Kansas Statutes
Article 2 - Property Exempt From Taxation
79-201a Property exempt from property and ad valorem taxes.

79-201a. Property exempt from property and ad valorem taxes. The following described property, to the extent herein specified, shall be exempt from all property or ad valorem taxes levied under the laws of the state of Kansas:
First. All property belonging exclusively to the United States, except property which congress has expressly declared to be subject to state and local taxation.
Second. All property used exclusively by the state or any municipality or political subdivision of the state. All property owned, being acquired pursuant to a lease-purchase agreement or operated by the state or any municipality or political subdivision of the state, including property which is vacant or lying dormant, which is used or is to be used for any governmental or proprietary function and for which bonds may be issued or taxes levied to finance the same, shall be considered to be used exclusively by the state, municipality or political subdivision for the purposes of this section. The lease by a municipality or political subdivision of the state of any real property owned or being acquired pursuant to a lease-purchase agreement for the purpose of providing office space necessary for the performance of medical services by a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine by the board of healing arts pursuant to K.S.A. 65-2801 et seq., and amendments thereto, dentistry services by a person licensed by the Kansas dental board pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1401 et seq., and amendments thereto, optometry services by a person licensed by the board of examiners in optometry pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1501 et seq., and amendments thereto, or K.S.A. 74-1501 et seq., and amendments thereto, podiatry services by a person licensed by the board of healing arts pursuant to K.S.A. 65-2001 et seq., and amendments thereto, or the practice of psychology by a person licensed by the behavioral sciences regulatory board pursuant to K.S.A. 74-5301 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall be construed to be a governmental function, and such property actually and regularly used for such purpose shall be deemed to be used exclusively for the purposes of this paragraph. The lease by a municipality or political subdivision of the state of any real property, or portion thereof, owned or being acquired pursuant to a lease-purchase agreement to any entity for the exclusive use by it for an exempt purpose, including the purpose of displaying or exhibiting personal property by a museum or historical society, if no portion of the lease payments include compensation for return on the investment in such leased property shall be deemed to be used exclusively for the purposes of this paragraph. All property leased, other than motor vehicles leased for a period of at least one year and property being acquired pursuant to a lease-purchase agreement, to the state or any municipality or political subdivision of the state by any private entity shall not be considered to be used exclusively by the state or any municipality or political subdivision of the state for the purposes of this section except that the provisions of this sentence shall not apply to any such property subject to lease on the effective date of this act until the term of such lease expires but property taxes levied upon any such property prior to tax year 1989, shall not be abated or refunded. Any property constructed or purchased with the proceeds of industrial revenue bonds issued prior to July 1, 1963, as authorized by K.S.A. 12-1740 through 12-1749, and amendments thereto, or purchased with proceeds of improvement district bonds issued prior to July 1, 1963, as authorized by K.S.A. 19-2776, and amendments thereto, or with proceeds of bonds issued prior to July 1, 1963, as authorized by K.S.A. 19-3815a and 19-3815b, and amendments thereto, or any property improved, purchased, constructed, reconstructed or repaired with the proceeds of revenue bonds issued prior to July 1, 1963, as authorized by K.S.A. 13-1238 through 13-1245, and amendments thereto, or any property improved, reimproved, reconstructed or repaired with the proceeds of revenue bonds issued after July 1, 1963, under the authority of K.S.A. 13-1238 through 13-1245, and amendments thereto, which had previously been improved, reconstructed or repaired with the proceeds of revenue bonds issued under such act on or before July 1, 1963, shall be exempt from taxation for so long as any of the revenue bonds issued to finance such construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair or purchase shall be outstanding and unpaid. Any property constructed or purchased with the proceeds of any revenue bonds authorized by K.S.A. 13-1238 through 13-1245, and amendments thereto, 19-2776, 19-3815a and 19-3815b, and amendments thereto, issued on or after July 1, 1963, shall be exempt from taxation only for a period of 10 calendar years after the calendar year in which the bonds were issued. Any property, all or any portion of which is constructed or purchased with the proceeds of revenue bonds authorized by K.S.A. 12-1740 through 12-1749, and amendments thereto, issued on or after July 1, 1963 and prior to July 1, 1981, shall be exempt from taxation only for a period of 10 calendar years after the calendar year in which the bonds were issued. Except as hereinafter provided, any property constructed or purchased wholly with the proceeds of revenue bonds issued on or after July 1, 1981, under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1740 through 12-1749, and amendments thereto, shall be exempt from taxation only for a period of 10 calendar years after the calendar year in which the bonds were issued. Except as hereinafter provided, any property constructed or purchased in part with the proceeds of revenue bonds issued on or after July 1, 1981, under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1740 through 12-1749, and amendments thereto, shall be exempt from taxation to the extent of the value of that portion of the property financed by the revenue bonds and only for a period of 10 calendar years after the calendar year in which the bonds were issued. The exemption of that portion of the property constructed or purchased with the proceeds of revenue bonds shall terminate upon the failure to pay all taxes levied on that portion of the property which is not exempt and the entire property shall be subject to sale in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2301 et seq., and amendments thereto. Property constructed or purchased in whole or in part with the proceeds of revenue bonds issued on or after January 1, 1995, under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1740 through 12-1749, and amendments thereto, and used in any retail enterprise identified under NAICS sectors 44 and 45, except facilities used exclusively to house the headquarters or back office operations of such retail enterprises identified thereunder, shall not be exempt from taxation. For the purposes of the preceding provision "NAICS" means the North American industry classification system, as developed under the authority of the office of management and budget of the office of the president of the United States. "Headquarters or back office operations" means a facility from which the enterprise is provided direction, management, administrative services, or distribution or warehousing functions in support of transactions made by the enterprise. Property purchased, constructed, reconstructed, equipped, maintained or repaired with the proceeds of industrial revenue bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1740 et seq., and amendments thereto, which is located in a redevelopment project area established under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1770 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall not be exempt from taxation. Property purchased, acquired, constructed, reconstructed, improved, equipped, furnished, repaired, enlarged or remodeled with all or any part of the proceeds of revenue bonds issued under authority of K.S.A. 12-1740 through 12-1749a, and amendments thereto, for any poultry confinement facility on agricultural land which is owned, acquired, obtained or leased by a corporation, as such terms are defined by K.S.A. 17-5903, and amendments thereto, shall not be exempt from such taxation. Property purchased, acquired, constructed, reconstructed, improved, equipped, furnished, repaired, enlarged or remodeled with all or any part of the proceeds of revenue bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1740 through 12-1749a, and amendments thereto, for a rabbit confinement facility on agricultural land which is owned, acquired, obtained or leased by a corporation, as such terms are defined by K.S.A. 17-5903, and amendments thereto, shall not be exempt from such taxation.
Third. All works, machinery and fixtures used exclusively by any rural water district or township water district for conveying or production of potable water in such rural water district or township water district, and all works, machinery and fixtures used exclusively by any entity which performed the functions of a rural water district on and after January 1, 1990, and the works, machinery and equipment of which were exempted hereunder on March 13, 1995.
Fourth. All fire engines and other implements used for the extinguishment of fires, with the buildings used exclusively for the safekeeping thereof, and for the meeting of fire companies, whether belonging to any rural fire district, township fire district, town, city or village, or to any fire company organized therein or therefor.
Fifth. All property, real and personal, owned by county fair associations organized and operating under the provisions of K.S.A. 2-125 et seq., and amendments thereto.
Sixth. Property acquired and held by any municipality under the municipal housing law, K.S.A. 17-2337 et seq., and amendments thereto, except that such exemption shall not apply to any portion of the project used by a nondwelling facility for profit making enterprise.
Seventh. All property of a municipality, acquired or held under and for the purposes of the urban renewal law, K.S.A. 17-4742 et seq., and amendments thereto, except that such tax exemption shall terminate when the municipality sells, leases or otherwise disposes of such property in an urban renewal area to a purchaser or lessee which is not a public body entitled to tax exemption with respect to such property.
Eighth. All property acquired and held by the Kansas armory board for armory purposes under the provisions of K.S.A. 48-317, and amendments thereto.
Ninth. All property acquired and used by the Kansas turnpike authority under the authority of K.S.A. 68-2001 et seq., and amendments thereto, K.S.A. 68-2030 et seq., and amendments thereto, K.S.A. 68-2051 et seq., and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 68-2070 et seq., and amendments thereto.
Tenth. All property acquired and used for state park purposes by the Kansas department of wildlife, parks and tourism. Property that is part of a state park listed in K.S.A. 32-837(a)(25) or (a)(26), and amendments thereto, and that is contained within or encumbered by any railroad rights-of-way that have been transferred or conveyed to the Kansas department of wildlife, parks and tourism for interim use, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 1247(d), shall be deemed to be acquired and used for state park purposes by the Kansas department of wildlife, parks and tourism for the purposes of this subsection.
Eleventh. The state office building constructed under authority of K.S.A. 75-3607 et seq., and amendments thereto, and the site upon which such building is located.
Twelfth. All buildings erected under the authority of K.S.A. 76-6a01 et seq., and amendments thereto, and all other student union buildings and student dormitories erected upon the campus of any institution mentioned in K.S.A. 76-6a01, and amendments thereto, by any other nonprofit corporation.
Thirteenth. All buildings, as the same is defined in K.S.A. 76-6a13(c), and amendments thereto, which are erected, constructed or acquired under the authority of K.S.A. 76-6a13 et seq., and amendments thereto, and building sites acquired therefor.
Fourteenth. All that portion of the waterworks plant and system of the city of Kansas City, Missouri, now or hereafter located within the territory of the state of Kansas pursuant to the compact and agreement adopted by K.S.A. 79-205, and amendments thereto.
Fifteenth. All property, real and personal, owned by a groundwater management district organized and operating pursuant to K.S.A. 82a-1020, and amendments thereto.
Sixteenth. All property, real and personal, owned by the joint water district organized and operating pursuant to K.S.A. 80-1616 et seq., and amendments thereto.
Seventeenth. All property, including interests less than fee ownership, acquired for the state of Kansas by the secretary of transportation or a predecessor in interest which is used in the administration, construction, maintenance or operation of the state system of highways, regardless of how or when acquired.
Eighteenth. Any building used primarily as an industrial training center for academic or vocational education programs designed for and operated under contract with private industry, and located upon a site owned, leased or being acquired by or for an area vocational school, an area vocational-technical school, a technical college, or a community college, as defined by K.S.A. 74-32,407, and amendments thereto, and the site upon which any such building is located.
Nineteenth. For all taxable years commencing after December 31, 1997, all buildings of an area vocational school, an area vocational-technical school, a technical college or a community college, as defined by K.S.A. 74-32,407, and amendments thereto, which are owned and operated by any such school or college as a student union or dormitory and the site upon which any such building is located.
Twentieth. For all taxable years commencing after December 31, 1997, all personal property which is contained within a dormitory that is exempt from property taxation and which is necessary for the accommodation of the students residing therein.
Twenty-First. All real property from and after the date of its transfer by the city of Olathe, Kansas, to the Kansas state university foundation, all buildings and improvements thereafter erected and located on such property, and all tangible personal property, which is held, used or operated for educational and research purposes at the Kansas state university Olathe innovation campus located in the city of Olathe, Kansas.
Twenty-Second. All real property, and all tangible personal property, owned by postsecondary educational institutions, as that term is defined in K.S.A. 74-3201b, and amendments thereto, or by the board of regents on behalf of the postsecondary educational institutions, which is leased by a for profit company and is actually and regularly used exclusively for research and development purposes so long as any rental income received by such postsecondary educational institution or the board of regents from such a company is used exclusively for educational or scientific purposes. Any such lease or occupancy described in this section shall be for a term of no more than five years.
Twenty-Third. For all taxable years commencing after December 31, 2005, any and all housing developments and related improvements located on United States department of defense military installations in the state of Kansas, which are developed pursuant to the military housing privatization initiative, 10 U.S.C. § 2871 et seq., or any successor thereto, and which are provided exclusively or primarily for use by military personnel of the United States and their families.
Twenty-Fourth. For all taxable years commencing after December 31, 2012, except as hereinafter provided, any property constructed or purchased in part with the proceeds of revenue bonds issued on or after July 1, 2013, under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1740 through 12-1749a, and amendments thereto, shall be exempt from taxation to the extent of the value of that portion of the property financed by the revenue bonds and only for a period of 10 calendar years after the calendar year in which the bonds were issued. The exemption of that portion of the property constructed or purchased with the proceeds of revenue bonds shall terminate upon the failure to pay all taxes levied on that portion of the property which is not exempt and the entire property shall be subject to sale in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2301 et seq., and amendments thereto. Property constructed or purchased in whole or in part with the proceeds of revenue bonds issued on or after January 1, 1995, under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1740 through 12-1749a, and amendments thereto, and used in any retail enterprise identified under NAICS sectors 44 and 45, except facilities used exclusively to house the headquarters or back office operations of such retail enterprises identified thereunder, shall not be exempt from taxation. For the purposes of the preceding provision "NAICS" means the North American industry classification system, as developed under the authority of the office of management and budget of the office of the president of the United States. "Headquarters or back office operations" means a facility from which the enterprise is provided direction, management, administrative services, or distribution or warehousing functions in support of transactions made by the enterprise. Property purchased, constructed, reconstructed, equipped, maintained or repaired with the proceeds of industrial revenue bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1740 et seq., and amendments thereto, which is located in a redevelopment project area established under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1770 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall not be exempt from taxation. Property purchased, acquired, constructed, reconstructed, improved, equipped, furnished, repaired, enlarged or remodeled with all or any part of the proceeds of revenue bonds issued under authority of K.S.A. 12-1740 through 12-1749a, and amendments thereto, for any poultry confinement facility on agricultural land which is owned, acquired, obtained or leased by a corporation, as such terms are defined by K.S.A. 17-5903, and amendments thereto, shall not be exempt from such taxation. Property purchased, acquired, constructed, reconstructed, improved, equipped, furnished, repaired, enlarged or remodeled with all or any part of the proceeds of revenue bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1740 through 12-1749a, and amendments thereto, for a rabbit confinement facility on agricultural land which is owned, acquired, obtained or leased by a corporation, as such terms are defined by K.S.A. 17-5903, and amendments thereto, shall not be exempt from such taxation.
Twenty-Fifth. For all taxable years commencing after December 31, 2013, any and all utility systems and appurtenances located on United States department of defense military installations in the state of Kansas, which have been acquired after December 31, 2013, pursuant to the military utilities privatization initiative, 10 U.S.C. § 2688 et seq., or any successor thereto, or which have been installed after December 31, 2013, and which are provided exclusively or primarily for use by the military of the United States.
Twenty-Sixth. All land owned by a municipality that is a part of a public levee that is leased pursuant to K.S.A. 13-1243, and amendments thereto.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, the provisions of this section shall apply to all taxable years commencing after December 31, 2010.
History: L. 1975, ch. 495, § 2; L. 1977, ch. 323, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 390, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 307, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 68, § 5; L. 1981, ch. 370, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 389, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 395, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 368, § 4; L. 1989, ch. 118, § 190; L. 1989, ch. 288, § 2; L. 1989, ch. 274, § 6; L. 1992, ch. 287, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 193, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 357, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 254, § 3; L. 1997, ch. 126, § 36; L. 1997, ch. 187, § 2; L. 1998, ch. 146, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 154, § 73; L. 2001, ch. 214, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 152, § 42; L. 2005, ch. 199, § 5; L. 2007, ch. 152, § 6; L. 2008, ch. 182, § 14; L. 2009, ch. 69, § 2; L. 2010, ch. 97, § 3; L. 2012, ch. 82, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 166, § 22; L. 2013, ch. 56, § 1; L. 2013, ch. 135, § 10; L. 2014, ch. 38, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 119, § 4; L. 2018, ch. 74, § 3; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 79 - Taxation

Article 2 - Property Exempt From Taxation

79-201 Property exempt from taxation; religious, educational, literary, scientific, benevolent, alumni association, veterans' organization or charitable purposes; parsonages; community service organizations providing humanitarian services; electric g...

79-201a Property exempt from property and ad valorem taxes.

79-201b Property exempt from taxation; hospitals, public hospital authority, adult care homes, children's homes, group housing of certain handicapped persons, housing for elderly persons and single-parent families.

79-201c Same; wearing apparel; household goods and personal effects; graveyards.

79-201d Property exempt from taxation; hay and silage; farm storage and drying equipment; hay storage structures; structures for storing materials for producing cellulosic alcohol and by products.

79-201e Same; mined land; reclaimed surface mining operations.

79-201f Property exempt from taxation; personal property moving in interstate commerce or stored in warehouses or storage areas prior to shipment out of state.

79-201g Same; lands contiguous to or donated in connection with erection or maintenance of dam or reservoir.

79-201h Same; solar energy systems.

79-201i Purpose for farm machinery and equipment property tax exemption.

79-201j Property exempt from taxation; farm machinery and equipment; aquaculture machinery and equipment; Christmas tree machinery and equipment.

79-201k Property exempt from taxation; purpose; business aircraft.

79-201l Severability clause.

79-201m Property exempt from taxation; merchants' and manufacturers' inventory.

79-201n Property exempt from taxation; grain.

79-201o Property exempt from taxation; construction hand tools.

79-201p Property exempt from taxation; motor vehicle inventories.

79-201q Property exempt from taxation; municipal airports, airport authorities; valuation of land and improvements.

79-201r Property exempt from taxation; Strother Field airport.

79-201s Property exempt from taxation; certain municipal airports; valuation of land and improvements.

79-201t Property exempt from taxation; oil leases.

79-201u Property exempt from taxation; motor vehicles donated for charitable auctions.

79-201w Property exempt from taxation; machinery, equipment, materials and supplies.

79-201x Property exempt from taxation; residential property exempt from statewide school levy.

79-201z Property exempt from taxation; housing for the elderly, persons with disabilities or persons with limited or low income owned solely and operated by community housing development organization.

79-205 Waterworks plants at Kansas City exempted from taxation.

79-207 Cemeteries and mausoleums; funeral homes and mortuaries prohibited unless listed for taxation; injunction.

79-210 Property exempt from taxation; claim to be filed each year; forms, content and filing of claims; rules and regulations.

79-213 Property exempt from taxation; initial request for exemption; forms, content and filing of request for exemption; recommendations by county appraiser; determination and order by state board of tax appeals; tax not required to be paid during pe...

79-213a Property exempt from taxation; alternative procedure for claiming exemption for property described by K.S.A. 79-201 Second.

79-213d Same; procedure; inclusion of assessed valuation of certain property in taxing districts during exemption determination.

79-214 Property exempt from taxation; statement required upon cessation of exempt use; failure to file, penalty.

79-215 Property exempt from taxation; personal property held for sale or display at certain functions.

79-219 Property exempt from taxation; mechanic's hand tools.

79-220 Property exempt from taxation; antique and amateur-built aircraft.

79-221 Property exempt from taxation; leased real and personal property of certain economic development corporations.

79-222 Property exempt from taxation; certain buildings constructed on property of state educational institutions and operated by Kansas not-for-profit entity.

79-223 Same; certain commercial and industrial machinery and equipment.

79-224 Same; certain telecommunications machinery and equipment and railroad machinery and equipment.

79-225 Property exempt from taxation; certain integrated coal gasification power plant property.

79-226 Property exempt from taxation; certain refinery property.

79-227 Property exempt from taxation; certain crude oil or natural gas pipeline property.

79-228 Property exempt from taxation; certain integrated coal or coke gasification nitrogen fertilizer plant property.

79-229 Property exempt from taxation; certain biomass-to-energy plant property.

79-230 Property exempt from taxation; nuclear generation facility property.

79-231 Property exempt from taxation; waste heat utilization system property at electric generation facility.

79-232 Property exempt from taxation; biofuel storage and blending equipment.

79-233 Property exempt from taxation; carbon dioxide capture, sequestration or utilization property.

79-234 Same; certain tangible personal property.

79-235 Same; certain buildings constructed on property of university of Kansas or related endowment association owned or operated by Kansas not-for-profit entity for strategic technology acquisition and commercialization incubator purposes.

79-250 Poultry and rabbit confinement facilities and swine production facilities not allowed to be exempt from ad valorem taxation.

79-251 Procedure governing grant of property tax exemptions pursuant to section 13 of article 11 of constitution.

79-252a Exemption of certain property pursuant to section 13 of article 11 of constitution not applicable to school district taxation.

79-253 Applicability of amendments to 79-201, 79-251 and 12-1749d.

79-254 Exempt property deemed used exclusively, when.

79-255 Property tax refund for oil lease property; claim procedures.

79-256 Independent power producer property and pollution control devices; definitions.

79-257 Same; exemption from taxation.

79-258 Property exempt from taxation; certain electric public utility property and pollution control devices.

79-259 Property exempt from taxation; certain electric transmission lines and appurtenances.

79-260 Property exempt from taxation; new automobile manufacturing property.

79-261 Procedure governing classification of property for purposes of exemption under 79-223.

79-262 Classification of property constructed with proceeds of industrial revenue bonds; notification to county appraiser; appeals; reclassification.

79-263 Property exempt from taxation; certain airports.

79-264 Property exempt from taxation; certain property owned by a redevelopment authority.