K.S.A. § 17-1712 (2026)
Same; what society deemed extinct
17-1712. Same; what society deemed extinct. That any Baptist church or Baptist religious society in this state which has ceased or failed to maintain religious worship or services or to use its property for religious worship or services according to the tenets, usages and customs of Baptist churches in this state for the space of two consecutive years immediately prior thereto, or whose membership has so diminished in numbers or in financial strength as to render it impossible or impracticable for such church or society to maintain religious worship or services, or to protect its property from exposure to waste and delapidation, or to fulfill the purpose for which it was incorporated, shall be deemed and taken to be extinct, and may by an order of the district court of the county in which such society has been theretofore situated be so declared and thereupon dissolved, and the property of such church or society, or property which may be held in trust for such church or society, be transferred to, and the title and possession thereof vested in the said Kansas Baptist Convention.
History: L. 1911, ch. 139, § 2; May 22; R.S. 1923, 17-1712.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Proceeding to declare church extinct and to transfer title held barred by laches. Kansas Baptist Convention v. Smith, 178 Kan. 123, 124, 126, 283 P.2d 503.