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KS Stat § 58-2221 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2221 Recordation of instruments conveying or affecting real estate; duties of register of deeds.

58-2221. Recordation of instruments conveying or affecting real estate; duties of register of deeds. Every instrument in writing that conveys:(a) Real estate;(b) any estate or interest created by an oil and gas lease;(c) any estate or interest created by any lease or easement involving wind resources and technologies to produce and generate electricity; or(d) whereby any real estate may be affected, proved or acknowledged, and certified in the manner hereinbefore prescribed, may be recorded in the office of register of deeds of the county in which such real estate is situated. It shall be the duty of the register of deeds to file the same for record immediately, and in those counties where a numerical index is maintained in the register of deeds' office, the register of deeds shall compare such instrument, before copying the same in the record, with the last record of transfer in the register of deeds' office of the property described. If the register of deeds finds such instrument contains apparent errors, the register of deeds shall not record the instrument until the grantee has been notified, if such notice is reasonably possible.The grantor, lessor, grantee or lessee or any other person conveying or receiving real property or other interest in real property upon recording the instrument in the office of register of deeds shall furnish the register of deeds the full name and last known post-office address of the person to whom the property is conveyed or such person's designee. The register of deeds shall forward such information to the county clerk of the county who shall make any necessary changes in address records for mailing tax statements.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 22, § 19; L. 1913, ch. 134, § 1; R.S. 1923, 67-221; L. 1953, ch. 297, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 366, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 221, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 127, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 58-2222 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2222 Same; filing imparts notice.

58-2222. Same; filing imparts notice. Every such instrument in writing, certified and recorded in the manner hereinbefore prescribed, shall, from the time of filing the same with the register of deeds for record, impart notice to all persons of the contents thereof; and all subsequent purchasers and mortgagees shall be deemed to purchase with notice.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 22, § 20; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 67-222.
KS Stat § 58-2223 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2223 Same; unrecorded instrument valid only between parties having actual notice.

58-2223. Same; unrecorded instrument valid only between parties having actual notice. No such instrument in writing shall be valid, except between the parties thereto, and such as have actual notice thereof, until the same shall be deposited with the register of deeds for record.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 22, § 21; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 67-223.
KS Stat § 58-2224 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2224 Recordation of instruments, papers or documents; making of photographic or microphotographed copies deemed recording and record books, when.

58-2224. Recordation of instruments, papers or documents; making of photographic or microphotographed copies deemed recording and record books, when. Wherever the statutes require court records, deeds, patents, plats, charters of corporations, certificates of decrease of capital stock or other instruments, papers, or documents, to be recorded by any city, county or state officer, the making of photographic copies of such instruments, papers or documents, or the making of microphotographed copies shall be deemed recording. Photographic copies may be bound, paged and indexed wherever it is so provided for instruments, papers, or documents, recorded by hand, and such photographic copies when bound together shall be deemed record books. Microphotographed copies shall be placed in conveniently accessible files with provisions made for their preservation, examination and ready use by those persons lawfully entitled to view them and when such conditions are met they shall be deemed record books. This act shall be supplemental to existing statutes.History: L. 1915, ch. 286, § 1; R.S. 1923, 67-224; L. 1970, ch. 218, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 58-2228 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2228 Validity of instruments acknowledged in other states.

58-2228. Validity of instruments acknowledged in other states. All deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney and other instruments of writing for the conveyance or encumbrance of any lands, tenements or hereditaments situate within this state, executed and acknowledged or proved in any other state, territory, or country, in conformity with the laws of such state, territory, or country, or in conformity with the laws of this state, shall be as valid as if executed within this state in conformity with the provisions of this act.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 22, § 25; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 67-228.
KS Stat § 58-2229 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2229 Instruments as evidence.

58-2229. Instruments as evidence. Every instrument in writing, conveying or affecting real estate, which shall be acknowledged or proved and certified as hereinbefore prescribed, may, together with the certificates of acknowledgment or proof, be read in evidence without further proof.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 22, § 26; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 67-229.
KS Stat § 58-2230 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2230 Same; certified copies as evidence, when; authenticated copies from other states; recordation.

58-2230. Same; certified copies as evidence, when; authenticated copies from other states; recordation. Copies of such instrument, or of the record of the same, duly certified by the register of deeds of the county in which the same may have been recorded, shall, upon proof of the loss or destruction of the original instrument, or that it is not under the control of the person desiring to use the same, be read in evidence with like effect and on the same conditions as the original instrument; and that copies of any instrument of writing conveying or affecting real estate in this state, duly authenticated by the proper custodians of the records of other states, where any such instrument shall have been recorded for ten years and upwards, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts of record in this state, of the existence of the originals of such instruments of writing and of the proper record of the same, and may be recorded in the counties in this state wherein the real estate affected by them is situated, with like effect and upon the same conditions as the original instrument.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 22, § 27; L. 1870, ch. 87, § 11; May 12; R.S. 1923, 67-230.
KS Stat § 58-2231 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2231 Instruments recorded prior to 1868 as notice.

58-2231. Instruments recorded prior to 1868 as notice. All instruments of writing now copied into the proper books of the office of register of deeds of the several counties of this state, shall, upon the passage of this act, be deemed to impart to subsequent purchasers and encumbrancers, and all other persons whomsoever, notice of all deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney, contracts, conveyances, or other instruments, so far as, and to the extent that, the same may be found recorded, copied or noted in said books of record, notwithstanding any defects existing in the execution, acknowledgment, recording or certificate of recording the same; and the record of any such instrument, or a duly authenticated copy thereof, shall be competent evidence whenever, by the party's own oath or otherwise, the original is shown to be lost, or not belonging to the party wishing to use the same, or not within his or her control: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any rights heretofore acquired in the hands of subsequent grantees, assignees or encumbrancers.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 22, § 28; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 67-231.
KS Stat § 58-2232 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2232 Certificate, record or transcript not conclusive evidence.

58-2232. Certificate, record or transcript not conclusive evidence. Neither the certificate nor the record, nor the transcript thereof, is conclusive evidence of the fact therein stated.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 22, § 29; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 67-232.
KS Stat § 58-2233 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2233 Previous acts not invalidated.

58-2233. Previous acts not invalidated. Nothing herein contained shall invalidate any act already done.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 22, § 30; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 67-233.
KS Stat § 58-2234 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2234 Validation of acknowledgments made by register of deeds.

58-2234. Validation of acknowledgments made by register of deeds. All acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments of writing, for record in this state, which have already been taken by registers of deeds, with or without an impression of an official seal, are hereby recognized, confirmed, and made valid.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 22, § 31; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 67-234.
KS Stat § 58-2235 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2235 Record of defective instruments made prior to 1887 as notice.

58-2235. Record of defective instruments made prior to 1887 as notice. All instruments of writing now copied into the proper books of the office of register of deeds of the several counties of the state shall, upon the passage of this act, be deemed to impart to subsequent purchasers and encumbrancers, and all other persons whomsoever, notice of all deeds, mortgages, releases, powers of attorney, contracts, conveyances, or other instruments, so far as and to the extent that the same may be found recorded, copied or noted in said books of record, notwithstanding any defects existing in the execution, acknowledgment, either from the fact that the officer taking such acknowledgment failed to attach the officer's seal to such instrument, or that the register of deeds failed to record such seal, or for any other cause, recording, or certificate of recording the same; and the record of any such instrument, or a duly authenticated copy thereof, shall be competent evidence whenever by the party's own oath or otherwise the original is shown to be lost, or not belonging to the party wishing to use the same, or not within his or her control: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any rights heretofore acquired in the hands of subsequent grantees, assignors or encumbrancers.History: L. 1887, ch. 15, § 1; March 18; R.S. 1923, 67-235.
KS Stat § 58-2236 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2236 Record of defective instruments made prior to 1901 as notice.

58-2236. Record of defective instruments made prior to 1901 as notice. All deeds, mortgages, releases, powers of attorney, leases, contracts, conveyances and other instruments of writing now recorded, copied or noted in the proper books of the office of register of deeds of the several counties in the state of Kansas shall, upon the passage of this act, be deemed to impart notice to subsequent purchasers, encumbrancers, lessees and all other persons whomsoever so far as and to the extent that such deeds, mortgages, releases, powers of attorney, leases, contracts, conveyances and other instruments of writing may be found recorded, copied or noted on said books of record, notwithstanding any defects existing in the execution, acknowledgment, certificate of acknowledgment, recording or certificate of recording of the same; and the record of any such instrument or a duly authenticated copy thereof shall be competent evidence whenever, by the party's own oath or otherwise, the original is shown to be lost or not belonging to the party wishing to use the same or not within his or her control: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any rights acquired prior to the passage of this act.History: L. 1901, ch. 124, § 1; May 1; R.S. 1923, 67-236.
KS Stat § 58-2237 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2237 Certain defective instruments validated after being on record ten years; instrument, record or copy as evidence.

58-2237. Certain defective instruments validated after being on record ten years; instrument, record or copy as evidence. When any instrument of writing shall have been on record in the office of the register of deeds in the proper county for the period of ten (10) years, and there is a defect in such instrument because it has not been signed by the proper officer of any corporation, or because of any discrepancy in the corporate name, or because the corporate seal of the corporation has not been impressed on such instrument, or because the record does not show such seal, or because such instrument is not acknowledged, or because of any defect in the execution, acknowledgment, recording or certificate of recording the same, such instrument shall, from and after the expiration of ten (10) years from the filing thereof for record, be valid as though such instrument had, in the first instance, been in all respects duly executed, acknowledged, and certified, and contained the true corporate name, and such instrument shall, after the expiration of ten (10) years from the filing of the same for record, impart to subsequent purchasers, encumbrancers and all other persons whomsoever, notice of such instrument of writing so far as and to the same extent that the same may then be recorded, copied or noted in such books of record, notwithstanding such defect.Such instrument or the record thereof, or a duly authenticated copy thereof, shall be competent evidence without requiring the original to be produced or accounted for to the same extent that written instruments, duly executed and acknowledged, or the record thereof, are competent: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any rights acquired by grantees, assignees or encumbrancers subsequent to the filing of such instrument for record and prior to the expiration of ten (10) years from the filing of such instrument for record.History: L. 1905, ch. 324, § 1; R.S. 1923, 67-237; L. 1961, ch. 295, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 58-2238 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2238 Escheats of alien's property to state forfeited, when.

58-2238. Escheats of alien's property to state forfeited, when. Where real estate in this state might be claimed to have escheated to the state by reason of the heirs at law of a citizen of the United States, who died intestate owning such land, being aliens and incapable of inheriting, which land has heretofore been conveyed by such alien heir or heirs, to a citizen of the United States for a valuable consideration, and has been occupied in reliance upon said conveyance, without an adverse claim or title or right thereto having been asserted by the state for more than twenty-five years subsequent to such conveyance, the title and possession of such grantee, or his or her heirs or assigns, shall never be questioned in any manner, by or on behalf of the state of Kansas, and the state shall be deemed to have forever forfeited all title or right it may have ever had thereto.History: L. 1919, ch. 192, § 1; March 19; R.S. 1923, 67-238.
KS Stat § 58-2239 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2239 County clerk to keep transfer record; separate records for tax-exempt lands.

58-2239. County clerk to keep transfer record; separate records for tax-exempt lands. The county clerk of each county in this state shall keep in his or her office a book of record, which shall be denominated the transfer record, in which shall be entered all transfers of lands or lots in the clerk's county. Upon presentation of a deed of conveyance of real estate, the county clerk shall enter on the transfer record the description of the real estate as described in said conveyance, and attach his or her certificate to the conveyance, that the proper transfers have been entered upon the records of the clerk's office. A separate transfer record shall be maintained for all lands or lots which are exempt from taxation under the constitution or statutes of Kansas.History: L. 1877, ch. 145, § 1; R.S. 1923, 67-239; L. 1963, ch. 325, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 58-2240 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2240 Furnishing of information on transfer record to appraiser.

58-2240. Furnishing of information on transfer record to appraiser. At the time the county clerk makes the entry on the real estate transfer records, such clerk shall forthwith provide the county appraiser with the information entered thereon together with the names of the owners thereof.History: L. 1877, ch. 145, § 2; R.S. 1923, 67-240; L. 1982, ch. 391, § 22; July 1.
KS Stat § 58-2241 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2241 Duty of register of deeds to enter instruments on transfer record.

58-2241. Duty of register of deeds to enter instruments on transfer record. It shall be the duty of the register of deeds, when he or she shall receive any instrument conveying real estate which has not been entered on the transfer record to have such instrument entered on said transfer record immediately upon the recording of the same in his or her office.History: L. 1877, ch. 145, § 3; L. 1915, ch. 173, § 1; R.S. 1923, 67-241; L. 1968, ch. 165, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 222, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 58-2242a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2242a Decree or judgment changing ownership or title to real estate; entry upon transfer records.

58-2242a. Decree or judgment changing ownership or title to real estate; entry upon transfer records. Whenever any decree or judgment entered by a district court has become final and such decree or judgment shall change the ownership or the title to real estate, the clerk of the district court shall file with or exhibit to the county clerk of the proper county the original or a certified copy of such decree or judgment, for entry upon the transfer records of the clerk's office. No fee shall be required for making such entry.History: L. 1945, ch. 263, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 174, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 198, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 58-2247 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2247 Title by adverse possession of land for public park.

58-2247. Title by adverse possession of land for public park. Whenever by gift or donation from any fee title owner any city has received and taken possession of any ground within such city and used the same for a public park for fifteen years or longer and during such time has been in undisputed possession thereof, the title to any such ground so used is hereby vested in such city although no formal deed of conveyance by the grantor was ever executed or recorded.History: L. 1913, ch. 77, § 1; April 30; R.S. 1923, 67-247.
KS Stat § 58-2248 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2248 Recording title to lands patented by state to railroads.

58-2248. Recording title to lands patented by state to railroads. Laws 1879, chapter 132, section 1, included by reference. [The title to the act is as follows: "An act providing for recording of deeds and abstracts of title to certain lands patented by the state of Kansas to railroad companies." Act provided that the register of the state land office certify proper records to be recorded in the counties because of the patents having included, in one instrument, lands lying in different counties.]History: R.S. 1923, 67-248.
KS Stat § 58-2249 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2249 Protection of bona fide purchasers of Indian land.

58-2249. Protection of bona fide purchasers of Indian land. Laws 1881, chapter 112, section 1, and Laws 1874, chapter 79, sections 2 and 3, included by reference. [The act of 1874 was entitled "An Act to protect the bona fide purchasers of Indian lands." The act of 1881 amended and repealed section 1 of the act of 1874. The essential provision was that the census roll and the allotment roll of any tribe of Indians, except as to certain lands in Johnson county, made in pursuance of any treaty between the United States and any tribe of Indians, be received in evidence in all courts in this state.]History: R.S. 1923, 67-249.
KS Stat § 58-2252 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2252 Validating defective assignments and releases of trust deeds.

58-2252. Validating defective assignments and releases of trust deeds. In any case where a trust deed upon real estate in Kansas, given to secure the payment of a note payable to some person other than the trustee named in the trust deed, has been assigned or released by the trustee, without the payee in the note joining in such assignment or release, such assignment or release shall be deemed to be valid and the lien of such trust deed shall be deemed to be canceled notwithstanding the trustee is a trustee in name only and the trust deed gives the trustee no power to collect the debt or release the trust deed: Provided, That this act shall not apply to any assignment or release which has not been recorded in the office of the register of deeds in the county where the land is situated at least ten (10) years prior to the taking effect of this act: And provided further, That this act shall not apply to any trust deed unless the debt secured thereby shall be due and payable for at least ten (10) years prior to the taking effect of this act.History: L. 1931, ch. 241, § 1; May 28.
KS Stat § 58-2253 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property|Article 22 - Conveyances Of Land|58-2253 Action to set aside defective assignment or releases of trust deeds or to foreclose; time limit.

58-2253. Action to set aside defective assignment or releases of trust deeds or to foreclose; time limit. Any holder or assignee of any trust deed of the character mentioned in the preceding section, or any holder or assignee of the note secured by such trust deed, and assignment or release of which executed by the trustee only has been on record in the county where the land is situated for more than ten (10) years prior to the taking effect of this act and more than ten (10) years have elapsed since the time the indebtedness secured by such trust deed became due and payable, shall have six (6) months from the taking effect of this act in which to commence an action to set aside such assignment or release or to foreclose such trust deed, and if such action shall not be commenced within said period of six (6) months then such holder or assignee of said trust deed and the holder or assignee of the note secured thereby shall forever be barred from bringing any action to set aside such assignment or release or to foreclose such trust deed.History: L. 1931, ch. 241, § 2; May 28.