Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 10-1117 (2026)

Clerk or secretary; record of moneys; contracts and indebtedness of municipality; records of orders, warrant checks; exhibition of records upon request; notice

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10-1117. Clerk or secretary; record of moneys; contracts and indebtedness of municipality; records of orders, warrant checks; exhibition of records upon request; notice. The clerk or secretary of every municipality shall keep a record of the amount of money in the treasury and each particular fund and shall keep a record of all indebtedness and contracts creating a liability against the municipality. In such records there shall be shown the date of the making of the contract or the creation of the debt, the amount of the contract or debt, the time payable, and the particular fund from which payment is to be made. Such clerk or secretary shall also keep a record of each order, warrant check or check, drawn on the treasury and paid, giving the date of payment. Such clerk or secretary shall, upon the request of any person, exhibit such records to such person and any person contracting with the municipality shall be chargeable with knowledge of what such records contain.

History: L. 1933, ch. 319, § 17; L. 1973, ch. 54, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 48, § 1; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1994–2020 · leading case: Unified Sch. Dist. No. 207 v. Northland Nat'l Bank, 887 P.2d 1138 (Kan. Ct. App. 1994).
Unified Sch. Dist. No. 207 v. Northland Nat'l Bank, 887 P.2d 1138 (Kan. Ct. App. 1994). “K.S.A. 10-1117. The statutes do provide exceptions to the all encompassing cash-basis rule.”
Farmers Bank & Trust v. Homestead Cmty. Dev. (Kan. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “" K.S.A. 10-1117. "Any contract entered into between the governing body of any municipality and any person, which violates the provisions of this act, shall be void.”
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