59-1715. Conveyance or lease; purchase and acceptance of title by representative, when. When any person legally bound by a written instrument to make a conveyance or lease dies before its making, or when any conservatee is likewise bound to make a conveyance or lease, the personal representative of the estate, upon order of the court and with its approval, may make the conveyance or lease to the person entitled thereto. Whenever any person is legally bound by a written instrument to purchase real property and such person dies before the conveyance is made, the personal representative of the estate is authorized, upon order of the court and with its approval, to comply with the terms of the agreement and to accept the title to such property.
History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 145; L. 1959, ch. 243, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 346, § 21; L. 1985, ch. 191, § 29; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 17 - Provisions Applicable To All Estates
59-1701 Corporate fiduciaries.
59-1702 Same; oath required, exceptions.
59-1703 Duties of fiduciary; certain transactions voidable; exceptions.
59-1704 Liability for conversion.
59-1705 Notice to consular representative.
59-1706 Nonresident fiduciary; appointment of agent required.
59-1707 Powers of nonresident fiduciaries.
59-1708 Nonresident fiduciary may sue and be sued.
59-1709 Accounting on resignation.
59-1710 Effect of resignation.
59-1711 Removal and penalties.
59-1712 Accounting on death or disability.
59-1713 Termination of authority not to invalidate acts.
59-1714 Compromise with debtor.
59-1715 Conveyance or lease; purchase and acceptance of title by representative, when.