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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-326 Notice to owner or purchaser to file plat of land.

12-326.
Notice to owner or purchaser to file plat of land.
Whenever any owner of any tract of land in any such consolidated city has conveyed or shall hereafter convey any part thereof by metes and bounds or by lot numbers without filing a plat thereof in the office of the register of deeds in the proper county, or shall have invested the public with any rights therein by dedication, prescription or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the mayor of said city to cause a notice to be given to the original proprietor of said tract and to any subsequent purchasers, if he or she shall deem the same necessary, that they are required to execute a plat as required by law. Such notice shall specify the tract or tracts required to be platted, and shall demand that such owner or owners file a plat within thirty days from the time of the service of notice on such owners; and such notice shall specify the manner in which such tracts of land shall be platted. The notices provided for shall be served by the city marshal if the parties are residents of the city, otherwise the same shall be served by mail.
History:
L. 1887, ch. 112, § 26; March 5; R.S. 1923, § 12-326.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-327 Proceedings on such notice.

12-327.
Proceedings on such notice.
Said notices shall specify a day not more than ten days from the date of such notices in which the owners shall file a notice with the city clerk of their intention to file such plat, and if no notice of intention shall be so filed within the time so specified, the mayor shall proceed to cause a plat of said territory to be made, acknowledged and recorded as above provided.
History:
L. 1887, ch. 112, § 27; March 5; R.S. 1923, § 12-327.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-328 Execution of plat by city; effect as evidence.

12-328.
Execution of plat by city; effect as evidence.
Said plat shall be signed and acknowledged by the mayor, who shall also certify that he or she executed the same by reason of the failure of the owners or proprietors named to execute and file the same; and such plat, when so acknowledged and recorded, shall have the same effect for all purposes as if executed and recorded by the proprietors or owners themselves. All recitals and statements in such plat, certificate or acknowledgment shall be prima facie evidence of the truth thereof.
History:
L. 1887, ch. 112, § 28; March 5; R.S. 1923, § 12-328.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-329 Cost of plat assessed against property; suit to collect.

12-329.
Cost of plat assessed against property; suit to collect.
The cost of making such chart shall be allowed and paid by the city council, and they shall assess the same by ordinance upon such property as shall be included in such plat, to be collected in the same manner as special assessments are by law collected; or the council may direct a suit to be brought in the district court of the county for the cost of the same against the original proprietors or owners who are in default for not having filed a plat.
History:
L. 1887, ch. 112, § 29; R.S. 1923, § 12-329; L. 1975, ch. 55, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-330 Approval or disapproval of owner's plat.

12-330.
Approval or disapproval of owner's plat.
If any owner or proprietor shall execute a plat under the provisions of this act after demand made, he or she shall present the same to the city council for approval; and if the council shall refuse to approve of the same, the mayor shall proceed to plat the same as if the said owner or proprietors had neglected or refused to execute the same.
History:
L. 1887, ch. 112, § 30; March 5; R.S. 1923, § 12-330.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-331 Ordinance approving city's plat; action to set aside.

12-331.
Ordinance approving city's plat; action to set aside.
The plat executed and filed by the mayor shall be approved by ordinance, and any person aggrieved by said plat shall have thirty days after the publication of such ordinance in which to bring an action to set the same aside in whole or in part, and in case such action is not brought within the time specified, every person affected thereby shall be forever barred of all right to question the same.
History: L. 1887, ch. 112, § 31; March 5; R.S. 1923, § 12-331.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-331a Expenditures by consolidated city during year consolidation effected.

12-331a.
Expenditures by consolidated city during year consolidation effected.
Whenever two (2) or more cities are consolidated in accordance with the provisions of this act, the governing body of the consolidated city may make expenditures for purposes authorized by law for such city during the budget year when such consolidation was effected, and if the budget for the next ensuing budget year was adopted by the governing body of the city prior to the time the consolidation is effected, then said governing body may also make such expenditures in the next ensuing budget year, even though such expenditures were not included in the budget for the period in which the expenditures are made. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as authorizing a consolidated city to incur indebtedness or to make expenditures in violation of the cash basis law.
History:
L. 1959, ch. 67, § 24; March 18.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-340 Consolidation of Kansas City, Kansas, and Wyandotte county; definitions.

12-340.
Consolidation of Kansas City, Kansas, and Wyandotte county; definitions.
As used in the act:
(a) "Commission" means the consolidation study commission of Kansas City, Kansas, and Wyandotte county.
(b) "City" means Kansas City, Kansas.
(c) "County" means Wyandotte county.
History: L. 1996, ch. 11, § 1; February 29.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-341 Same; election, when required.

12-341.
Same; election, when required.
(a) Except as provided by subsection (c), the following question shall be submitted to the qualified electors of Wyandotte county for their approval or rejection:
"Shall a consolidation study commission be appointed by the governor to study the consolidation of Kansas City, Kansas, and Wyandotte county or the consolidation of certain offices, functions, services and operations thereof?"
(b) The question shall be submitted at the primary election held on the first Tuesday in April, 1996. Such election shall be called and held by the county election officer in the manner provided by the general bond law.
(c) If the presidential preference primary is not held in 1996, the provisions of this section shall not apply.
History: L. 1996, ch. 11, § 2; February 29.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-342 Same; consolidation study commission, appointment; executive director.

12-342.
Same; consolidation study commission, appointment; executive director.
(a) If a majority of the electors voting at the election vote in favor of the question submitted pursuant to K.S.A. 12-341, or if there is no presidential preference primary held in 1996, the governor shall appoint a five-member consolidation study commission. Such appointments shall be made by May 15, 1996. No more than three members of the commission shall be from the same political party. Members of the commission shall include, but not be limited to, persons with experience in accounting, business management, municipal finance, law, education, political science or public administration. No elected official of the cities of Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, Lake Quivira or Kansas City or Wyandotte county, nor any person appointed to fill a vacancy in an elected office of such cities or county, shall serve on the commission. No full-time paid employee of the cities of Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, Lake Quivira or Kansas City or Wyandotte county shall serve on the commission. Members of the commission shall be residents of Wyandotte county.
(b) Members of the commission shall be paid compensation, subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided by K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto.
(c) The governor shall appoint an executive director of the commission. The executive director shall receive compensation established by the governor, within the limits of appropriations for that purpose. The executive director shall employ other staff and may contract with consultants, as the executive director deems necessary to carry out the functions of the commission. Staff employed by the executive director shall receive compensation established by the executive director and approved by the governor, within the limits of appropriations for that purpose.
(d) Within 30 days following the appointment of all members of the commission, the commission shall meet and organize by the election of a chairperson and vice-chairperson and other officers deemed necessary. The commission may adopt rules governing the conduct of its meetings.
History: L. 1996, ch. 11, § 3; February 29.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-344 Same; consolidation plan, required provisions.

12-344. Same; consolidation plan, required provisions.
(a) Any plan submitted by the commission shall provide for the exercise of powers of local legislation and administration not inconsistent with the constitution or other laws of this state.
(b) If the commission submits a plan providing for the consolidation of certain city and county offices, functions, services and operations, the plan shall:
(1) Include a description of the form, structure, functions, powers and officers and the duties of such officers recommended in the plan;
(2) provide for the method of amendment of the plan;
(3) authorize the appointment of, or elimination of elective officials and offices;
(4) specify the effective date of the consolidation; and
(5) include other provisions determined necessary by the commission.
(c) If the plan provides for the consolidation of the city and county, in addition to the requirements of subsection (b), the plan shall:
(1) Fix the boundaries of the governing body's election districts, provide a method for changing the boundaries from time-to-time, any at-large positions on the governing body, fix the number, term and initial compensation of the governing body of the consolidated city-county and the method of election;
(2) determine whether elections of the governing body of the consolidated city-county shall be partisan or nonpartisan elections and the time at which such elections shall be held;
(3) determine the distribution of legislative and administrative duties of the consolidated city-county officials, provide for consolidation or expansion of services as necessary, authorize the appointment of a consolidated city-county administrator or a city-county manager, if deemed advisable, and prescribe the general structure of the consolidated city-county government;
(4) provide for the official name of the consolidated city-county; and
(5) provide for the transfer or other disposition of property and other rights, claims and assets of the county and city.
(d) Vacancies in the governing body shall be filled as provided in K.S.A. 12-104a, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1996, ch. 11, § 5; L. 2015, ch. 88, § 72; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-346 Same; annexation, limitations.

12-346.
Same; annexation, limitations.
(a) The governing body of a consolidated city-county may not annex any land located outside the county.
(b) The governing body of a consolidated city-county may not initiate annexation procedures of land located within the county, but may annex land upon petition of the owners of any such land.
History: L. 1996, ch. 11, § 7; February 29.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-350 Consolidation of Topeka and Shawnee county; definitions.

12-350.
Consolidation of Topeka and Shawnee county; definitions.
As used in K.S.A. 12-351 through 12-357, and amendments thereto:
(a) "Commission" means the consolidation commission of Topeka, Kansas, and Shawnee county.
(b) "City" means Topeka, Kansas.
(c) "County" means Shawnee county.
History: L. 2005, ch. 166, § 1; April 21.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-351 Same; consolidation study commission, appointment; executive director.

12-351.
Same; consolidation study commission, appointment; executive director.
(a) Within 10 days of the effective date of this act, a consolidation commission shall be appointed. Each of the following officers shall appoint a member to the commission: The governor, the president and minority leader of the senate and the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives. The person appointed by the governor shall serve as the chairperson of the commission. No more than three members of the commission shall be from the same political party. Members of the commission shall include, but not be limited to, persons with experience in accounting, business management, municipal finance, law, education, political science or public administration. No elected or appointive official of the cities of Auburn, Rossville, Silver Lake, Topeka or Willard or Shawnee county, nor any person appointed to fill a vacancy in an elected office of such cities or county, shall serve on the commission. No paid employee of the cities of Auburn, Rossville, Silver Lake, Topeka or Willard or Shawnee county shall serve on the commission. Members of the commission shall be residents of Shawnee county.
(b) Members of the commission shall be paid compensation, subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided by K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto.
(c) The members of the consolidation commission shall appoint an executive director of the commission. The executive director shall receive compensation established by the commission. The executive director shall employ other staff and may contract with consultants, as the executive director deems necessary to carry out the functions of the commission. Staff employed by the executive director shall receive compensation established by the executive director.
(d) Within 30 days following the appointment of all members of the commission, the commission shall meet and organize by the election of a vice-chairperson and other officers deemed necessary. The commission may adopt rules governing the conduct of its meetings.
History: L. 2005, ch. 166, § 2; April 21.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-353 Same; consolidation plan, required provisions.

12-353.
Same; consolidation plan, required provisions.
(a) Any plan submitted by the commission shall provide for the exercise of powers of local legislation and administration not inconsistent with the constitution or other laws of this state.
(b) If the commission submits a plan providing for the consolidation of certain city and county offices, functions, services and operations, the plan shall:
(1) Include a description of the form, structure, functions, powers and officers and the duties of such officers recommended in the plan.
(2) Provide for the method of amendment of the plan.
(3) Authorize the appointment of, or elimination of elected officials and offices.
(4) Specify the effective date of the consolidation.
(5) Include other provisions determined necessary by the commission.
(c) If the plan provides for the consolidation of the city and county, in addition to the requirements of subsection (b) the plan shall:
(1) Fix the boundaries of the governing body's election districts, provide a method for changing the boundaries from time-to-time, any at-large positions on the governing body, fix the number, term and initial compensation of the governing body of the consolidated city-county and the method of election.
(2) Determine whether elections of the governing body of the consolidated city-county shall be partisan or nonpartisan elections and the time at which such elections shall be held.
(3) Determine the distribution of legislative and administrative duties of the consolidated city-county officials, provide for consolidation or expansion of services as necessary, authorize the appointment of a consolidated city-county administrator or a city-county manager, if deemed advisable, and prescribe the general structure of the consolidated city-county government.
(4) Provide for the official name of the consolidated city-county.
(5) Provide for the transfer or other disposition of property and other rights, claims and assets of the county and city.
History: L. 2005, ch. 166, § 4; April 21.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-354 Same; Shawnee county, designated as urban area.

12-354.
Same; Shawnee county, designated as urban area.
Shawnee county is hereby designated an urban area, as authorized under the provisions of section 17 of article 2 of the constitution of the state of Kansas, for the purpose of granting to such county and urban area powers of local government and consolidation of local government.
History: L. 2005, ch. 166, § 5; April 21.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-356 Same; annexation, limitation.

12-356.
Same; annexation, limitation.
(a) The governing body of a consolidated city-county may not annex any land located outside the county.
(b) The governing body of a consolidated city-county may not initiate annexation procedures of land located within the county, but may annex land upon petition of the owners of any such land.
History: L. 2005, ch. 166, § 7; April 21.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-357 Same; costs.

12-357.
Same; costs.
All costs incurred or authorized by the consolidation commission and all other costs incurred by the city and county pursuant to this act shall be paid by the city and county.
History: L. 2005, ch. 166, § 8; April 21.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-359 Same; severability.

12-359.
Same; severability.
If any provision of this act is held to be invalid or unconstitutional, it shall be presumed conclusively that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this act without such invalid or unconstitutional provision.
History: L. 2005, ch. 166, § 10; April 21.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-360 Unification of governmental units in Greeley county; definitions.

12-360.
Unification of governmental units in Greeley county; definitions.
As used in K.S.A. 12-361 through 12-367, and amendments thereto:
(a) "Commission" means the unification commission appointed pursuant to K.S.A. 12-361, and amendments thereto.
(b) "City" means any city located in Greeley county.
(c) "County" means Greeley county.
History:
L. 2006, ch. 187, § 1; May 25.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-361 Same; unification commission, membership, compensation and reimbursement for expenses; executive director; officers.

12-361.
Same; unification commission, membership, compensation and reimbursement for expenses; executive director; officers.
(a) Within 10 days of the effective date of this act, a unification commission shall be appointed. One member shall be appointed by the governing body of the city of Tribune, one member shall be appointed by the governing body of the city of Horace and two members shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county. The fifth member shall be appointed by the members of the unification commission appointed by the cities and county and such member shall serve as the chairperson of the commission. Members of the commission shall include, but not be limited to, persons with experience in accounting, business management, municipal finance, law, education, political science or public administration. Members of the commission shall be residents of Greeley county.
(b) Members of the commission may be paid compensation, subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided by K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto.
(c) The members of the unification commission may appoint an executive director of the commission. The executive director may be paid compensation in an amount determined by the commission. If approved by the commission, the executive director may employ other staff and may contract with consultants, as the executive director deems necessary to carry out the functions of the commission. Staff employed by the executive director shall receive compensation established by the executive director.
(d) Within 30 days following the appointment of all members of the commission, the commission shall meet and organize by the election of a vice-chairperson and other officers deemed necessary. The commission may adopt rules governing the conduct of its meetings.
History:
L. 2006, ch. 187, § 2; May 25.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-363 Same; unification plan, required provisions.

12-363. Same; unification plan, required provisions.
(a) Any plan submitted by the commission shall provide for the exercise of powers of local legislation and administration not inconsistent with the constitution or other laws of this state.
(b) If the commission submits a plan providing for the unification of certain city and county offices, functions, services and operations, the plan shall:
(1) Include a description of the form, structure, functions, powers and officers and the duties of such officers recommended in the plan;
(2) provide for the method of amendment of the plan;
(3) specify the effective date of the unification; and
(4) include other provisions determined necessary by the commission.
(c) If the plan provides for the unification of the city and county, in addition to the requirements of subsection (b) the plan shall:
(1) Provide that the members of the governing body be elected from districts or on an at-large basis and fix the number, term and initial compensation of the governing body of the unified city-county and the method of election;
(2) determine whether elections of the governing body of the unified city-county shall be partisan or nonpartisan elections and the time at which such elections shall be held;
(3) determine the distribution of legislative and administrative duties of the unified city-county officials, provide for unification or expansion of services as necessary, authorize the appointment of a city-county administrator or manager, if deemed advisable, and prescribe the general structure of the unified city-county government;
(4) provide for the official name of the unified city-county;
(5) provide for the transfer or other disposition of property and other rights, claims and assets of the county and city; and
(6) fix the rate of the retailers' sales tax, if any.
(d) Vacancies in the governing body shall be filled as provided in K.S.A. 12-104a, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 2006, ch. 187, § 4; L. 2007, ch. 1, § 2; L. 2015, ch. 88, § 73; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-364 Same; Greeley county designated as an urban area.

12-364.
Same; Greeley county designated as an urban area.
Greeley county is hereby designated an urban area, as authorized under the provisions of section 17 of article 2 of the constitution of the state of Kansas, for the purpose of granting to such county and urban area powers of local government and unification of local government.
History:
L. 2006, ch. 187, § 5; May 25.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-366 Same; annexation after unification.

12-366.
Same; annexation after unification.
(a) The governing body of the unified city-county may not annex any land located outside the county.
(b) The governing body of the unified city-county may not initiate annexation procedures of land located within the county, but may annex land upon petition of the owners of any such land.
History:
L. 2006, ch. 187, § 7; May 25.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-367 Same; costs of unification.

12-367.
Same; costs of unification.
All costs incurred or authorized by the unification commission and all other costs incurred by the city and county pursuant to this act shall be paid by the city and county.
History:
L. 2006, ch. 187, § 8; May 25.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 3 - Consolidation Of Municipalities › 12-369 Same; severability.

12-369.
Same; severability.
If any provision of this act is held to be invalid or unconstitutional, it shall be presumed conclusively that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this act without such invalid or unconstitutional provision.
History:
L. 2006, ch. 187, § 10; May 25.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-401 Cities of second and third classes and towns; abstracts; form and contents of plat; approval by county or city attorney.

12-401.
Cities of second and third classes and towns; abstracts; form and contents of plat; approval by county or city attorney.
Before any proprietor or proprietors of any proposed city of the second or third class or of any town, or of any proposed addition to any such city or town shall record the plat of such proposed city, town or addition, he or she shall furnish to the county attorney of the county in which such proposed city or town is located, or the city attorney and governing body in case of a proposed addition, an abstract of title and the plat to the land which is to be incorporated into such city, town or addition. Such county attorney, in case of any proposed city or town, or such city attorney and governing body in case of a proposed addition, after examination duly made, shall approve or disapprove said plat. Such city attorney, and governing body in case of any proposed addition to any town or city may require the streets and alleys, therein shown, to be as wide as, and to be conterminous with, the streets and alleys, of that part of the city or town to which it adjoins.
The plat shall accurately and particularly set forth and describe: First, all the parcels of ground within such city or town or addition reserved for public purposes, by their boundaries, course and extent whether they be intended for avenues, streets, lanes, alleys, commons, parks or other uses; and, second, all lots intended for sale, by numbers, and their precise length and width.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 78, § 1; L. 1915, ch. 149, § 1; L. 1921, ch. 139, § 1; February 23; R.S. 1923, § 12-401.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-402 Acknowledgment of plat.

12-402.
Acknowledgment of plat.
Such map or plat shall be acknowledged by the proprietor, or if incorporated company, by the chief officer thereof, before some court or other officer authorized by law to take the acknowledgment of conveyances of real estate.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 78, § 2; October 31; R.S. 1923, § 12-402.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-403 Recordation of plat; certificate of approval.

12-403.
Recordation of plat; certificate of approval.
The map or plat so made, acknowledged and certified shall be filed and recorded in the office of the register of deeds and a copy thereof filed with the county clerk of the county in which the city or addition is situated: Provided, however, That said register of deeds is hereby prohibited from filing and recording such map or plat unless the same shall have attached thereto a certificate in due form showing the approval of said map or plat by the county attorney in case of a town or city or by the governing body in case of a proposed addition to any city of the second or third class or any town.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 78, § 3; L. 1921, ch. 139, § 2; L. 1923, ch. 98, § 1; June 9; R.S. 1923, § 12-403.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-404 Register of deeds to preserve plat.

12-404.
Register of deeds to preserve plat.
The register of deeds shall preserve such map or plat in his or her office, among the records thereof.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 78, § 4; October 31; R.S. 1923, § 12-404.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-405 Sale of lot before recording of plat; penalty.

12-405.
Sale of lot before recording of plat; penalty.
If any person sell or offer for sale any lot within any city, town or addition before the map or plat thereof be made out, acknowledged, filed and recorded as aforesaid, such person shall forfeit a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars for every lot which he or she shall sell or offer to sell.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 78, § 5; October 31; R.S. 1923, § 12-405.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-406 Maps and plats sufficient to vest title of lands conveyed for public use in city; effect of recordation.

12-406.
Maps and plats sufficient to vest title of lands conveyed for public use in city; effect of recordation.
Such maps and plats of such cities and towns, and additions, made, acknowledged, certified, filed and recorded with the register, shall be a sufficient conveyance to vest the fee of such parcels of land as are therein expressed, named or intended for public uses in the city, in trust and for the uses therein named, expressed or intended, and for no other use or purpose. The recording of such map or plat shall not constitute a conveyance of any interest in the oil, gas and other minerals underlying the avenues, streets, lanes, alleys and other parcels therein named or intended for public uses. The provisions of this act shall apply to all maps or plats, heretofore or hereafter made, acknowledged, certified, filed and recorded with any such register. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as granting any right to enter upon the surface of such parcels of land for purposes of exploring for or the extraction of such minerals, or in any other manner to interfere with the public uses named in such maps, plats and additions.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 78, § 6; R.S. 1923, § 12-406; L. 1958, ch. 6, § 1 (Special Session); L. 1984, ch. 65, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-406a Fees to certain land held by county transferred to city.

12-406a.
Fees to certain land held by county transferred to city.
On the effective date of this act, the fee to any parcel of land intended for public use in cities of the first, second and third classes which is held in trust by the county is hereby transferred and conveyed to the city in which such property is located. The city shall hold the fee to such parcels of land intended for public use in the city in trust and for the uses therein named, expressed or intended and for no other use or purpose.
History:
L. 1984, ch. 65, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-407 Filing incomplete plat; forfeiture.

12-407.
Filing incomplete plat; forfeiture.
If any person, his or her agent or attorney, shall cause a map or plat of any such city or town or addition to be deposited with the register, which does not set forth and describe all parcels of ground which have been or shall be promised or set apart for public uses, and other lots, such person shall forfeit double the value of the ground so promised or pretended to have been set apart for public uses, and not set forth on the map or plat.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 78, § 7; October 31; R.S. 1923, § 12-407.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-408 Action by county to recover forfeitures.

12-408.
Action by county to recover forfeitures.
The forfeitures arising under this act may be recovered by action, with costs, in the name of and to the use of the county, or by indictment or information.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 78, § 8; October 31; R.S. 1923, § 12-408.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-409 Procedure by attachment or otherwise.

12-409.
Procedure by attachment or otherwise.
The property and effects of the person incurring such forfeiture may be proceeded against by attachment or otherwise, and in like manner and for the like causes as in ordinary cases of debt.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 78, § 9; October 31; R.S. 1923, § 12-409.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-410 Recordation of plat when land becomes part of new or different county.

12-410.
Recordation of plat when land becomes part of new or different county.
When any town plat shall be filed and recorded with the register of deeds of the county, and by reason of the establishment of any new county, or the alteration of any county lines, the city or town shall fall within a different county, such register shall transmit such plat to the register of deeds of the county within which such city or town may be, and it shall thereupon be recorded by him or her.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 78, § 10; October 31; R.S. 1923, § 12-410.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-411 Plats of cities laid off on public lands; conveyance to public use; penalty for obstructing.

12-411.
Plats of cities laid off on public lands; conveyance to public use; penalty for obstructing.
The plats of all cities and towns which have heretofore been laid off or which may hereafter be laid off on the public lands within this state shall be filed with the register and recorded as aforesaid, which plats shall accurately set forth the streets, squares, alleys, parks and avenues, and the width and extent thereof, which are intended for public use; and when so filed they shall be deemed a sufficient conveyance of such streets, squares, alleys, parks and avenues to such purposes; and any person occupying or in any wise obstructing such streets, squares, alleys, parks or avenues shall be held liable for damages as if such streets, squares, parks or avenues had been absolutely conveyed to public use, as specified in K.S.A. 12-406.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 78, § 11; October 31; R.S. 1923, § 12-411.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-412 Recordation of prior plats; fees.

12-412.
Recordation of prior plats; fees.
All plats of cities or towns or of additions thereto which have been heretofore filed in the office of the register of deeds or recorder of the proper county, and not recorded, shall be recorded by such register, and such register may collect his or her fees therefor from the proprietors of such city, town or addition, as any other debt.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 78, § 12; October 31; R.S. 1923, § 12-412.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-413 Action for restoration of lost chart or plat.

12-413.
Action for restoration of lost chart or plat.
Whenever the field chart, map or plat of any city, town or village in this state shall have been destroyed or lost, the mayor of any such city, the chairman of the board of trustees of any such town or village, the chairman of the board of commissioners of any county in which such corporation may be situated, or any person interested in the restoration of any such chart, map or plat, may bring an action for such purpose in the district court of such county, to establish the same, by filing a petition therefor in such court.
History:
L. 1872, ch. 160, § 1; March 28; R.S. 1923, § 12-413.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-414 Petition in such action.

12-414.
Petition in such action.
Such petition shall contain the name of the person or officer filing the same, the name of the county in which such action is brought, and of any person or persons whose interests such petitioner desires specially to foreclose by the judgment or decree prayed for, and an allegation of the destruction or loss of such chart, map or plat, and of the time of the filing thereof and of the destruction or loss thereof, as near as may be ascertained, and set forth the interest of the person or corporation in whose interest such action is brought, and of any or all others specially named therein; and shall be accompanied by a copy of the chart, map or plat alleged to have been destroyed or lost, setting forth the streets, parks, places, their names, the reserves and lots, with the correct location, dimensions and numbers of each respectively, and such petition shall be verified by the oath of the person or officer filing the same, or that of some one cognizant of the facts therein stated; and such verification may be made on information and belief.
History:
L. 1872, ch. 160, § 2; March 28; R.S. 1923, § 12-414.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-415 Summons in such cases; procedure.

12-415.
Summons in such cases; procedure.
On the filing of such petition the person or officer filing the same may file a praecipe with the clerk of such court, requiring him or her to issue a summons in said action, directed to the sheriff of said county, notifying such persons as may be named in such praecipe of the pendency of such action, and said clerk shall thereupon issue such summons in the form, manner and name in which, and of the purport of the summons provided for in civil actions under said code of civil procedure, and the said sheriff shall serve the same upon the persons named therein, and the same shall be returnable and he or she shall return the same in like manner as is provided by law for the service and return of summons in civil actions under said code; and such person or officer filing such petition shall cause a notice of the pendency of such action to be published for the time and in the manner as provided in Laws of 1909, chapter 182, section 80*, for the publication of a summons in a civil action.
Such notice shall state the court in which the petition is filed, the name of the person or officer filing the same, the substance of the prayer thereof, and shall be addressed to all persons and corporations interested in the establishment on the records of the county (naming it), of the chart, map or plat of the town, village or city, as the case may be (naming it), and shall require that an answer or answers to said petition be filed on or before the time fixed therein, which time shall be the same as provided for in said section of the civil code of procedure, or such petition will be taken as true, and such chart, map or plat so established as prayed for; and no other naming of the persons or corporations, public or private, interested in said action, than as in this section provided, shall be required.
History:
L. 1872, ch. 160, § 3; March 28; R.S. 1923, § 12-415.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-416 Answer or cross petition; who may file.

12-416.
Answer or cross petition; who may file.
Any person or corporation interested in the establishment or nonestablishment of such chart, map or plat, or any part thereof, within the time fixed in the notice provided for in K.S.A. 12-415, may file an answer to such petition in said court, which answer may consist of a denial of any or all the allegations of the petition, and may set forth any new matter relevant to the issues tendered by the petition, which answers shall be verified in the same manner as provided for the verification of the petition.
History:
L. 1872, ch. 160, § 4; March 28; R.S. 1923, § 12-416.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-417 Parties to action; rehearing.

12-417.
Parties to action; rehearing.
The county in which such chart, map or plat was filed, the town, village or city of which or a part of which, or an addition to which the same was a chart, map or plat, and any person or corporation owning or interested in any lot, reserve or real property within such town, village or city, shall be deemed parties in interest in the subject matter of such action, and parties thereto, and all and each thereof shall be barred by the judgment and decree therein rendered: Provided, That any party interested who shall not be served with summons, and had at the time of the pendency of the proceedings herein provided for no actual notice of the pendency thereof, may within the time prescribed for opening up judgments rendered, in which service was made by publication, open up any judgment or decree rendered under this act in like manner as other judgments rendered upon constructive service; but such opening-up of the judgment or decree shall not operate to allow parties who were in court actually, or by service of summons, at the time of rendering the judgment or entering the decree, to come in and set up any claim whatever.
History:
L. 1872, ch. 160, § 5; March 28; R.S. 1923, § 12-417.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-418 Trial and judgment.

12-418.
Trial and judgment.
The trial of the issues in any action brought under this act shall be by the court in which it is brought, and such court is authorized to enter such judgment and decree on default, or after trial, as the case may be, as in other civil actions, as the facts proved may warrant; and except as in this case provided, such trial and the proceedings therein, both before and after judgment, shall be governed by the rules of practice of the said code of civil procedure.
History:
L. 1872, ch. 160, § 6; March 28; R.S. 1923, § 12-418.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-419 Recordation of restored chart or plat.

12-419.
Recordation of restored chart or plat.
Any chart, map or plat established as in this act provided, by the decision, judgment or decree of a court, shall be entitled to be filed and recorded in the office of register of deeds of the county the same as is provided by law for the filing and recording of charts, maps or plats of cities, towns and villages, and such record and chart, map or plat shall have the same force and effect in law as the original chart, map or plat so lost or destroyed.
History:
L. 1872, ch. 160, § 7; March 28; R.S. 1923, § 12-419.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 4 - Plats Of Cities And Townsites › 12-420 Correction of certain platting errors; procedure.

12-420.
Correction of certain platting errors; procedure.
If, after recording a subdivision plat, an error is found in distances, angles, bearings, subdivision or street names, block or lot numbers, the computation of dimension or elevation or other details of the plat, except in connection with the outer boundaries of the plat, and if the property described in that part of the plat containing the error is under the ownership of the person who caused the plat to be prepared, the engineer of the approving city or county, in which the property is located, after substantiation of the existence of the error may file an affidavit with the register of deeds that the error was made. The affidavit shall describe the nature and extent of the error and the appropriate correction. The register of deeds shall record the affidavit, and shall place in the margin of the recorded plat a notation that the affidavit has been filed, the date of filing and the book and page where it is recorded. The filing of the affidavit shall correct any such errors, but shall have no effect on the validity of the plat or any property interest recorded by reference thereto.
History:
L. 1983, ch. 90, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 5 - Additions, Vacation And Lot Frontage › 12-503a Annexation of parts of townships, improvement districts and other units; providing of services in area annexed; payment of cost.

12-503a.
Annexation of parts of townships, improvement districts and other units; providing of services in area annexed; payment of cost.
Whenever all or any part of any township, improvement district, or other governmental unit is annexed to any city, such township, improvement district or other governmental unit may, continue to furnish services for the year for which taxes have been levied or collected in those areas of the district annexed, or in the alternative, shall surrender the taxes collected to the annexing city to be used specifically for the purposes for which the tax was collected. No improvement district shall continue to make a levy for its general fund upon territory annexed to any city, from and after the effective date of such annexation.
History: L. 1963, ch. 499, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 81, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities › Article 5 - Additions, Vacation And Lot Frontage › 12-503b Same; act inapplicable to school districts.

12-503b.
Same; act inapplicable to school districts.
The provisions of this act shall have no application with respect to schools, school districts, taxation for any school purpose or school services.
History:
L. 1963, ch. 499, § 2; June 30.