59-602. Limitation on testamentary power. Any devise or other disposition of real estate located in this state taking effect in possession or enjoyment at death, and any bequest or other disposition of any personal property by a resident of this state taking effect in possession or enjoyment at death, without regard to the time when the will or other instrument containing such devise, bequest or other such disposition shall have been made, to any foreign country, subdivision thereof, or city, body politic, or corporation, located therein or existing under the laws thereof, or in trust or otherwise to any trustee or agent thereof, except devises, bequests or other such dispositions to institutions created and existing exclusively for religious, educational, or charitable purposes, is hereby prohibited. Any such devise, bequest or other such disposition shall be void.
History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 38; L. 1992, ch. 79, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 132, § 19; Jan. 1, 1995.
Structure Kansas Statutes
59-602 Limitation on testamentary power.
59-604 Devise or bequest to witness.
59-606 Execution and attestation; self-proved wills and codicils; affidavits; form.
59-609 Will executed without state.
59-610 Revocation by marriage, birth or adoption; divorce.
59-612 Revocation of second will not revivor of first, when.
59-613 After-acquired property.
59-614 When devise passes whole.
59-615 Devise or bequest to spouse or relative who predeceases testator; "issue" defined.
59-617 Limitation on probate of written will.
59-618 Liability and effect of withholding will.
59-618a Filing of certain wills in court; affidavit; admission to probate.
59-619 Limitation on probate of oral will.
59-621 Duty of custodian; liability.
59-622 Validation of foreign wills filed prior to July 1, 1939.