Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 79-1437f

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • director: shall mean the director of property valuation;

    (g) "classification" shall mean those classifications which apply to real property contained in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 79-1486

  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • real estate: shall include land, improvements and structures which are appraised as real property;

    (f) "director" shall mean the director of property valuation;

    (g) "classification" shall mean those classifications which apply to real property contained in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 79-1486

  • sales: shall include all transfers of real estate for which a real estate sales validation questionnaire is required by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 79-1486
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

Except as otherwise provided by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 79-1460, and amendments thereto, contents of the real estate sales validation questionnaire shall be made available only to the following people for the purposes listed hereafter:

(a) County officials for cooperating with and assisting the director of property valuation in developing the information as provided for in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 79-1487, and amendments thereto;

(b) any property owner, or the owner’s representative, for prosecuting an appeal of the valuation of such owner’s property or for determining whether to make such an appeal, but access shall be limited to the contents of those questionnaires concerning the same constitutionally prescribed subclass of property as that of such owner’s property;

(c) the county appraiser and appraisers employed by the county for the appraisal of property located within the county;

(d) appraisers licensed or certified pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 58-4101 et seq., and amendments thereto, for appraisal of property and preparation of appraisal reports;

(e) financial institutions for conducting appraisals and evaluations as required by federal and state regulators;

(f) the county appraiser or the appraiser’s designee, hearing officers or panels appointed pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 79-1602 or 79-1611, and amendments thereto, and the state board of tax appeals for conducting valuation appeal proceedings;

(g) the board of county commissioners for conducting any of the board’s statutorily prescribed duties;

(h) the director of property valuation for conducting any of the director’s statutorily prescribed duties; and

(i) a person licensed pursuant to the real estate brokers’ and salespersons’ act for purposes of fulfilling such person’s statutory duties and providing information on market value of property to clients and customers.