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KS Stat § 59-706 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 7 - Letters Testamentary And Of Administration|59-706 Letters of administration and letters testamentary granted to nonresident; appointment of agent required.

59-706. Letters of administration and letters testamentary granted to nonresident; appointment of agent required. In cases of administration of a resident's estate:(a) Letters of administration may be granted to a nonresident of this state when the nonresident has appointed an agent pursuant to K.S.A. 59-1706, and amendments thereto. When an administrator of a resident's estate becomes a nonresident, the court shall revoke such administrator's letters, until the nonresident has appointed an agent pursuant to K.S.A. 59-1706, and amendments thereto.(b) Letters testamentary may be granted to a nonresident of this state when the nonresident has appointed an agent pursuant to K.S.A. 59-1706, and amendments thereto. When an executor of a resident's estate becomes a nonresident, the court shall revoke such nonresident's letters, until the nonresident has appointed an agent pursuant to K.S.A. 59-1706, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 63; L. 1967, ch. 314, § 9; L. 1975, ch. 299, § 4; L. 1976, ch. 242, § 8; L. 2002, ch. 135, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-707 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 7 - Letters Testamentary And Of Administration|59-707 Effect of will on administration.

59-707. Effect of will on administration. If, after the appointment of an administrator, a will is admitted to probate, the powers of such administrator shall cease, and he or she shall proceed to final accounting. The new executor or administrator with the will annexed shall continue the administration.History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 64; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-708 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 7 - Letters Testamentary And Of Administration|59-708 Administrator de bonis non.

59-708. Administrator de bonis non. If the authority of the sole or surviving executor or administrator terminates before the estate is fully administered, a new administrator shall be appointed to administer the estate not already administered. Such successor shall have the same powers and duties as his or her predecessor.History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 65; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-709 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 7 - Letters Testamentary And Of Administration|59-709 Filing of certain petitions; notice to creditors.

59-709. Filing of certain petitions; notice to creditors. (a) Every petitioner who files a petition for administration or probate of a will shall give notice thereof to creditors, pursuant to an order of the court, and within 10 days after such filing. Such notice shall be published in some newspaper of the county authorized by law to publish legal notices and shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks. A petitioner for the appointment of a successor administrator, administrator CTA or administrator DBN shall publish notice to creditors only in the event the original petitioner for administration or for the probate of a will had failed to give such notice.(b) The personal representative of a decedent's estate shall give actual notice to known or reasonably ascertainable creditors prior to the expiration of the nonclaim statute.(c) Notwithstanding any other notice requirements of the probate code, notice to creditors shall not be necessary if a petition for administration or probate of a will shall have been filed after the period of time prescribed by K.S.A. 59-2239, and amendments thereto, for the timely exhibit of creditors' claims.History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 66; L. 1972, ch. 215, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 299, § 5; L. 1976, ch. 245, § 3; L. 1989, ch. 173, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-710 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 7 - Letters Testamentary And Of Administration|59-710 Special administrator; appointment; bond; duties.

59-710. Special administrator; appointment; bond; duties. For good cause shown a special administrator may be appointed pending the appointment of an executor or administrator, after the appointment of an executor or administrator without removing the executor or administrator or pursuant to subsection (2) of K.S.A. 59-2239 as amended by this act. The appointment may be for a specified time, to perform duties respecting specific property, or to perform particular acts. The duties of a special administrator shall be stated in the order of appointment. The special administrator may be required to give bond in such sum as the court shall direct. Such administrator shall make such reports as the court shall direct, and shall account to the court upon the termination of his or her authority.History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 67; L. 1972, ch. 215, § 4; July 2.
KS Stat § 59-803 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 8 - Estates Of Nonresidents|59-803 Innocent purchaser from heirs.

59-803. Innocent purchaser from heirs. The title of any purchaser in good faith, without knowledge of a will, to any real estate situated in this state, derived from the heirs of any person not domiciled in this state at the time of the person's death, shall not be defeated by the production of the will of the decedent unless a petition for the probate of such will in this state is filed within six months from the death of the testator.History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 70; L. 1972, ch. 215, § 5; L. 1985, ch. 191, § 11; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-804 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 8 - Estates Of Nonresidents|59-804 Estates of nonresident decedents; independent proceedings; laws applicable.

59-804. Estates of nonresident decedents; independent proceedings; laws applicable. Administration proceedings and other procedures in this state with respect to property, tangible or intangible, of a nonresident decedent which is within the jurisdiction of this state are original proceedings or procedures conducted under the authority of this state solely, and are independent of and not ancillary to proceedings or procedures in any other state or country, and shall be had and conducted in this state as if the decedent were a resident, subject to and supplemented by the provisions in the following sections of this act [*].History: L. 1967, ch. 314, § 1; July 1.* "This act," see, also, 59-706, 59-804 to 59-811, 59-1401, 59-1701, 59-2203.
KS Stat § 59-805 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 8 - Estates Of Nonresidents|59-805 Estates of nonresident decedents; jurisdiction of courts.

59-805. Estates of nonresident decedents; jurisdiction of courts. (a) The courts of this state have jurisdiction over all tangible and intangible property of a nonresident decedent having a situs in this state and intangible property embodied in insurance policies as authorized by subsection (b). For the purpose of such jurisdiction it is recognized as to other states and countries, and declared with respect to this state, that the situs of debts, rights and choses in action which are embodied in legal instruments such as stock certificates, bonds, negotiable instruments, insurance policies payable to an estate and other similar items is in that state or country in which such legal instruments are located, so that whatever state or country has jurisdiction of such instruments has, and of right ought to have, jurisdiction to administer upon or otherwise direct the disposition of the debts, rights and choses in action which they embody, or voluntarily relinquish such jurisdiction to other states and countries. For such purpose the situs of other debts, rights and choses in action is where the debtor is found.(b) A person injured by a nonresident's tortious conduct in this state may petition the district court of this state for appointment of an administrator for the nonresident's estate if:(1) The nonresident is deceased;(2) pursuant to insurance coverage obtained on behalf of the nonresident, an insurer is wholly or partially liable for the tortious conduct of the nonresident; and(3) either administration of the nonresident's estate has not been commenced in the decedent's state of residence, or if, such administration has been commenced, the injured person nevertheless would be denied relief because the probate laws of such state have provisions relating to the time for exhibiting demands against an estate, or other time related provisions, which have the effect of barring claims prior to the time claims would be barred by the applicable statute of limitations in this state.History: L. 1967, ch. 314, § 2; L. 1980, ch. 166, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-807 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 8 - Estates Of Nonresidents|59-807 Same; testamentary designees; granting letters testamentary.

59-807. Same; testamentary designees; granting letters testamentary. (a) When the will of a nonresident decedent designates one or more individuals or a qualified corporation as executor, letters testamentary shall be granted to any or all of the designees as in estates of resident decedents. If such designated individual or corporation has not applied in this state for such letters, any interested person may apply for the issuance of letters testamentary and, after reasonable notice to such individual or qualified corporation of such application, the manner and nature of which is to be determined by the court, and after hearing thereon, and if such individual or corporation be found unsuitable, incompetent, or unqualified, or does not qualify within seven days after being found by the court to be entitled thereto, then the court may issue letters testamentary with will annexed to such other person, persons or corporations as in this section provided.(b) When the nonresident decedent dies intestate or dies testate and no letters testamentary are granted as in this section heretofore provided, then letters of administration, upon proper application by an interested person, may be granted to the following persons:(1) To the husband or wife or to the nominee of the husband or wife who is an individual or a qualified corporation of this state;(2) To one or more individuals who are entitled to distribution of the estate, whom the court shall believe will best manage and preserve the estate, or to a nominee of one or more of those entitled to distribution of the estate. Such nominee shall be an individual or a qualified corporation of this state.(c) If proper application by an interested person for the issuance of letters, either to the applicant or otherwise, has been made, and if the court believes that no one of the persons otherwise entitled under this section to have letters issued to such person is a competent and suitable person, then the court may grant letters to some other person or to a qualified corporation of this state.History: L. 1967, ch. 314, § 4; L. 2010, ch. 135, § 58; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-808 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 8 - Estates Of Nonresidents|59-808 Estates of nonresident decedents; rights and duties of personal representative; payment of taxes.

59-808. Estates of nonresident decedents; rights and duties of personal representative; payment of taxes. (a) The personal representative of a nonresident decedent appointed by a court of this state is entitled to possession of all real and personal property of the decedent within the jurisdiction of this state and, subject to the laws of this state and the orders of such court, is entitled to all the rights the decedent had in that property.(b) The personal representative shall:(1) Marshal all the decedent's personal property and shall take possession of it, to be held, administered and finally distributed as provided by law;(2) pay the taxes and collect the rents and earnings on the property until the estate is settled or until delivered by order of the court to the heirs, devisees and legatees; and(3) keep in tenantable repair the buildings and fixtures under the personal representative's control and may protect them by insurance. The personal representative, alone or with the heirs or devisees, may maintain an action for the possession of the real estate or to quiet title to it. The persons and corporations obligated under (including issuers of) stocks, securities or other instruments such as those described in K.S.A. 59-805 and amendments thereto, and their agents, are prohibited from obstructing in any way such possession or the exercise of such rights by such personal representative. No estate tax or inheritance tax waiver or any other authority or permission of any other state may be required by such persons, corporations or their agents as a condition to the payment or delivery of any money or property due under such instruments or to the transfer, reregistration or reissuance of stock certificates or other securities as ordered by the court.(c) The court shall not order distribution of any intangible personal property of the decedent, or the proceeds of its sale, to any legatee, devisee or heir of the decedent unless the estate and inheritance taxes attributable to such property, which are properly assessed or assessable by any other state, have been paid, tendered or provided for, and the court so finds and declares in its order of distribution.History: L. 1967, ch. 314, § 5; L. 1985, ch. 191, § 12; L. 2000, ch. 76, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-809 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 8 - Estates Of Nonresidents|59-809 Same; payment or delivery of intangible personal property to foreign representative, when.

59-809. Same; payment or delivery of intangible personal property to foreign representative, when. Any person, firm or corporation upon whom no demand has been made by a personal representative or other person authorized by this state to collect a nonresident decedent's personal property may, at any time three (3) months or more after the grant of letters in another jurisdiction upon the estate of the decedent (or, lacking notice of any such grant of letters within three (3) months after his or her death, then three (3) months or more after his or her death), transfer, pay or deliver intangible personal property of the nonresident decedent to the foreign personal representative or, if none, to such other person as may be entitled thereto, and shall not be liable for the debts of or claims against the nonresident decedent or his or her estate by reason of having made such transfer, payment or delivery.History: L. 1967, ch. 314, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-810 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 8 - Estates Of Nonresidents|59-810 Same; acting in fiduciary capacity by foreign corporation.

59-810. Same; acting in fiduciary capacity by foreign corporation. Nothing in this act authorizes any "foreign corporation," as that term is defined in K.S.A. 59-1701, to act in any fiduciary capacity except as such foreign corporation is expressly permitted so to act by the provisions of K.S.A. 59-1701.History: L. 1967, ch. 314, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-811 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 8 - Estates Of Nonresidents|59-811 Same; severability.

59-811. Same; severability. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, subsection or section of this act be adjudged unconstitutional or void, such adjudication shall not affect the remainder of this act, and it is hereby declared to be the intention of the legislature that it would have enacted the remainder of this act with such word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, subsection or section omitted.History: L. 1967, ch. 314, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-812 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 8 - Estates Of Nonresidents|59-812 Same; validation of certain proceedings.

59-812. Same; validation of certain proceedings. All proceedings, procedures and determinations made, under the provisions of the act of which this act is amendatory are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed.History: L. 1968, ch. 48, § 2; March 15.
KS Stat § 59-901 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 9 - Estates Of Intestates Without Heirs|59-901 Administration; proceeds deposited in escheat proceeds suspense fund.

59-901. Administration; proceeds deposited in escheat proceeds suspense fund. The estate of an intestate decedent without known heirs shall be administered in the same manner as the estate of any other intestate decedent, except as herein otherwise provided. The administrator, as expeditiously as possible, shall convert the personal property into money and collect the rents, income and profits from the real estate. If no one claims as heir, devisee or legatee within six months after the appointment of the administrator, the administrator shall sell the real estate and close the estate as other estates are closed and remit the net proceeds of the estate to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the escheat proceeds suspense fund. All disbursements and transfers from such fund shall be made upon special warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to special vouchers approved by the secretary of revenue or by a person or persons designated by the secretary.History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 71; L. 1972, ch. 215, § 6; L. 1973, ch. 231, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 191, § 13; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 206; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-902 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 9 - Estates Of Intestates Without Heirs|59-902 Disposition of proceeds.

59-902. Disposition of proceeds. Moneys deposited in the escheat proceeds suspense fund shall remain in such fund until ten (10) years after it shall have been first received, at which time it shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the state general fund, provided no one in the meantime has established his or her right thereto as heir, devisee or legatee.History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 72; L. 1972, ch. 216, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 231, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-903 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 9 - Estates Of Intestates Without Heirs|59-903 Claimants to estate.

59-903. Claimants to estate. Any person who claims as heir of any such decedent shall present his or her claim to the district court within ten (10) years after the appointment and qualification of the administrator, or such claim shall be forever barred. If such person establishes his or her claim it shall be allowed by the court. The court shall determine which of several claimants have established their claims and the share of the estate to which each is entitled. If at the time of such determination the estate is in the custody of the administrator, the same shall be paid or delivered to those adjudged entitled thereto, less claims previously allowed and prior demands and other items. If the proceeds of the estate have been remitted to the state treasurer, the secretary of revenue shall pay to those entitled thereto the sum or share of the estate the court has adjudged they are entitled to receive. No interest shall be allowed or paid thereon.History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 73; L. 1973, ch. 231, § 3; L. 1976, ch. 242, § 10; Jan. 10, 1977.
KS Stat § 59-904 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 9 - Estates Of Intestates Without Heirs|59-904 Same; subsequent claimants.

59-904. Same; subsequent claimants. If others later, but within ten (10) years after the appointment and qualification of the administrator, claim as heirs of any such decedent and are thereafter adjudged to be heirs of the decedent and entitled to the said estate or some part thereof, and the said estate or its proceeds or some part thereof shall have been delivered or paid to those whose claims were earlier adjudged, neither the state nor the secretary of revenue shall be liable to such claimants for money previously paid to those adjudged to be heirs of the decedent. Such later claimants whose claims were duly established shall have a cause of action in the district court against the earlier claimants whose claims were established to determine the rights of the respective parties, subject to any prior determination of descent made pursuant to article 22 of chapter 59 of Kansas Statutes Annotated.History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 74; L. 1973, ch. 231, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-905 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 9 - Estates Of Intestates Without Heirs|59-905 Duty of county attorney and attorney general.

59-905. Duty of county attorney and attorney general. The state shall be a party to all proceedings to which K.S.A. 59-901 applies. The county attorney shall represent the state and shall diligently protect and conserve the estate for the benefit of the state, scrutinize all claims against the estate, and diligently defend against all such claims. Claimants shall have the burden of proving their claims by clear and convincing evidence. The attorney general may appear and assist the county attorney, or take charge thereof in lieu of the county attorney. The state may institute any proceedings deemed necessary or proper in the handling of such estate, and defend any proceedings instituted by another. The attorney general may appoint such persons deemed necessary to investigate, protect, conserve, defend or handle such estate, and any such estate now pending or hereafter commenced in any court of this state shall be liable in a reasonable amount for all obligations and expenses incurred by the county attorney or attorney general in protecting, conserving, investigating, defending or handling of such estate, and the same shall be allowed by the district court as costs of administration upon application of the county attorney or attorney general and due proof.History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 75; L. 1973, ch. 231, § 5; L. 1976, ch. 242, § 11; Jan. 10, 1977.
KS Stat § 59-1001 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 10 - Partnership Estates|59-1001 Management; bond.

59-1001. Management; bond. The property of a partnership dissolved by the death of any of its members shall be delivered to the surviving partner who may be disposed to undertake the management of it agreeably to the conditions of a bond which such partner shall give as provided by law. Upon the giving of such bond such partner shall with due diligence: (a) Close the affairs of the late partnership; (b) apply the property of it toward the payment of the partnership debts; (c) render an account of all partnership affairs upon oath to the district court, whenever required by the court, including the property owned by the late firm and the debts due thereto, as well as what may have been paid by the survivor toward the partnership debts and what may still be due and owing; and (d) within six months from the date of death of the deceased partner, unless a longer time is allowed by the district court, pay to the executor or administrator the executor's or administrator's proportion of the net proceeds of the partnership estate.History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 76; L. 1972, ch. 215, § 7; L. 1976, ch. 242, § 12; L. 1985, ch. 191, § 14; July 1.
KS Stat § 59-1002 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 59 - Probate Code|Article 10 - Partnership Estates|59-1002 When administrator takes charge.

59-1002. When administrator takes charge. In case the surviving partner, having been duly cited for that purpose, shall neglect or refuse to give the bond required by law, the executor or administrator of the estate of the deceased partner, on giving a bond as provided by law, shall take the whole of the partnership estate into his or her possession, and shall be authorized to use the name of the survivor in collecting the debts due to the late firm if necessary, and shall with the partnership property pay the debts due from the late firm with as much expedition as possible, and return or pay to the surviving partner his or her proportion of the net proceeds of the partnership estate.History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 77; July 1.