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K.S.A. § 58-2207 (2026)

Title acquired after conveyance passes to grantee, when

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58-2207. Title acquired after conveyance passes to grantee, when. Where a grantor by the terms of his or her deed undertakes to convey to the grantee an indefeasible estate in fee simple absolute, and shall not at the time of such conveyance have the legal title to the estate sought to be conveyed, but shall afterwards acquire it, the legal estate subsequently acquired by the grantor shall immediately pass to the grantee; and such conveyance shall be as effective as though such legal estate had been in the grantor at the time of conveyance.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 22, § 5; October 31; R.S. 1923, 67-207.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1978–1997 · leading case: Logan v. Logan, 937 P.2d 967 (Kan. Ct. App. 1997).
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Logan v. Logan, 937 P.2d 967 (Kan. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 3× “THE DOCTRINE OF AFTER-ACQUIRED TITLE Bobby and Margie next argue that even if Robert did lack the capacity to execute the deed, pursuant to K.S.A. 58-2207, the doctrine of after-acquired property applies to the deed.”
Beck v. Brooks, 580 P.2d 882 (Kan. 1978). “The statute embodies the principle of equity which estops a grantor from profiting from his own wrong by denying he had title to real estate when he earlier represented that he had title.”
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