Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 19-1201 (2026)

Register of deeds; election, term, bond

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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.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1978–2003 · leading case: Bd. of Lincoln Cnty. Comm'rs v. Nielander, 62 P.3d 247 (Kan. 2003).

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Bd. of Lincoln Cnty. Comm'rs v. Nielander, 62 P.3d 247 (Kan. 2003). “19-501; K.S.A. 19-1201; K.S.A. 19-801a. Nielander and Jackson maintain that, although the Board is authorized to transact all county business and to engage in local legislation subject to certain statutory exceptions in K.”

Home Builders Ass'n v. City of Overland Park, 921 P.2d 234 (Kan. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 3× “28-115 HBA contends that K.S.A. 19-1201 et seq. (setting forth the duties and powers of the register of deeds) and K.”

Luthi v. Evans, 576 P.2d 1064 (Kan. 1978). “It is his position that we must also consider the Kansas statutes which govern the custody and the recordation of instruments of conveyance, and the duties of the register of deeds in regard thereto, as contained at K.S.A. 19-1201 through K.S.A. 19-1219. We will discuss only…”

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