Sale of lot before recording of plat; penalty

12-405. Sale of lot before recording of plat; penalty. If any person sell or offer for sale any lot within any city, town or addition before the map or plat thereof be made out, acknowledged, filed and recorded as aforesaid, such person shall forfeit a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars for every lot which he or she shall sell or offer to sell. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 78, § 5; October 31; R.S. 1923, § 12-405. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Contracts in contravention of statute not void; title passes. Bemis v. Becker and others, 1 Kan. 226, 249. 2. Penalty imposed only on persons having duty to make plat. Bemis v. Becker and others, 1 Kan. 226, 250. 3. Title passes to grantee even though grantor liable to penalty. Mead v. United Brethren, 43 Kan. 178, 180, 23 P. 103. 4. Section cited in construing conveyance referring to "in Jones' addition." Fitzpatrick v. Crowther, 100 Kan. 355, 358, 164 P. 300. 5. Description of property by reference to unrecorded plat did not invalidate or make contract ambiguous. Stauth v. Brown, 241 Kan. 1, 8, 734 P.2d 1063 (1987). Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026