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K.S.A. § 19-1205 (2026)

General indexes; entries; notation of discharge or release of instruments

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19-1205. General indexes; entries; notation of discharge or release of instruments. (a) Every register of deeds shall keep a general index, direct and inverted, in the office of the register of deeds. The general index, direct, shall be divided into seven columns, with heads to the respective columns as follows:




Time
of
Reception.

Names
of
Grantors.

Names
of
Grantees.

Nature
of
Intrument.		 Volumeand
Page
Where
Recorded.



Remarks.


Description
of Tract.

The register of deeds shall make correct entries, in such general index, of every instrument recorded, under the appropriate headings, by entering the names of the grantors in an alphabetical form.

(b) The general index, inverted, shall be divided into seven columns, as follows:




Time
of
Reception.

Names
of
Grantees.

Names
of
Grantors.

Nature
of
Intrument.		 Volume
and
Page
Where
Recorded.



Remarks.


Description
of Tract.

The register of deeds shall make, in such general index, correct entries of every instrument required by law to be entered in the general index, inverted, by entering the names of the grantees in alphabetical order.

(c) Whenever any mortgage, bond or other instrument has been released or discharged from record by recording a deed or release, the register of deeds shall immediately note, in both general indexes, under the column headed "Remarks," and opposite to the appropriate entry or in another manner which provides appropriate cross-referencing of such information, that such instrument has been satisfied.

(d) The indexes required by this statute may be kept in bound paper books or in another manner authorized by statute.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 91; R.S. 1923, 19-1205; L. 1985, ch. 96, § 3; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1977–2010 · leading case: Hamilton v. Washington Mut. Bank FA, 563 F.3d 1171 (10th Cir. 2009).
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Hamilton v. Washington Mut. Bank FA, 563 F.3d 1171 (10th Cir. 2009). “Two indices are required by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 19-1205 (2007) for every filed instrument: one lists the instruments in alphabetical order by the name of each grantor, see id.”
Luthi v. Evans, 562 P.2d 127 (Kan. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 6× “" The statutes also provide that the register of deeds shall keep in his office a general index, direct and inverted, divided into seven columns, in which that officer is to make correct entries of every instrument recorded to show description, remarks, recording data, nature of…”
Luthi v. Evans, 576 P.2d 1064 (Kan. 1978). “K.S.A. 19-1205 requires the register of deeds to keep a general index, direct and inverted, in his office.”
Hamilton v. Washington Mut. Bank, FA (In Re Colon), 376 B.R. 22 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2007). · cites it 2× “See generally K.S.A. 19-1205 and 19-1206. 5 . On March 15, 2005, Columbian Title of Topeka, Inc.”
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc. v. Union Bank of California, N.A. (In Re Cornerstone E & P Co.), 436 B.R. 830 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2010). “§§ 287, 291; Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 19-1205 , 19-1210. This distinction is important because while a prospective purchaser or encumbrancer would be able to locate a blanket mortgage provision related to a particular real property interest through a grantor-grantee index, that same…”
Hamilton v. Washington Mut. Bank FA (In Re Colon), 376 B.R. 33 (10th Cir. BAP 2007). “At the trial, the Shawnee County Register of Deeds testified that the documents are recorded by legal description and not by street address.”
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc. v. Union Bank of California, N.A. (In Re Cornerstone E & P Co.), 435 B.R. 390 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2010). “§§ 287, 291; Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 19-1205 , 19-1210. This distinction is important because while a prospective purchaser or encumbrancer would be able to locate a blanket mortgage provision related to a particular real property interest through a grantor-grantee index, that same…”
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