79-2026. Liability for unpaid taxes on personal property abandoned or repossessed; extinguishment of tax lien. Whenever personal property in this state is abandoned or repossessed after it is assessed and before the taxes are paid, the owner or lessee of any real property upon which such property was situated at the time of abandonment or repossession shall acquire such property free of any tax lien for unpaid taxes that may otherwise exist if lawful title to such property is acquired by such landowner or lessee within 12 months of the time such property is deemed abandoned or within 12 months of the time legal proceedings are commenced to effect a repossession. Any lien for unpaid taxes shall be extinguished for any such personal property acquired by the landowner or lessee as set forth herein. In no circumstances shall the landowner or lessee be liable for any taxes owned [owed] prior to the date the personal property is acquired by such landowner or lessee.
History: L. 2014, ch. 81, § 2; L. 2016, ch. 112, § 21; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 20 - Collection And Cancellation Of Taxes
79-2002 Tax receipts by county treasurer; contents.
79-2003 Warrants to be received in payment of taxes, when.
79-2004a Time for payment of personal property taxes; interest, when.
79-2005a Same; invalidity of part.
79-2005b Taxes paid under protest; disorganization of taxing district; no-fund warrants; tax levies.
79-2009 Highway or railroad bridge; appointment of receiver upon failure to pay tax.
79-2010 County commissioners to certify list of claims allowed.
79-2014 Abatement and cancellation of unpaid taxes upon certain mineral interests or royalties.
79-2015 Actions for debt to collect taxes, fees, interest and penalties, when; remedies.
79-2016 Same; liabilities imposed by other states; comity.
79-2017 Collection of delinquent taxes in certain counties; tax lien.
79-2019 Same; bond of contract collectors; report and accounting of taxes collected.
79-2020 Voluntary transfer of personal property before tax paid; lien, exception; collection.
79-2022 Contingent fee based employment to audit personal property tax returns prohibited, when.
79-2023 Wyandotte county accumulated interest amnesty program.
79-2024 Partial payment or payment plan for delinquent or nondelinquent property taxes authorized.