Chapter 19 — COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS

19-26,128. Orders of board of county commissioners; notice, hearing and appeal procedures; authority to abate nuisances; cost on tax rolls. (a) Whenever the board of county commissioners or other agency designated by the board files with the Crawford county clerk a statement, in …

19-26,129. Motor vehicle nuisance; abatement process. Crawford county may remove and abate from property, other than public property or property open to use by the public, a motor vehicle determined to be a nuisance. Disposition of such vehicles shall be in compliance with the pr…

19-26,130. Board of county commissioners; adoption of policies and procedures by resolution. The board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution to establish any policies, procedures, designated body or other related matters for hearings that property owners or their agents …

19-26,131. Agricultural activity and oil and gas exploration and development activity exempted. (a) The legislature declares it is the policy of this state to protect and encourage the production and processing of food and other agricultural products. As nonagricultural uses of p…

19-26,132. Expiration of act, July 1, 2027. The Crawford county unincorporated area nuisance abatement act, K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 19-26,127 through 19-26,132, and amendments thereto, shall expire on July 1, 2027. History: L. 2024, ch. 72, § 12; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COO…

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19-2601. Place of county offices; office hours; penalty for failure to keep open. Every county officer shall keep his or her office at the seat of justice of such county, and in the office provided by the county, if any such has been provided; and if there be none established, th…

19-2602. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 173; R.S. 1923, 19-2602; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 125, § 2; April 25. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Failure to file official oath and bond vacates office. The State, ex rel., v. Matheny, 7 Kan. 327, 329; The State ex rel., v. Conn, 14 Kan. 217, 220. 2. …

19-2603. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 174; R.S. 1923, 19-2603; Repealed, L. 1973, ch. 125, § 2; April 25. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived S…

19-2604. Deputies' oaths; deposit with bonds. Every deputy in any of said offices shall, before entering upon his duties under such appointment, take and subscribe the like oath of office as that required to be taken by the officer appointing him, and shall deposit the same in th…

19-2605. County commissioners defined. Whenever, in any law of this state, the words "county supervisors," "county board of supervisors," or "tribunal transacting county business," are used, they shall be construed to mean "county commissioners." History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 176…

19-2606. Resignation by elected county officers. All county officers who hold their office by election shall file a written notice of such resignation in the office of the officer or officers authorized by law to fill vacancies in such office. The officer resigning from office al…

19-2607. New officer to finish business and records of predecessor; records as evidence. Whenever the term of office of any judge of the district court, county clerk or other county officer has expired or may expire, leaving unfinished business which is proper matter of record, o…

19-2608. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 179; R.S. 1923, 19-2608; Repealed, L. 1976, ch. 129, § 1; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Neglect to file oath and bond in time vacates office. The State, ex rel, v. Matheny, 7 Kan. 327, 330. 2. Neglect of justice of the peace to qualify; no vac…

19-2609. Removal of county officer. If any board of county commissioners, or any commissioner, or any other county officer, shall neglect or refuse to perform any act which it is his duty to perform, or shall corruptly or oppressively perform any such duty, he shall forfeit his o…

19-2610. History: L. 1911, ch. 140, § 1; R.S. 1923, 19-2610; Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 195, § 1; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Schoo…

19-2611. History: L. 1913, ch. 150, § 1; R.S. 1923, 19-2611; L. 1933, ch. 60, § 1 (Special Session); L. 1935, ch. 138, § 1; Repealed, L. 1937, ch. 188, § 11; February 9. Cross References to Related Sections: See chapter 2, article 20. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Act held constitutional. …

19-2612. Removal or cutting of hedge fences, trees and shrubs; cutting weeds; removing signboards and board fences; expenses. The board of county commissioners of each county in the state are authorized to cut all hedge fences, trees and shrubs growing upon the highway right of w…

19-2613. History: L. 1917, ch. 133, § 1; L. 1923, ch. 115, § 1; R.S. 1923, 19-2613; L. 1925, ch. 137, § 1; L. 1933, ch. 57, § 1 (Special Session); L. 1937, ch. 190, § 1; Repealed, L. 1976, ch. 130, § 1; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Misunderstanding of statute does not excuse nonpe…

19-2616. History: L. 1917, ch. 133, § 4; L. 1923, ch. 115, § 4; R.S. 1923, 19-2616; L. 1925, ch. 137, § 2; L. 1933, ch. 57, § 2 (Special Session); L. 1937, ch. 190, § 2; Repealed, L. 1976, ch. 130, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 202…

19-2617. History: L. 1917, ch. 133, § 5; L. 1923, ch. 115, § 5; R.S. 1923, 19-2617; Repealed, L. 1976, ch. 130, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Do…

19-2618. Water mains in or along highway; petition. Whenever any person, persons, partnership or corporation desire to lay, maintain and operate water mains and laterals and equipment in or along any streets, public highways and lands not in an incorporated city for the purpose o…

19-2619. Rules and regulations for water mains. When any petition as herein described shall be presented to the county commissioners, the said commissioners are hereby empowered and given authority to grant the right to said petitioner to lay, maintain and operate water mains, la…

19-2620. Unlawful acts related to water mains. That it shall be unlawful for any person in any manner whatsoever, to change, injure, extend, or alter, or cause to be changed, injured, extended or altered, any main, lateral, attachment or equipment laid or erected by any grantee h…

19-2621. Unlawful connection with water mains. That it shall be unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made any connection with the water mains or laterals of any such grantee, or to turn on or off, or in any manner interfere with any valve, stopcock or other appliance be…

19-2622. Penalty; damages; costs. That any person violating any of the provisions of K.S.A. 19-2620 and 19-2621 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than ten dollars, and shall be liable to such grantee whose property shall be so changed, …

19-2623. Land for water mains; eminent domain. If said grantee is a corporation, it shall have the right to hold, control, acquire by donation, or purchase, and if need be, condemn any land, easement, railroad right of way, public highway or any property upon which it may be nece…

19-2624. History: L. 1925, ch. 138, § 1; L. 1941, ch. 195, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 166, § 3; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session…

19-2627. History: L. 1925, ch. 143, § 1; L. 1938, ch. 41, § 1; Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 190, § 1; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Sch…

19-2633. When plats of land outside city to be filed with county commissioners. Any person, partnership or corporation owning land outside the limits of any incorporated city, said land being located more than one mile from the limits of any incorporated city, desiring to subdivi…

19-2633a. Vacation of Hillcrest Heights as platted in Cowley county. That portion of Hillcrest Heights as shown by the plat filed in the office of register of deeds of Cowley county, Kansas, June 15, 1925, and recorded in volume H of plats page 9, being lots numbered seventeen to…

19-2633b. Vacation of Cave Springs townsite in Elk county. The original townsite of Cave Springs located in the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of section 8, the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 7, the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 17 and the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 18, all in town…

19-2634. History: L. 1933, ch. 325, § 1; Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 195, § 1; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents …

19-2635. Funds lost by bank failure; powers of county commissioners; tax levy, use of proceeds; bonds. That in any county of this state which had funds in a depository bank which has failed and liquidation thereof completed, and the county has not fully recovered such loss but ha…

19-2636. Tax levy limitation for funds lost; excess funds. The levy herein authorized shall not exceed the amount so needed nor in any case be an amount in excess of the limitation prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1947, in any one year. Said levy shall be in addition to the aggregate for …

19-2637. Issuance of bonds to replace funds lost by bank failure; terms and denomination of bonds; limitations inapplicable. The bonds herein authorized shall be issued and sold in the manner as provided by the law of other similar bonds except as in this act otherwise provided; …

19-2638. Pending actions for recovery of funds lost not barred; disposition of moneys recovered. Nothing in this act shall be construed to bar any action pending or that may be brought by any such county by which the county is attempting to recover from bondsmen, bonding companie…

19-2642. History: L. 1941, ch. 203, § 1; Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 195, § 1; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents …

19-2643. Lease of park plots to youth camps in certain counties. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of not less than sixty-five thousand and not more than one hundred and twenty-five thousand is hereby authorized and empowered to lease for extende…

19-2644. Shawnee and Mission townships in Johnson county designated urban areas; law enforcement. Shawnee and Mission townships in the county of Johnson are hereby designated as urban areas. The provisions of this act shall only apply to counties containing urban areas and to cit…

19-2645. Joint county and city use of vehicles and equipment. A county and a city, or two or more cities may enter into agreements for the joint or mutual use of vehicles, broadcasting and receiving apparatus and other machinery and equipment used by law enforcing agencies owned …

19-2646. Appointment of policemen; powers; oaths; bond. The board of commissioners, city manager, or mayor and council of any city of the second or third class may appoint a policeman or policemen to serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority or for a stated period and for…

19-2647. Preservation of historical records in counties; declaration of public interest. The collection, preservation, display and housing of records, documents and other articles of historical value or interest is hereby declared to be in the public interest. History: L. 1955, c…

19-2648. Resolution for collection of historical records; publication; protest petition; election. The board of county commissioners of any county may provide for the collection of records, documents and other articles of historical value or interest and may establish, maintain, …

19-2649. Supervisor or curator of historical records; appointment, compensation, duties; designation of incorporated museum or society as supervisor or curator, when, compensation. Any such board which has established an historical collection as provided in this act, may appoint …

19-2650. Acceptance of gifts or loans for historical record collections. Said board may accept bequests, gifts, donations or loans of documents, records and articles of historical value or interest for such historical collection and also bequests, gifts or donations of money or o…