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K.S.A. § 17-1367 (2026)

Same; dissolution of certain cemetery corporations; liens declared void on and after January 1, 2003; transfer of property and moneys

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17-1367. Same; dissolution of certain cemetery corporations; liens declared void on and after January 1, 2003; transfer of property and moneys. Whenever the attorney general determines the existence of an abandoned cemetery in this state, the attorney general shall immediately proceed to dissolve the cemetery corporation owning the same. Upon the dissolution of such corporation, title to all property owned by the cemetery corporation shall vest in the municipality in which the cemetery is located, and any liens, perfected or unperfected, against such property shall be immediately quashed, null and void and unenforceable on and after January 1, 2003, and the permanent maintenance fund, together with all investments then outstanding, and all books, records and papers of such corporation shall be transferred to the treasurer of such municipality and shall become the property thereof. Upon the transfer of such property and funds, the governing body of such municipality shall care for and maintain such cemetery with any moneys of the cemetery corporation including the principal of and income from the permanent maintenance fund and, if such moneys are insufficient to properly maintain such cemetery, with funds of the municipality. The principal of and income from the permanent maintenance fund may be deposited in any appropriate fund of the municipality or may be invested in the manner provided in K.S.A. 17-1311, and amendments thereto, but shall be used exclusively for care and maintenance of such cemetery.

History: L. 1979, ch. 62, § 2; L. 2008, ch. 163, § 15; May 29.

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Cited in 2 cases, 1980–2009 · leading case: State ex rel. Stephan v. Lane, 614 P.2d 987 (Kan. 1980).
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State ex rel. Stephan v. Lane, 614 P.2d 987 (Kan. 1980). · cites it 4× “17-1311 in K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 17-1367. Presently, over 50 statutes in Kansas Statutes Annotated, chapter 17, article 13, are devoted to the subject of cemetery corporations.”
State ex rel. Six v. Mike W. Graham & Assocs., LLC, 220 P.3d 1105 (Kan. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 14× “: Charles Heinsohn, judgment creditor of the former owner of West Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Shawnee County, appeals the district court’s order dismissing his attempt to enforce his judgment hen against cemetery assets, arguing the statute relied on by the district court,…”
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