not to exceed two hundred acres, and is hereby authorized to enclose, lay out, or ornament and improve such lands held by such corporation for such purposes, and to divide said lands into burial lots; and that all of the acts of any board of directors heretofore legally elected by stockholders in any such company, which would be legal if done by any other private corporation, are hereby recognized, confirmed and made valid: Provided, That no owner of any lot in any such cemetery shall be a stockholder or member of any such corporation by reason of his being such owner.
K.S.A. § 59-2303 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 23 / Section 59-2303
59-2303 - Petition to sell, lease or mortgage real estate.
Status: in_force

59-2303. Petition to sell, lease or mortgage real estate. (a) An executor or administrator may file a petition to sell real estate of a decedent. The petition shall state the facts constituting the reasons for the application and describe the real estate to be sold. It may include all the real estate of the decedent subject to sale, or any part or parts thereof.

The petition also may state the name of a prospective purchaser and the terms of a proposed sale, and may include a request for approval of named appraisers and for confirmation of the proposed transaction. In this event, the petition also shall contain a full disclosure of any financial or blood relationship between the proposed purchaser and the fiduciary. If no such relationship exists, the petition shall so state.

(b) A conservator may file a petition to sell, lease, or mortgage real estate of a conservatee. The petition shall state the facts constituting the reasons for the application and describe the real estate to be sold, leased, or mortgaged. It may include all the real estate of the conservatee subject to sale, lease, or mortgage, or any part or parts thereof. It may apply in the alternative for authority to sell, lease, or mortgage.

The petition also may state the name of a prospective purchaser, lessee or mortgagee and the terms of a proposed sale, lease or mortgage, and may include a request for approval of named appraisers and for confirmation of the proposed transaction. In this event, the petition also shall contain a full disclosure of any financial or blood relationship between the proposed purchaser, lessee and mortgagee, and the fiduciary. If no such relationship exists, the petition shall so state.
K.S.A. § 65-2801 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 28 / Section 65-2801
65-2801 - Purpose.
Status: in_force

65-2801. Purpose. Recognizing that the practice of the healing arts is a privilege granted by legislative authority and is not a natural right of individuals, it is deemed necessary as a matter of policy in the interests of public health, safety and welfare, to provide laws and provisions covering the granting of that privilege and its subsequent use, control and regulation to the end that the public shall be properly protected against unprofessional, improper, unauthorized and unqualified practice of the healing arts and from unprofessional conduct by persons licensed to practice under this act.