75-2814. Cancellation and issuance of new patent for defective patent; recordation and correction of errors. Upon presentation to the secretary of state of any patent to state land issued by the state of Kansas which is in any respect defective in form or in manner of execution, such secretary shall cancel such patent and file the same among the records of the state land office, and in lieu thereof shall issue to the patentee named in said defective patent a patent in proper form, which shall be signed by the governor and recorded by the register as provided by K.S.A. 75-2805, which new patent shall save the rights of the patentee and his or her grantee and heirs in all respects as if the original was not defective in form or in manner of execution. Upon presentation to the secretary of state of any patent for state land which is proper in form and manner of execution, but the record of which in the state land office is incorrect and defective, such secretary shall correctly record said patent, as provided by K.S.A. 75-2805, and shall on the present defective or incorrect record thereof make a memorandum in red ink, referring to the book and page of such correct record. Such re-issue of patents and correction of records shall be without cost to the persons so presenting said patents.
History: R.S. 1923, 75-2814; L. 1974, ch. 364, ยง 24; Jan. 13, 1975.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees
Article 28 - State Land Office And Register
75-2801 Secretary of state ex officio register; books and records; correspondence.
75-2803 Manner of ruling tract books; matters shown on record.
75-2804 State land office; inspection of documents and records; certified copies of abstracts.
75-2806 Patents for land; certified copies; fee, approval.
75-2807 Certificate for issuance of patent.
75-2808 Correction of clerical errors by register.
75-2809 Public surveys; records, safekeeping and access.
75-2810 Relinquishment of color of title to the United States.
75-2811 Error in deeding land to state or in making out transfer.
75-2812 Lists of lands granted to state; effect of recording.