Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 75-3307 (2026)

Real estate of institutions; custody of deeds in secretary of state; control of lands in secretary for aging and disability services; lease of surplus real estate

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75-3307. Real estate of institutions; custody of deeds in secretary of state; control of lands in secretary for aging and disability services; lease of surplus real estate. All deeds or other documents pertaining to titles to real estate in connection with institutions as defined in K.S.A. 76-12a01, and amendments thereto, shall be placed and remain in the custody of the secretary of state. The secretary for aging and disability services shall have custody and control of such land and the same shall belong to the state of Kansas. The secretary for aging and disability services may enter into lease agreements for real estate surplus to the immediate or long term need of any such institution.

History: L. 1939, ch. 202, § 7; L. 1949, ch. 446, § 11; L. 1953, ch. 375, § 65; L. 1963, ch. 254, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 425, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 326, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 369, § 31; L. 1973, ch. 370, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 322; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1966–1972 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Londerholm v. Owens, 416 P.2d 259 (Kan. 1966).
State Ex Rel. Londerholm v. Owens, 416 P.2d 259 (Kan. 1966). “By contrast all the jurisdiction, powers and duties relating to the state industrial school for boys and the state industrial school for girls are conferred upon the state department of social welfare by the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3307. Justice Burch, speaking for the court in…”
United States v. Wyandotte Cnty., Kansas, 343 F. Supp. 1189 (D. Kan. 1972). “The above two institutions are under the director of the State Department of Social Welfare, § 75-3307. 3. State Industrial Reformatory (Hutchinson) § 76-2301 (under jurisdiction of state director of “penal institutions” persons between ages of 16 and 25 may be sent here or to…”
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