Public surveys; records, safekeeping and access

75-2809. Public surveys; records, safekeeping and access. The register shall receive any field notes, maps, records, or other papers relating to the public survey of this state, whenever the same shall be turned over to the state, in pursuance of an act of congress entitled "An act for the discontinuance of the office of surveyor general in the several districts as soon as the surveys therein can be completed, for abolishing land offices under certain circumstances, and for other purposes," approved June twelve, eighteen hundred and forty, and any act amendatory thereof, and shall receive any other official surveys of any state lands and any field notes, maps, records or other paper relating thereto as may be provided by law to be filed with the register, and shall provide for their safekeeping and proper arrangement as public records. Free access to the same by the lawful authority of the United States, for the purpose of taking extracts therefrom, or making copies thereof, shall always be granted. History: L. 1876, ch. 131, § 8; R.S. 1923, 75-2809; L. 1974, ch. 364, § 23; L. 1978, ch. 430, § 7; April 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Article mentioned in discussing history of government surveys and patents. Neiman v. Davis, 166 Kan. 246, 249, 200 P.2d 323. 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