Chapter 12 — CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES

12-413. Action for restoration of lost chart or plat. Whenever the field chart, map or plat of any city, town or village in this state shall have been destroyed or lost, the mayor of any such city, the chairman of the board of trustees of any such town or village, the chairman of…

12-414. Petition in such action. Such petition shall contain the name of the person or officer filing the same, the name of the county in which such action is brought, and of any person or persons whose interests such petitioner desires specially to foreclose by the judgment or d…

12-415. Summons in such cases; procedure. On the filing of such petition the person or officer filing the same may file a praecipe with the clerk of such court, requiring him or her to issue a summons in said action, directed to the sheriff of said county, notifying such persons …

12-416. Answer or cross petition; who may file. Any person or corporation interested in the establishment or nonestablishment of such chart, map or plat, or any part thereof, within the time fixed in the notice provided for in K.S.A. 12-415, may file an answer to such petition in…

12-417. Parties to action; rehearing. The county in which such chart, map or plat was filed, the town, village or city of which or a part of which, or an addition to which the same was a chart, map or plat, and any person or corporation owning or interested in any lot, reserve or…

12-418. Trial and judgment. The trial of the issues in any action brought under this act shall be by the court in which it is brought, and such court is authorized to enter such judgment and decree on default, or after trial, as the case may be, as in other civil actions, as the …

12-419. Recordation of restored chart or plat. Any chart, map or plat established as in this act provided, by the decision, judgment or decree of a court, shall be entitled to be filed and recorded in the office of register of deeds of the county the same as is provided by law fo…

12-420. Correction of certain platting errors; procedure. If, after recording a subdivision plat, an error is found in distances, angles, bearings, subdivision or street names, block or lot numbers, the computation of dimension or elevation or other details of the plat, except in…

[Repealed or reserved.]

12-501. History: L. 1929, ch. 109, § 1; Repealed, L. 1974, ch. 56, § 7; March 28. Source or prior law: L. 1871, ch. 60, § 92; L. 1872, ch. 100, § 133; L. 1872, ch. 102, § 3; L. 1875, ch. 73, § 1; L. 1885, ch. 97, § 1; L. 1886, ch. 66, §§ 4–7; L. 1886, ch. 69, § 1; L. 1905, ch. 11…

12-502. History: L. 1929, ch. 109, § 2; Repealed, L. 1974, ch. 56, § 7; March 28. Source or prior law: L. 1871, ch. 60, § 92; L. 1872, ch. 102, § 3; L. 1885, ch. 97, §§ 1–3; L. 1886, ch. 66, §§ 4–7; L. 1886, ch. 69, §§ 1, 2; L. 1905, ch. 118, § 1; R.S. 1923, 12-502. CASE ANNOTATI…

12-502a. History: L. 1929, ch. 109, § 3; Repealed, L. 1974, ch. 56, § 7; March 28. Source or prior law: L. 1885, ch. 97, § 4. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Constitutional; scope and nature of appeal; manifest injury to property. City of Salina v. Thompson, Trustee of Mo. Pac. Rly. Co., 169…

12-502b. History: L. 1929, ch. 109, § 4; Repealed, L. 1974, ch. 56, § 7; March 28. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents …

12-502c. History: L. 1957, ch. 328, § 1; Repealed, L. 1974, ch. 56, § 7; March 28. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Private individual without legal capacity to challenge city annexation. Babcock v. City of Kansas City, 197 Kan. 610, 618, 621, 419 P.2d 882. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDIN…

12-503. History: R.S. 1923, § 12-503; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 56, § 1; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Act does not and cannot make illegal tax valid. A.& N. Rld. Co. v. Maquilkin, Sheriff, 12 Kan. 301. Questioned: State v. Pauley, 83 Kan. 456, 466, 112 P. 141. 2. Former invalid ordin…

12-503a. Annexation of parts of townships, improvement districts and other units; providing of services in area annexed; payment of cost. Whenever all or any part of any township, improvement district, or other governmental unit is annexed to any city, such township, improvement …

12-503b. Same; act inapplicable to school districts. The provisions of this act shall have no application with respect to schools, school districts, taxation for any school purpose or school services. History: L. 1963, ch. 499, § 2; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATI…

12-504. Petition for vacation of site or addition, street or alley or for exclusion of land; deannexation of land or vacation of public reservation by city; notice; hearing. (a) The owner of: (1) Any townsite or part of a townsite; (2) any addition or part of an addition to any c…

12-505. Same; proceedings on petition. (a) (1) Upon the presentation of the petition to the governing body of the city or planning commission, the governing body or planning commission shall proceed to hear the petition, as provided in the notice. On the day of the hearing, the g…

12-506. Reversion of vacated street, alley or public reservation. The streets, alleys or other public reservations which may be so vacated shall revert to the owners of the real estate immediately abutting thereon, according to the frontage of such real estate thereon: Provided, …

12-507. Definition of terms. The terms "public loss or inconvenience" or "private right," as herein used, shall not be construed to extend to the taxes which may be levied upon the land vacated or excluded. History: L. 1905, ch. 519, § 4; February 18; R.S. 1923, § 12-507. Source …

12-508. Fees; issuance of subpoenas. The county clerk, sheriff and witnesses shall be entitled to the same fees as are allowed for like service in the district courts, and subpoenas may be issued by the county clerk for witnesses and served as from the district courts. History: L…

12-509. Costs; deposits. The petitioner or petitioners shall be liable for all costs of the proceedings, whether the prayer of the petition be allowed or not; and upon filing the petition with the county clerk, there shall be deposited with the clerk twenty-five dollars to secure…

12-510. Limitation of boundaries after exclusion of land. Whenever the board of county commissioners shall by order exclude any territory from any city, town, or village, they shall order that the boundaries of such city, town or village be changed to conform to the territory rem…

12-510a. History: L. 1927, ch. 108, § 1; Repealed, L. 1957, ch. 86, § 3; June 29. Cross References to Related Sections: Later act, see 12-517, 12-518. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF ST…

12-510b. Exclusion of veterans affairs medical center land from certain cities; procedure. (a) The governing body of any city in which is located a veterans affairs medical center, may exclude the veterans affairs medical center land from the corporate limits of the city in the m…

12-511. History: R.S. 1923, § 12-511; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 56, § 1; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Section "deemed open to objection as special legislation." The State, ex rel., v. City of Hutchinson, 102 Kan. 325, 328, 169 P. 1140. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL…

12-512. History: R.S. 1923, § 12-512; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 56, § 1; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Act held constitutional and valid; effect of act considered. Town Co. v. City of Smith Center, 6 Kan. App. 252, 51 P. 801. Affirmed: 60 Kan. 857, 56 P. 1131. 2. Former ruling holding…

12-512a. Vacation of streets, avenues, alleys and lanes by cities; reservation of certain rights-of-way and easements. Any city of the first class under K.S.A. 13-443, any city of the second class under K.S.A. 14-423, or any city of the third class under K.S.A. 15-427, or any ame…

12-512b. Vacation of plats and other public reservations; recording plat or replat; reversion. In any area where there is a planning commission which has adopted subdivision regulations governing the platting or replatting of land, and the regulations provide for the giving of ap…

12-513. Power to change frontage. That the governing body of any incorporated city shall have the power to change the frontage of any lot or lots in such city in the manner hereinafter provided. History: L. 1879, ch. 79, § 1; March 13; R.S. 1923, § 12-513. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cha…

12-514. Petition for change. When the owner or owners of any lot or lots may desire to have the frontage thereof changed, they shall present to the governing body a petition, in writing, signed by such owner or owners, setting forth the description of such lot or lots with refere…

12-515. Hearing on petition; ordinance and certificate; plat; recordation. Upon the presentation of such petition and plats it shall be the duty of the governing body, at its next regular meeting, to examine, consider and determine the same; and if it shall appear that the public…

12-516. Payment of costs; when change valid. The person or persons so petitioning for such change or changes shall pay all costs incident thereto, and no such change or changes shall be of any validity until the certificate and plat referred to in K.S.A. 12-515 shall have been fi…

12-517. Resolution declaring boundary, when. Before the last day of December in any year in which any territory has been added to or excluded from any city, the governing body of such city shall declare by resolution the entire boundary of the city. History: L. 1957, ch. 86, § 1;…

12-518. Same; filing of certified copies. Whenever the governing body of any city shall declare by resolution the entire boundary of such city, the city clerk forthwith shall file a certified copy of such resolution with the county clerk, with the register of deeds of the county …

12-519. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Tract" means a single unit of real property under one ownership, outside the corporate limits of a city, which may be platted or unplatted, title to which is publicly or privately held by an owner as defined by subsection (c). (b) "L…

12-520. Conditions which permit unilateral annexation; exceptions; ordinance; severability of ordinance where annexation invalid; limitations. (a) Except as hereinafter provided, the governing body of any city, by ordinance, may annex land to such city if any one or more of the f…

12-520a. Resolution; hearing; notice; publication; sketch of area; criteria considered at hearing; consent, effect. (a) The governing body of any city desiring to annex land under the authority of K.S.A. 12-520, and amendments thereto, shall adopt a resolution stating that the ci…

12-520b. Plans for extension of services; reports, contents; statement of plans for extension of municipal services to area; consent, effect. (a) The governing body of any city proposing to annex land under the provisions of K.S.A. 12-520, and amendments thereto, shall make plans…

12-520c. Annexation of land not adjoining city, when; resolution to county commissioners; findings by board spread upon journal; effect; appeals to district court. (a) The governing body of any city may by ordinance annex land not adjoining the city if the following conditions ex…

12-521. Petition to county commissioners for annexation of certain lands; contents; service extension plans; reports, contents; hearing, time and place; publication notice; notice to landowners; sketch of area; procedure at hearing; criteria to be considered; granting of order; e…

12-521a. Same; annexation of a fire district; criteria to be considered. When determining the effect of a proposed annexation on a fire district or a portion of a fire district, considerations by the board of county commissioners shall include, but not be limited to, the: (a) Res…

12-522. Filing of annexation ordinance. Upon the passage and publication of any annexation ordinance authorized under this act, the city clerk shall file a certified copy of such ordinance with the county clerk, the register of deeds, and the county election commissioner, if any,…

12-523. Effective dates of annexation; exceptions. Annexation ordinances of cities shall take effect on publication as provided by law, except that any annexation ordinance published within 60 days before any election specified in this section shall become effective on the day fo…

12-524. Annexation of city or part of city not authorized. Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize any incorporated city to annex any part or the whole of any other incorporated city. History: L. 1967, ch. 98, § 6; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Section referred to in ho…

12-524a. Homestead rights; continuation after annexation; limitation. When land located outside a city is annexed by such city under K.S.A. 12-521 and 12-521a, and amendments thereto, any homestead rights attributable to such land prior to such annexation shall continue after ann…

12-525. History: L. 1967, ch. 98, § 7; Repealed, L. 1974, ch. 56, § 7; March 28. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Severability of section from annexation statute; violation of home rule amendment. State, ex rel., v. City of Overland Park, 215 Kan. 700, 711, 712, 527 P.2d 1340. Previous | Next…

12-526. Severability. If any clause, paragraph, subsection or section of this act shall be held invalid or unconstitutional it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this act without such invalid or unconstitutional clause, paragra…

12-527. History: L. 1968, ch. 80, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 71, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 67, § 1; Repealed, L. 2010, ch. 15, § 7; July 1. Attorney General's Opinions: Title to facilities; agreement; compensation. 85-166. Ownership and disposition of fire-fighting equipment subsequent to annexat…