75-409. Certified copies under seal; evidentiary effect; fees, approval. (a) The secretary of state, when required by any person to make out a certified copy of any law, resolution, bond, record, document or paper deposited or kept in or prepared by the secretary of state's office, shall attach an official certification thereto under the secretary of state's official seal. Such copy, thus certified, shall be received in evidence in the same manner and with like effect as the original. The secretary of state shall charge a fee per page in an amount fixed by the secretary of state and approved by the director of accounts and reports under K.S.A. 45-204 for each such copy so made and certified, and unless otherwise specifically provided by law, for photocopies of any document or instrument on file in or prepared by the secretary of state's office which are not certified, the secretary of state shall charge a fee per page in an amount fixed by the secretary of state and approved by the director of accounts and reports under K.S.A. 45-204 for each such copy.
(b) Where any such copy must be made outside the secretary of state's office, in addition to the certification fee, the secretary of state shall charge the requesting party the actual costs of reproducing and transmitting such copy in an amount fixed by the secretary of state and approved by the director of accounts and reports under K.S.A. 45-204.
History: L. 1879, ch. 166, § 29; R.S. 1923, 75-409; L. 1972, ch. 54, § 23; L. 1973, ch. 334, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 430, § 2; L. 1978, ch. 347, § 18; L. 1983, ch. 272, § 2; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees
Article 4 - Secretary Of State
75-402 Custody of books and papers; records.
75-404 Custodian of enrolled bills and resolutions; appropriation laws.
75-406 Deposit of acts of congress and acts and reports of state in state library.
75-408 Records and documents not to be removed from office except for reproduction purposes.
75-409 Certified copies under seal; evidentiary effect; fees, approval.
75-410 Custody and distribution of printed laws, returns of elections, charters and other documents.
75-411 Reports to governor or legislature; access to office by governor or committee.
75-414 Performance of duties imposed by law.
75-419 Flags and banners; purchase and sale of official.
75-420 Same; fund; disposition.
75-434 Same; official state paper construed to mean Kansas register.
75-437 Sale of computerized information; fees.
75-438 Information and services fees; fund.
75-439 Prepaid services fund; deposits; transfers to other funds; refunds.
75-440 Secretary of state authorized to administer oaths.
75-441 Cemetery and funeral audit fee fund; fees remitted and credited; expenditures.
75-443 Business reports and documents, electronic filing; rules and regulations.
75-444 Technology communication fee fund; fees remitted and credited; expenditures.
75-445 Franchise fee recovery fund.
75-446 Annual report fees, remittance. [See Revisor's Note]
75-449 Printing and binding by secretary of state; procurement of private services.
75-455 Substitute address; use; forwarding mail.