Title insurance companies; policy requirements

40-1134. Title insurance companies; policy requirements. (a) Any title insurance company insuring titles to real estate located within Kansas shall specify in any policy issued when the governing body of a municipal or quasi-municipal corporation in which the property is located has filed with the register of deeds of the county or counties in which such municipal or quasi-municipal corporation is located, a certified copy of any ordinance or resolution creating or establishing any public improvement or special benefit district or any other district having the power to impose special assessments upon taxable tangible real property in the district as required by K.S.A. 12-153, and amendments thereto, provided the municipal or quasi-municipal corporation creating such public improvement or special benefit district has particularly described: (1) The external boundaries of the district by metes and bounds; (2) all platted areas block or parcel in any addition, or subdivision; and (3) in all unplatted areas, every tract or parcel not otherwise specifically identified, which is or will be affected by such public improvement or special benefit district. (b) No title insurance company shall exempt itself from the provisions of subsection (a) by means of a general exclusion in the title insurance policy. History: L. 1983, ch. 151, § 1; July 1. 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