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KS Stat § 19-1409 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1409 Method of subdividing sections into quarter sections.

19-1409. Method of subdividing sections into quarter sections. In the subdivision of sections of land, as surveyed by the United State surveyors into quarter sections, the following method shall be followed, to wit: The surveyor shall proceed to connect the points of position of the monuments marked "one quarter S.," commonly known as quarter-section corner monuments, which are upon opposite sides of the section, by tracing a straight line from one to the other; he shall then ascertain the point of intersection of the two straight lines as above mentioned, and the said point of intersection shall be the point of position of the corner common to the four quarters of the section subdivided. The provisions of this article shall not apply to center corners of sections already established according to law.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 161; October 31; R.S. 1923, 19-1409.
KS Stat § 19-1411 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1411 Establishment of center corners and quarter-section corners of sections closing on a parallel or base line.

19-1411. Establishment of center corners and quarter-section corners of sections closing on a parallel or base line. In establishing the center corner of all sections closing on a parallel or base line, the  land surveyor  shall commence at the quarter-section corner on the south boundary of the section, and run a line north, parallel to the east boundary of  such section; and at  40 chains from the quarter-section corner on the south boundary,  such land surveyor  shall permanently establish the center corner of the section; and at the point where the said north line produced intersects the parallel or base line, which must be just  40 chains west of northeast corner of the section,  such land surveyor  must permanently establish the quarter-section corner on the north boundary of the section.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 163; R.S. 1923, 19-1411; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-1412 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1412 Re-establishment of missing corners.

19-1412. Re-establishment of missing corners. In re-establishing missing corners, where no bearing or witness tree or trees can be found, the  land surveyor  shall establish  the missing corners in accordance with the government surveys. Where government surveys cannot be accurately followed, missing corners shall be established by proportionate measurement or existing landmarks supplemented with other location data, monuments,  distances and the  monuments for the corners shall be replaced according to the best calculations of the  land surveyor, taking into account all the data, and, if necessary, replacing the proportionate measurement requirement.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 164; R.S. 1923, 19-1412; L. 1961, ch. 136, § 2; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-1413 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1413 Threatening or improperly interfering with surveyor; penalty.

19-1413. Threatening or improperly interfering with surveyor; penalty. (a) If any county surveyor or such surveyor's deputy shall be molested, or prevented from doing or performing any of such surveyor's official duties, by means of threats or improper interference of any person or persons, such surveyor shall call on the sheriff of the county, who shall accompany such surveyor and remove all force.(b) Threatening or improperly interfering with any county surveyor or such surveyor's deputy, during the performance of such surveyor's official duties, shall be a class A nonperson misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be liable for all damages to any person by the hindrance of the county surveyor or such surveyor's deputy, and also for all the expenses that may accrue in consequence of the attendance of the sheriff.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 165; R.S. 1923, 19-1413; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-1414 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1414 Survey as evidence.

19-1414. Survey as evidence. Any survey made by any county surveyor or his deputy, or by any city engineer, shall be evidence in any court in this state, but shall not be conclusive.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 166; L. 1921, ch. 154, § 1; May 25; R.S. 1923, 19-1414.
KS Stat § 19-1415 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1415 Copies of plats and field notes.

19-1415. Copies of plats and field notes. Copies of said plats and field notes, duly certified by the county surveyor, shall be received in evidence in any cause where the original plats and field notes could be used.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 169; October 31; R.S. 1923, 19-1415.
KS Stat § 19-1416 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1416 Oath before commencing road survey.

19-1416. Oath before commencing road survey.  It shall not be necessary for the county surveyor to take an oath or affirmation before commencing  such surveyor's duties to survey roads, except as  provided by law, when  such surveyor takes oath of office.History: L. 1871, ch. 75, § 2; R.S. 1923, 19-1416; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-1417 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1417 Employment of assistants; compensation.

19-1417. Employment of assistants; compensation. It shall be the duty of each county surveyor to employ disinterested persons to act as such surveyor's assistants. The expenses of such assistants shall be paid in advance, if required by the county surveyor, by the party on whose application the survey may be made, and the money so advanced shall be accounted for by the county surveyor and the amount expended to be taxed on the bill of cost. Any appointed assistant shall receive, for each day that such assistant may actually be employed in performing the work, the prevailing wages for like services within the area, as determined by the board of county commissioners.History: L. 1891, ch. 89, § 1; L. 1917, ch. 146, § 1; L. 1919, ch. 156, § 1; R.S. 1923, 19-1417; L. 1951, ch. 222, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 136, § 3; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-1418 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1418 Plats and field notes of the original federal surveys.

19-1418. Plats and field notes of the original federal surveys. That it shall be the duty of the county surveyor of each county, when instructed to do so by the commissioners of their county, to procure official copies of the plats and field notes of the original surveys of the United States of the lands of his county not already procured, and shall have the same substantially bound in book form. The county commissioners shall pay for such plats and field notes and binding out of the county funds. The county surveyor of each county shall deposit the copy of such plats and field notes now in his office, or hereafter received, in the office of register of deeds of his county, and the same shall be there kept for the convenience of the public, and the same, or copies thereof, duly certified by such register of deeds, shall be admitted and received in evidence in like form and manner, and under like circumstances, and to the same effect, as are other records of the said register of deeds' office, or copies thereof.History: L. 1891, ch. 89, § 2; L. 1907, ch. 169, § 1; May 27; R.S. 1923, 19-1418.
KS Stat § 19-1419 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1419 Taking evidence on survey.

19-1419. Taking evidence on survey. The county surveyor or his deputy is authorized to administer all oaths or affirmations necessary to the legal establishment of roads and other surveys, and to take the evidence of any person who may be produced to prove any point material to such survey, and is authorized to summon before him at any convenient place in his county any person or persons in his county, whom he has good reason to believe could furnish material evidence as to the true location of any corners or boundaries involved in any survey then being made by such surveyor, and to administer the proper oath or affirmation to all such witnesses, and take their testimony in writing.History: L. 1891, ch. 89, § 3; L. 1913, ch. 158, § 1; April 30; R.S. 1923, 19-1419.
KS Stat § 19-1420 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1420 Record of road survey; descriptions of real estate.

19-1420. Record of road survey; descriptions of real estate. Upon the establishment of any road, the county surveyor shall enter the plat and field notes thereof upon the official road record of the county. The county surveyor shall, when ordered by the board of county commissioners, make out a complete description of all or any part of the real estate of such county, to be made out and entered in proper rolls furnished by the county clerk for such purpose.History: L. 1891, ch. 89, § 4; R.S. 1923, 19-1420; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-1422 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1422 Rules to be observed in resurvey under authority of the United States.

19-1422. Rules to be observed in resurvey under authority of the United States. In the resurvey of land surveyed under the authority of the United States, the land surveyor shall observe the following rules:First, Section and quarter-section corners, and all other corners established by the government survey, must stand as the true corners.Second, They must be re-established at the identical spot where the original corner was located by the government surveyor, when this can be determined.Third, When this cannot be done, then said corners must be re-established in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 19-1412, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1891, ch. 89, § 6; R.S. 1923, 19-1422; L. 1961, ch. 136, § 4; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-1423 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1423 Procedure to establish corners and boundaries; notice, costs.

19-1423. Procedure to establish corners and boundaries; notice, costs. (a) Whenever the owner or owners of one or more tracts of land shall desire to permanently establish the corners and boundaries thereof, such owner or owners shall notify the county surveyor to make a survey thereof and establish such corners and boundaries, and shall furnish to the county surveyor the name or names and address or addresses of all persons residing in the county and elsewhere, so far as known, who may be affected by such survey. The county surveyor shall cause a notice in writing to be served on each person who may be affected by the survey, or their agent or agents residing in such county, stating the time when the county surveyor will begin the survey, and the lines or corners to be established, which notice shall be delivered to the person or left at their usual place of residence, at least six days prior to the day set for the survey.(b) Notice may be served upon the landowners who may be affected by the survey, and who do not reside in the county, by publication in a newspaper published in the county, if there is one, once in each week for three consecutive weeks, the last publication to be made at least three days prior to the day set for beginning the survey, and in case no newspaper is published in the county, then in some newspaper published in the state which has general circulation in the county, or such notice may be served by mailing, by registered mail, postage prepaid, with return receipt requested, addressed to such person at their usual place of residence with proper post-office address. In all cases where all the landowners interested shall consent in writing, the county surveyor may, at such time as may be agreed upon, proceed to establish such corners and boundaries without serving notice as required by this section. Proof of service of notice as herein provided shall be made and entered of record in the office of the county surveyor, and retained for a period of one year.(c) All costs incurred by the county surveyor in conducting such survey and proceedings for establishing the corners and boundaries of any tract or tracts of land requested by the owner of such property shall be paid by the party or parties requesting such survey. All costs incurred by the county surveyor in conducting surveys and proceedings for establishing the corners and boundaries of tracts of land which are authorized and directed by the board of county commissioners shall be paid from funds of the county available for such purpose.History: L. 1891, ch. 89, § 7; R.S. 1923, 19-1423; L. 1961, ch. 136, § 5; L. 1986, ch. 103, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 11; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-1424 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1424 Waiver of service; when publication service complete.

19-1424. Waiver of service; when publication service complete. An acknowledgment in writing, or the voluntary appearance of a person interested in the survey, is equivalent to service. Service by publication shall be deemed complete when it shall have been made in the manner and for the time prescribed in the preceding section, for all the purposes of this act.History: L. 1891, ch. 89, § 8; March 14; R.S. 1923, 19-1424.
KS Stat § 19-1425 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1425 When survey to be made; testimony of witnesses.

19-1425. When survey to be made; testimony of witnesses. On the day mentioned in the notice, or on the next day thereafter, the surveyor shall proceed to make the survey, but he may for good cause adjourn from time to time. He may, upon the application of any party who is interested in such survey, take the evidence of any witness who may be produced to prove any point material to such survey, which testimony shall be reduced to writing and subscribed and sworn to by the witness, and together with an accurate plat and field notes of such survey shall be filed in the office of the county surveyor within thirty days after the completion of such survey.History: L. 1891, ch. 89, § 9; March 14; R.S. 1923, 19-1425.
KS Stat § 19-1426 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1426 Appeal from report of survey; recordation of survey.

19-1426. Appeal from report of survey; recordation of survey. (a) Upon the filing of the report of each survey, any person interested in  such report can at any time within 30 days thereafter appeal to the district court, by filing with the county surveyor a notice of such person's intention to appeal and by giving a bond, to be approved by the judge of the district court, conditioned for the payment of costs of the appeal if the report of the county surveyor is affirmed by the court. Upon the filing of such notice and bond the county surveyor shall certify the appeal to the clerk of the district court, and shall file with the clerk a certified copy of the report appealed from, including the affidavits, if any, filed therewith. The court shall hear and determine the appeal, and enter an order of judgment approving or rejecting the report, or modifying or amending the report, or may refer the report back to the county surveyor to correct the survey and report in conformity with the decree of the court, or may, for good cause shown, set aside the report and appoint one or more land surveyors, who shall proceed at the time mentioned in the order of the court, to survey and determine the corners and boundaries of the land in question, and shall report the same to the court for further action.(b) The corners and boundaries established in any survey made in pursuance of an agreement, or in any survey where no appeal is taken from the county surveyor's report, and such corners and boundaries as are established by the decree of the court, shall be held and considered as permanently established, and shall not thereafter be changed. When any report of a survey made in pursuance of an agreement, or of legal notice, or by the order of court, becomes final, it shall be the duty of the county surveyor to record the report in the records of permanent surveys. The county surveyor shall also make a certified record of such survey on paper of the same size as the record of permanent surveys, suitable for binding, and shall file the record in the office of register of deeds.History: L. 1891, ch. 89, § 10; R.S. 1923, 19-1426; L. 1992, ch. 314, § 2; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 12; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-1428 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1428 Survey affecting county line; notice; appeal.

19-1428. Survey affecting county line; notice; appeal. In any survey affecting a county line, the surveyor who may be called on to make the survey shall serve notice upon the county surveyor of the adjoining county, and they shall agree upon a time, and they shall each serve notice upon the landowners of their respective counties who are interested in such survey, in the same manner as is provided in K.S.A. 19-1423 and 19-1424, and shall make such survey in the same manner as other surveys; and each surveyor shall file a copy of the plat and field notes of such survey in the county surveyor's office. Appeals from the said survey may be made, and to the same effect as in K.S.A. 19-1426. The corners and boundaries so established and recorded in each county shall be held to be permanent, and shall never be changed.History: L. 1891, ch. 89, § 12; March 14; R.S. 1923, 19-1428.
KS Stat § 19-1430 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1430 Preservation of corner monuments; cost.

19-1430. Preservation of corner monuments; cost. When a United States public land survey corner or section center corner monument located in a street or road:(a) Is at risk of being displaced or destroyed;(b) projects above the usual grade of a roadbed;(c) is at risk of coverage by concrete, asphalt or other permanent type surfacing; or(d) is at risk that fill will cover the corner monument more than two feet, the agency responsible for maintaining the road shall preserve the corner monument by employing a land surveyor to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 58-2011, and amendments thereto.The cost of the preservation or reestablishment of the corner monument shall be paid by the agency responsible for maintaining the road, or if such corner monument is located on private property, by the landowner.History: L. 1907, ch. 233, § 1; R.S. 1923, 19-1430; L. 1961, ch. 136, § 7; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 13; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-1434 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer|19-1434 Recording of survey plats, when; requirements; alternative filing office.

19-1434. Recording of survey plats, when; requirements; alternative filing office. (a) Whenever a land surveyor performs a survey that results in a new legal description or creates a new tract of land, a survey plat shall be recorded with the register of deeds in the county where the survey was located within 90 days after completion of the survey. The survey plat shall be certified with the seal and signature of a land surveyor. The land surveyor who signed and sealed the survey plat shall be responsible for recording the survey.(b) Except for subdivision plats, the board of county commissioners may, by resolution, designate an alternative county office for the filing of survey plats for archival purposes. If a county office other than the register of deeds is designated for the filing of survey plats, then that office shall maintain an index of all surveys by section, township and range, and surveys of platted lots shall be indexed by subdivision. The cost of filing the survey plat at the alternate county office shall not exceed the cost of recording the same or similar documents at the register of deeds.History: L. 2011, ch. 49, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 19-1505d (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-1505d Validation of certain proceedings and bonds for county buildings.

19-1505d. Validation of certain proceedings and bonds for county buildings. If any county, pursuant to the provisions of sections 19-1503, 19-1504 and 19-1505 of the General Statutes of 1949, relating to the erection of certain county buildings, has held a bond election therefor prior to the year 1955 and a majority of the legal electors voting on the question voted in favor of the issuance of bonds not to exceed the principal amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), notwithstanding the fact that improper notice by publication was given concerning the holding of such election under section 10-120 of the General Statutes of 1949, all proceedings thereunder and all bonds issued pursuant thereto are hereby validated and confirmed.History: L. 1955, ch. 141, § 1; February 8.
KS Stat § 19-1510 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers|Article 15 - County Buildings|19-1510 Courthouses in counties over 110,000; exceptions; bonds.

19-1510. Courthouses in counties over 110,000; exceptions; bonds. That the board of county commissioners of any county having a population of one hundred and ten thousand (110,000) or over, is hereby authorized and empowered to erect, construct, reconstruct or improve a courthouse and to construct additions and improvements thereto; and for the purpose of paying the cost and expenses thereof, may issue negotiable bonds of such county not exceeding in amount the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000), without the same being authorized by an election called or held for such purpose; and none of the restrictions and limitations respecting the amount of county indebtedness contained in any of the laws of the state of Kansas, shall apply to or in any way affect the issuance of the bonds authorized by this act or any bonds so issued; and such bonds shall be subject only to the limitations contained herein: Provided, That this section shall not apply to counties designated as urban under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-2654.History: L. 1921, ch. 155, § 1; R.S. 1923, 19-1510; L. 1968, ch. 94, § 4; March 19.