Printable Format19-1206. Receiving books; entries. The register of deeds shall keep a receiving book, each page of which shall be divided into five columns, as follows:
| Time of Reception. |
Name of Grantor. |
Name of Grantee. |
To Whom Delivered. |
FeesReceived. |
|---|
Whenever any instrument has been received by the register of deeds for record, the register of deeds shall immediately endorse upon such instrument the certificate of the register of deeds, noting the day, hour and minute of its reception and the fees received for recording the instrument. The date of record of such instrument shall be from the date of filing. Whenever any instrument has been filed as required by this section, the register of deeds shall immediately make an entry of the filing in the receiving book of the register of deeds, under the appropriate heading, with the amount paid as fee for recording the filing. After such instrument has been recorded, the register of deeds shall deliver it to the person authorized to receive the same, writing the name of the person to whom it is delivered in the appropriate column. The receiving records required under this section may be kept in bound paper books or in another manner authorized by statute.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 92; R.S. 1923, 19-1206; L. 1985, ch. 96, § 4; July 1.
Attorney General's Opinions:
Authority of register of deeds to reference exemption on face of deed. 92-122.
Register of deeds; office hours; recording and filing documents. 97-94.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Properly recorded instrument imparts notice from time of filing. Poplin v. Mundell, 27 Kan. 138, 156.
2. Section applied; proper recording; constructive notice to subsequent purchasers. Luthi v. Evans, 1 Kan. App. 2d 114, 121, 562 P.2d 127 (1977); reversed, 223 Kan. 622, 576 P.2d 1064 (1978).
3. Summary judgment denied on purported fraud by title company overcharge of real estate recording fees. Doll v. Chicago Title Ins. Co., 517 F. Supp. 2d 1273, 1277 (2007).