Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 58-2211 (2026)

Acknowledgment of instrument relating to real estate

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58-2211. Acknowledgment of instrument relating to real estate. All conveyances, and other instruments affecting real estate must be acknowledged before a person authorized by the revised uniform law on notarial acts to perform notarial acts or, if acknowledged within this state, by a county clerk, register of deeds or mayor or clerk of an incorporated city.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 22, § 9; R.S. 1923, 67-211; L. 1973, ch. 134, § 47; L. 1984, ch. 201, § 16; L. 2021, ch. 64, § 41; January 1, 2022.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1989–2020 · leading case: Army Nat'l Bank v. Equity Developers, Inc., 774 P.2d 919 (Kan. 1989).

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Army Nat'l Bank v. Equity Developers, Inc., 774 P.2d 919 (Kan. 1989). “The signatures on the participation agreement between Equibank and Army and on the participation certificates were not acknowledged as required by K.S.A. 1988 Supp. 58-2211 for instruments affecting real estate.”

State v. Kraushaar, 957 P.2d 1106 (Kan. 1998). · cites it 2× “Kraushaar, an attorney preparing the quitclaim deed, understood the purpose of a deed is to transfer title pursuant to K.S.A. 58-2211. K.S.A. 21-3711 states that making a false writing must be with “the intent to defraud or induce official action.”

Bucklin Nat'l Bank v. Hayse Ranch (Kan. Ct. App. 2020). “K.S.A. 58-2211.  A written conveyance is not valid as to others besides the parties until it is deposited with the register of deeds.”

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