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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 58-2235

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • seal: includes an impression of the seal upon the paper alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed to the paper. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

All instruments of writing now copied into the proper books of the office of register of deeds of the several counties of the state shall, upon the passage of this act, be deemed to impart to subsequent purchasers and encumbrancers, and all other persons whomsoever, notice of all deeds, mortgages, releases, powers of attorney, contracts, conveyances, or other instruments, so far as and to the extent that the same may be found recorded, copied or noted in said books of record, notwithstanding any defects existing in the execution, acknowledgment, either from the fact that the officer taking such acknowledgment failed to attach the officer’s seal to such instrument, or that the register of deeds failed to record such seal, or for any other cause, recording, or certificate of recording the same; and the record of any such instrument, or a duly authenticated copy thereof, shall be competent evidence whenever by the party’s own oath or otherwise the original is shown to be lost, or not belonging to the party wishing to use the same, or not within his or her control: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any rights heretofore acquired in the hands of subsequent grantees, assignors or encumbrancers.