Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 16-105 (2026)

Release of persons jointly or severally liable

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16-105. Release of persons jointly or severally liable. Any person jointly or severally liable with others for the payment of any debt or demand may be released from such liability by the creditor, and such release shall not discharge the other debtors or obligors beyond the proper proportion of the debt or demand for which the person released was liable.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 21, § 5; October 31; R.S. 1923, 16-105.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1999–1999 · leading case: Schiffer v. United Grocers, Inc., 989 P.2d 10 (Or. 1999).

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Schiffer v. United Grocers, Inc., 989 P.2d 10 (Or. 1999). · cites it 2× “Hawaii: Haw Rev Stat §§ 483-1 to 483-6 (1993 and Supp 1998) (adopting, with amendments, the Uniform Joint Obligations Act, under which a creditor may release a joint, or joint and several, obligor and reserve fully all rights against other obligors; where the creditor fails to…”

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