Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 58-2318

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • 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

All assignments and releases of mortgages by a corporation shall be valid when executed by the president, vice-president, secretary, cashier, treasurer or any other officer of such corporation so authorized by corporate resolution. Any assignment or release of a mortgage by a corporation which was executed on or after March 8, 1974, and prior to the effective date of this act, by one of the corporate officers designated herein, with or without attestation by the corporate seal, is hereby declared to be a legal and valid act of such corporation.