Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 55-207 (2026)

Lien of contractor on gas and oil leasehold or pipeline for labor and material; filing of statement

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55-207. Lien of contractor on gas and oil leasehold or pipeline for labor and material; filing of statement. Any person, corporation or copartnership who shall under contract, express or implied, with the owner of any leasehold for oil and gas purposes, or the owner of any gas pipeline or oil pipeline, or with the trustee or agent of such owner, who shall perform labor or furnish material, machinery and oil-well supplies used in the digging, drilling, torpedoing, completing, operating or repairing of any oil or gas well, or who shall furnish any oil-well supplies or perform any labor in constructing or putting together any of the machinery used in drilling, torpedoing, operating, completing or repairing of any gas well, shall have a lien upon the whole of such leasehold, or oil pipeline or gas pipeline, or lease for oil and gas purposes, the building and appurtenances, and upon the material and supplies so furnished, and upon said oil and gas well for which they were furnished, and upon all the other oil wells, fixtures and appliances used in the operating for oil and gas purposes upon the leasehold for which said material and supplies were furnished and labor performed: Provided, The performing of such labor or furnishing such material, machinery and oil or gas well supplies, unless a period of more than four months elapses between the dates of performing such labor or furnishing such material, machinery or oil or gas well supplies, whether such labor or such material, machinery, or oil or gas well supplies shall be upon the same or different wells, shall constitute and be a performing of such labor or the furnishing of such material, machinery or oil or gas well supplies as a single transaction or contract, whether done under a single contract or a series of contracts; and it shall only be necessary for the claimant to file one lien statement of the work done and material furnished covering the transactions as a whole.

Such lien shall be preferred to all other liens, or encumbrances which may attach to or upon such leasehold for gas and oil purposes and upon any oil pipeline, or gas pipeline, or such oil and gas wells and the material and machinery so furnished and the leasehold for oil and gas purposes and the fixtures and appliances thereon subsequent to the commencement of or the furnishing or putting up of any such machinery or supplies.

History: L. 1909, ch. 159, § 1; R.S. 1923, 55-207; L. 1925, ch. 197, § 1; March 23.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 18 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1955–2021 · leading case: DaMac Drilling, Inc. v. Shoemake, 713 P.2d 480 (Kan. Ct. App. 1986).

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DaMac Drilling, Inc. v. Shoemake, 713 P.2d 480 (Kan. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 13× “It contended that the lien of Geological Services was ineffective because it failed to itemize the services provided or to come within the purview of K.S.A. 55-207. Hawkins’ lien was challenged as lacking proper verification.”

Klima Well Serv., Inc. v. Hurley, 133 F. Supp. 3d 1297 (D. Kan. 2015). · cites it 20× “First, KWS may not enforce a mechanic’s lien only against Hurley’s working interest, as the Kansas oil and gas mechanic’s lien statute, K.S.A. 55-207, provides the lien is “upon the whole of such leasehold.”

Interlake, Inc. v. Kansas Power & Light Co., 644 P.2d 385 (Kan. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 14× “, as amended, and the other, dealing specifically with oil and gas properties, being K.S.A. 55-207 et seq. We examine both for several reasons: K.”

Meyer v. Latta, 285 P.2d 782 (Kan. 1955). · cites it 16× “Insofar as is necessary to note here the trial court said: "The provisions of Section 55-207 are broader than the provisions of Section 55-208 and wisely so.”

Interlake, Inc. v. Kansas Power & Light Co., 644 P.2d 385 (Kan. 1982). · cites it 10× “Specifically, KPL contends that Interlake is not within any classification afforded protection by the mechanics’ lien statutes applicable to gas pipelines (K.S.A. 55-207 to 55-210 inclusive) and hence is not entitled to a lien.”

Nat'l Supply Co. v. Case Oil & Gas, Inc., 772 P.2d 1255 (Kan. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 9× “The materials and services were furnished and performed during the period from February 14, 1986, to March 27, 1986. To secure the indebtedness owed to it for the materials and services furnished, National timely filed a proper oil and gas lien statement on July 15, 1986.”

Sec. Benefit Life Ins. v. Fleming Companies, Inc., 908 P.2d 1315 (Kan. Ct. App. 1995). “2d 1255 (1989) (interpreting K.S.A. 55-207); Church Bros. v. Merchants Nat.”

Pioneer Operations Co. v. Brandeberry, 789 P.2d 1182 (Kan. Ct. App. 1990). ““The general lien statutes are useful only to the extent they might shed some light on legislative intent in construing K.S.A. 55-207 and 55-208.” 7 Kan. App. 2d at 23-24 .”

Mark Twain Kansas City Bank v. Kroh Bros. Dev., 798 P.2d 511 (Kan. Ct. App. 1990). “First, as an oil and gas lien case under 55-207, DaMac is of limited value in determining the applicability of the mechanic’s lien statute, K.”

Fender Pipe & Supply, Inc. v. Jenkins, 612 P.2d 1253 (Kan. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 5× “: This is an appeal from a judgment denying a lien under K.S.A. 55-207 for 88 lengths of %-inch rod that plaintiff stipulated was delivered to the well site but not used.”

D Oil, Inc. v. Brungardt, 764 P.2d 851 (Kan. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 6× “D Oil’s lien is statutory and K.S.A. 55-207 provides that any entity furnishing labor or material to an oil and gas lease under contract (express or implied) with the owner has a lien on the leasehold.”

Calvert W. Expl. Co. v. Diamond Shamrock, 675 P.2d 871 (Kan. 1984). · cites it 6× “Calvert Western contended it was entitled to foreclosure under K.S.A. 55-207 as it was an oil and gas subcontractor to the Diamond Shamrock-Love Enterprises contract.”

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