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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 12 - Register Of Deeds › 19-1201 Register of deeds; election, term, bond.

19-1201.
Register of deeds; election, term, bond.
Beginning with the general election in 1976, a register of deeds shall be elected in each county for a term of four (4) years. Such register of deeds shall, before entering upon the duties of the office, execute to the state of Kansas and file with the county clerk, a good and sufficient corporate surety bond issued by a company authorized to do business in this state in an amount approved by the county clerk of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Such bond shall be conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties of the office and that such register of deeds will deliver to the successor in such office all property belonging to such office.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 87; R.S. 1923, 19-1201; L. 1965, ch. 160, § 5; L. 1976, ch. 123, § 5; April 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 12 - Register Of Deeds › 19-1202 Deputy registers of deeds; duties; meetings and seminars; budget; limitation of personnel action.

19-1202.
Deputy registers of deeds; duties; meetings and seminars; budget; limitation of personnel action.
(a) The register of deeds may appoint a deputy register of deeds. The appointment shall be in writing, filed and recorded in the office of the register of deeds. In addition to the deputy, the register also may appoint, promote, demote and dismiss any assistants necessary to carry out the duties of the office. The register shall supervise all assistants in the performance of their duties. The register's surety shall be responsible under the register's official bond for the acts of the deputy and any assistants. Within the limitations of the budget for the financing of the operation of the register's office as approved by the board of county commissioners, the register of deeds may attend and may require the deputy and any assistants to attend any meetings or seminars which the register determines will be beneficial to the operation of the register's office.
(b) The register of deeds shall submit a budget for the financing of the operation of the register's office to the board of county commissioners for their approval.
(c) Any personnel action taken by the register of deeds under this section shall be subject to the following: (1) Personnel policies and procedures established by the board of county commissioners for all county employees other than elected officials; (2) any pay plan established by the board of county commissioners for all county employees other than elected officials; (3) any applicable collective bargaining agreements or civil service system; and (4) the budget for the financing of the operation of the register's office as approved by the board of county commissioners.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 88; R.S. 1923, 19-1202; L. 1983, ch. 91, § 5; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 12 - Register Of Deeds › 19-1203 Vacancy in office of register of deeds, how filled.

19-1203.
Vacancy in office of register of deeds, how filled.
In case of a vacancy in the office of register of deeds, the same shall be filled by the appointment of a qualified elector of the county. If the vacancy occurs on or after May 1 of the second year of the term, the person so appointed shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term and until a successor is elected and qualifies. If the vacancy occurs before May 1 of the second year of the term, the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve until a successor is elected and qualifies at the next general election to serve the remainder of the unexpired term. Nomination and election of such successor shall be in the same manner as nomination and election of a county register of deeds for a regular term. In the absence or inability of the register of deeds to perform the duties of his office, the deputy shall perform the duties of said register during the continuance of such absence or inability. Appointments hereunder shall be made in the manner provided by law for filling vacancies in the office of member of the house of representatives.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 89; R.S. 1923, 19-1203; L. 1963, ch. 160, § 4; L. 1973, ch. 102, § 4; L. 1986, ch. 100, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 12 - Register Of Deeds › 19-1204 Custody and recording of documents.

19-1204.
Custody and recording of documents.
(a) The register of deeds shall have custody of and safely keep and preserve all the books, records, deeds, maps, papers and microphotographs deposited or kept in the office of the register of deeds. The register of deeds shall also record, or cause to be recorded, in a plain and distinct handwriting or in another legible manner, in suitable books or other accessible format to be provided and kept in the office of the register of deeds, all deeds, mortgages, maps, instruments and writings authorized by law to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds and left with the register of deeds for that purpose, and shall perform all other duties as are required by law.
(b) The register of deeds shall have the option of recording all such deeds, mortgages, maps, instruments and writings under this section: (1) In books as provided in subsection (a); (2) on computer disks, tapes or other electronically accessed media in accordance with K.S.A. 45-501; or (3) in another manner authorized by statute in accordance with the provisions thereof.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 90; R.S. 1923, 19-1204; L. 1971, ch. 86, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 96, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 12 - Register Of Deeds › 19-1205 General indexes; entries; notation of discharge or release of instruments.

19-1205.
General indexes; entries; notation of discharge or release of instruments.
(a) Every register of deeds shall keep a general index, direct and inverted, in the office of the register of deeds. The general index, direct, shall be divided into seven columns, with heads to the respective columns as follows:
Volume          and  Time  Names  Names  Nature  Page      of  of  of  of  Where    Description  Reception.  Grantors.  Grantees.  Instrument.  Recorded.  Remarks.  of Tract.
The register of deeds shall make correct entries, in such general index, of every instrument recorded, under the appropriate headings, by entering the names of the grantors in an alphabetical form.
(b) The general index, inverted, shall be divided into seven columns, as follows:
Volume          and  Time  Names  Names  Nature  Page      of  of  of  of  Where    Description  Reception.  Grantees.  Grantors.  Instrument.  Recorded.  Remarks.  of Tract.
The register of deeds shall make, in such general index, correct entries of every instrument required by law to be entered in the general index, inverted, by entering the names of the grantees in alphabetical order.
(c) Whenever any mortgage, bond or other instrument has been released or discharged from record by recording a deed or release, the register of deeds shall immediately note, in both general indexes, under the column headed "Remarks," and opposite to the appropriate entry or in another manner which provides appropriate cross-referencing of such information, that such instrument has been satisfied.
(d) The indexes required by this statute may be kept in bound paper books or in another manner authorized by statute.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 91; R.S. 1923, 19-1205; L. 1985, ch. 96, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 12 - Register Of Deeds › 19-1206 Receiving books; entries.

19-1206.
Receiving books; entries.
The register of deeds shall keep a receiving book, each page of which shall be divided into five columns, as follows:
Time of  Name of  Name of  To Whom  Fees  Reception.  Grantor.  Grantee.  Delivered.  Received.
Whenever any instrument has been received by the register of deeds for record, the register of deeds shall immediately endorse upon such instrument the certificate of the register of deeds, noting the day, hour and minute of its reception and the fees received for recording the instrument. The date of record of such instrument shall be from the date of filing. Whenever any instrument has been filed as required by this section, the register of deeds shall immediately make an entry of the filing in the receiving book of the register of deeds, under the appropriate heading, with the amount paid as fee for recording the filing. After such instrument has been recorded, the register of deeds shall deliver it to the person authorized to receive the same, writing the name of the person to whom it is delivered in the appropriate column. The receiving records required under this section may be kept in bound paper books or in another manner authorized by statute.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 92; R.S. 1923, 19-1206; L. 1985, ch. 96, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 12 - Register Of Deeds › 19-1209 Numerical index, when.

19-1209.
Numerical index, when.
Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county deems it necessary, the board may order the register of deeds to furnish for the use of the county, in addition to other records and indexes required by law, a numerical index containing the name of the instrument, the name of the grantor, the name of the grantee, a brief description of the property and the volume and page in which each instrument indexed is recorded. A numerical index required under this section may be kept in bound paper books or in another manner authorized by statute.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 95; L. 1913, ch. 160, § 1; R.S. 1923, 19-1209; L. 1985, ch. 96, § 6; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 12 - Register Of Deeds › 19-1210 Entries to be made in numerical index.

19-1210.
Entries to be made in numerical index.
It shall be the duty of the register to make correct entries in such numerical index, of all instruments recorded concerning real estate, under the appropriate headings, and in the subdivision devoted to the particular quarter section described in the instrument making the conveyance.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 96; October 31; R.S. 1923, 19-1210.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 12 - Register Of Deeds › 19-1211 Previous transfers first entered in numerical index.

19-1211.
Previous transfers first entered in numerical index.
Whenever such index is procured, it shall be the duty of the register to enter, in their appropriate divisions, before any other entries are made, all the transfers embraced within the instruments recorded in his office, commencing with the first.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 97; October 31; R.S. 1923, 19-1211.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 12 - Register Of Deeds › 19-1213 Comparison of instrument with record.

19-1213.
Comparison of instrument with record.
Every register of deeds, or his deputy, shall, after recording each instrument in the office of the register of deeds, proof read the same by comparing the instrument filed for record with the record that has been made by the register of deeds from such original instrument.
History:
L. 1913, ch. 161, § 1; April 30; R.S. 1923, 19-1213.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 12 - Register Of Deeds › 19-1215 Penalty for violation of act.

19-1215.
Penalty for violation of act.
For any violation of any of the provisions of this act the person so violating the law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not to exceed one hundred dollars.
History:
L. 1913, ch. 161, § 3; April 30; R.S. 1923, 19-1215.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 12 - Register Of Deeds › 19-1216 Records destroyed or made illegible by fire or casualty.

19-1216.
Records destroyed or made illegible by fire or casualty.
This act shall apply to every county in the state, wherein all or any portion of the records in the office of the register of deeds have been or shall hereafter be destroyed or made illegible by fire or other casualty.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 236, § 1; April 2.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 12 - Register Of Deeds › 19-1217 Reindexing and re-recording illegible, damaged or destroyed records without charge.

19-1217.
Reindexing and re-recording illegible, damaged or destroyed records without charge.
Whenever any instrument in writing affecting real estate in any such county which has been theretofore recorded in the office of the register of deeds, shall be delivered to the register of deeds, the register of deeds shall examine the record and indexing of such instrument and shall reindex the same if any portion of such index be missing or illegible, and if the record of said instrument be destroyed or illegible, the register of deeds shall record said instrument together with the certificate of previous recording and shall reindex the same and the date of filing for record appearing in said original certificate of recording shall be deemed and taken as the date of record thereof. If a duly certified or authenticated copy of any such instrument is delivered to the register of deeds, the register of deeds shall reindex and record the same including the certification or authentication thereof, in the same cases and in the same manner and with like effect as hereinbefore provided in the case of original instruments. No fee shall be charged for the recording or indexing of instruments or copies pursuant to the provisions of this section.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 236, § 2; April 2.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 12 - Register Of Deeds › 19-1218 Certification of information as to illegible, damaged or destroyed records; fee.

19-1218.
Certification of information as to illegible, damaged or destroyed records; fee.
Upon payment of a fee of two dollars ($2), the register of deeds of any such county shall examine the numerical index to any tract of land in the county and furnish to the person paying said fee a certificate showing whether or not any portion of numerical index pertaining to such tract is destroyed or illegible and showing whether or not any material part of the record of any instrument shown in the numerical index for such tract is destroyed or illegible. Such certificate shall also state the date upon which the records were damaged or destroyed and by what event. For the purpose of making such certificates each government quarter section or part thereof in case of unplatted lands and each block or part thereof in the case of platted land, shall be deemed a separate tract.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 236, § 3; April 2.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 12 - Register Of Deeds › 19-1219 Publication service on certain persons in certain actions; judgment.

19-1219.
Publication service on certain persons in certain actions; judgment.
In actions brought to quiet title to or foreclose upon real estate in any such county, if it be alleged that a portion of the record or numerical index pertaining to said land has been destroyed or rendered illegible by reason of fire or other casualty and there be attached to the petition a certificate issued by the register of deeds pursuant to the preceding section, showing that a portion of such record or index has been so destroyed or rendered illegible, then, and in that event, all persons whose interest in said real property does not appear of record in the records and indexes which remain legible and undestroyed may be made parties defendant under the general designation of "all others claiming any right, title, or interest in, or lien upon the real property described in the petition" and such persons may be served with summons by publication, which summons by publication shall contain the legal description of the real estate in the same manner and upon the making of the same affidavit as is required for service by publication upon unknown heirs. Any judgment rendered in any such action against parties so designated and served shall be binding upon all persons whose right, title or interest in or lien upon said lands is not disclosed by the records which remain undestroyed and legible: Provided always, That such judgments may be reopened upon the same conditions and within the time provided in the case of other judgments rendered on publication service.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 236, § 4; April 2.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer › 19-1401a County surveyor, appointment; appointment of deputies.

19-1401a. County surveyor, appointment; appointment of deputies.
(a) The board of county commissioners of each county may appoint a land surveyor, whose official title shall be county surveyor. The county surveyor may appoint deputy county surveyors, and each deputy may perform the duties devolved upon the county surveyor by law. The county surveyor shall be a land surveyor, licensed pursuant to article 70 of chapter 74 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. The county surveyor may be a full-time or part-time county employee, or a contract employee, as determined appropriate by the board of county commissioners. A land surveyor may be a county surveyor in more than one county.
(b) For purposes of this section and article 14 of chapter 19 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, the term "land surveyor" shall have the same meaning as the term "professional surveyor," as defined in K.S.A. 74-7003, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 2011, ch. 49, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 88, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer › 19-1402 Deputies; liability for acts.

19-1402.
Deputies; liability for acts.
Each county surveyor, after being duly qualified as provided in the foregoing section, may appoint such number of deputy surveyors under him as he may think proper, being responsible for the correctness of their official acts, which deputies shall, respectively, before they enter upon the duties of their office, take a similar oath or affirmation to that required of the county surveyor; and all official duties performed and surveys made by a deputy surveyor shall be signed by him officially, and shall be as good and valid in every respect as if the same had been done by the county surveyor.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 154; October 31; R.S. 1923, 19-1402.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer › 19-1404 Neglect or misconduct of surveyor or deputies; suit on bond.

19-1404.
Neglect or misconduct of surveyor or deputies; suit on bond.
Any person who may think himself injured by the neglect or misconduct of any county surveyor, or any of his deputies, may institute suit on the bond executed by such county surveyor and his sureties; and in case the party for whose benefit such suit may be brought shall obtain a judgment for any damage or loss by him sustained, he may sue out an execution on such judgment as in other cases; and the bond may be sued on in like manner by each and every person aggrieved.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 155; October 31; R.S. 1923, 19-1404.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer › 19-1405 Surveys for use in court; administration of oath; testimony of witnesses.

19-1405.
Surveys for use in court; administration of oath; testimony of witnesses.
When any county surveyor or his deputy may be called upon to make any survey or surveys, which is or are to be used in any court, the adverse party having notice of the time of making such survey or surveys, such county surveyor or deputy is hereby authorized and required, upon application of either party, to administer an oath or affirmation to any witness who may be brought to prove any corner or line of such survey or surveys, or of any material or artificial object or mark which may be necessary to identify the same; which testimony shall be reduced to writing, and subscribed by the witness or witnesses, and a return made thereof to the court, with the return of the surveyor.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 157; October 31; R.S. 1923, 19-1405.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 14 - County Surveyor Or Engineer › 19-1407 Records of surveyor.

19-1407. Records of surveyor.
The county surveyor shall keep records to show the following:
(a) A plat of each boundary survey made by the county surveyor, which shall be in accordance with Kansas law in effect at the time such survey is made;
(b) a full set of field notes, setting forth the distance and direction of all courses, and recording the stations of all permanent fences and boundaries and of such existing landmarks as will allow a complete study of the property, from such record;
(c) reference reports prepared by the county surveyor, such surveyor's deputies and other land surveyors pursuant to K.S.A. 58-2011, and amendments thereto.
History:
G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 159; R.S. 1923, 19-1407; L. 1961, ch. 136, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 49, § 3; July 1.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 15 - County Buildings › 19-1510 Courthouses in counties with a population of more than 110,000; exceptions; bonds.

19-1510.
Courthouses in counties with a population of more than 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.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 15 - County Buildings › 19-1511 Plans and specifications for courthouse; bids; contracts; bond of contractor; time for action to restrain.

19-1511.
Plans and specifications for courthouse; bids; contracts; bond of contractor; time for action to restrain.
The board of county commissioners shall have the power to employ an architect to prepare the plans and specifications, and to superintend the erection, construction or reconstruction of such courthouse, and pay him out of the proceeds of bonds issued on account of the cost thereof. Such architect shall file such plans and specifications, together with an estimate of the cost thereof, under oath, in the office of the county clerk of such county.
No contract shall be awarded at a price in excess of such estimated cost. After considering and approving the plans and specifications prepared and filed as aforesaid, the board of county commissioners shall advertise for three consecutive weeks in the official county paper, for sealed proposals for the doing of such work, in accordance with the plans and specifications therefor, and such contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, the county commissioners reserving the right to reject any or all bids. Each bidder must accompany his bid with a certified check for five percent of his bid, payable to the chairman of the board of county commissioners, as a guaranty that if the contract is awarded, he will enter into a contract with the board of county commissioners to perform the same; and if such bidder shall fail to enter into such contract when awarded to him, the amount deposited, or as much thereof as shall equal five percent of the bid, shall be and become the property of the county, as its liquidated damages in the premises, and shall be paid into the general revenue fund of the county.
Each contractor shall give a good and sufficient bond, in such sum as the board of county commissioners shall fix, not less than such contract price, with one or more surety companies duly authorized to do business in the state of Kansas, as surety thereon, which bond shall be filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk of such county, and approved by the board of county commissioners, conditioned that such contractor will faithfully perform such contract in every respect, and secure such county against any and all loss or damage by reason of any default, failure or miscarriage in the performance thereof. No action shall be brought to restrain the making of such improvement, or the payment therefor, or levy of taxes or issuance of bonds therefor, on the ground of any illegality or irregularity in advertising and receiving of bids or awarding the contract, or any proceedings prior to the awarding of such contract, unless such action be commenced within thirty days after the date such contract is awarded.
History:
L. 1921, ch. 155, § 2; March 14; R.S. 1923, 19-1511.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 15 - County Buildings › 19-1512 Bonds; levies.

19-1512.
Bonds; levies.
Bonds authorized to be issued under the provisions of this act shall be issued as provided by law, and it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of any such county issuing such bonds, annually, at the time of levying other taxes, to levy a tax each year on all of the taxable property of said county, sufficient to pay the interest of said bonds, as it becomes due, and the principal thereof as such bonds mature.
History: R.S. 1923, 19-1512; December 27.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers › Article 15 - County Buildings › 19-1513 Courthouse and jail in county of more than 120,000 population.

19-1513.
Courthouse and jail in county of more than 120,000 population.
Laws 1923, chapter 110, included by reference. [Authorizes board of county commissioners of county having 120,000 inhabitants or more to procure a site for a courthouse and jail by purchase, donation or condemnation and to issue bonds for such purpose; to sell the old site and buildings and carry out other proceedings in connection therewith; as the act has a restricted application it is omitted.]
History:
R.S. 1923, 19-1513.