Chapter 58, PERSONAL AND REAL PROPERTY

58-4012. Act exclusive procedure for museums; exception, state historical society. (a) The state historical society and its institutions and libraries may, at its option, acquire title to property pursuant to the provisions of this act or pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 33-1…

58-4013. Retroactive application. (a) K.S.A. 58-4001 through 58-4007 are retroactively applicable to all property in the possession of a museum within the state on or after January 1, 1989. (b) K.S.A. 58-4008 is effective July 1, 1990, and when effective is retroactively applicab…

58-4101. Citation of act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the state certified and licensed real property appraisers act. History: L. 1990, ch. 270, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 164, § 1; May 2. Attorney General's Opinions: Open public records; real estate sales validation questi…

58-4102. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Appraisal" or "real estate appraisal" means an analysis, opinion or conclusion prepared by a real estate appraiser relating to the nature, quality, value or utility of specified interests in, or aspects of, identified real estate. A…

58-4103. Certification or licensure, when required; temporary certification or licensure; penalty for violations; exemptions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no person, other than a state certified or licensed appraiser, shall: (1) Engage in any written appraisal in con…

58-4104. Real estate appraisal board; establishment. (a) There is hereby established the real estate appraisal board. (b) The board shall consist of seven members appointed by the governor. At least one member of the board shall represent the general public, at least two shall re…

58-4105. Real estate appraisal board; powers; requirements for certification. (a) The board may adopt such rules and regulations as necessary to implement, administer and enforce the provisions of this act. (b) The board shall: (1) Approve courses of instruction to meet requireme…

58-4107. Fees. (a) The board shall adopt rules and regulations prescribing the fees provided for by this act in amounts necessary to administer and enforce this act, subject to the following: (1) For application for certification or licensure, a fee not to exceed $50. (2) For any…

58-4108. Application for certification, licensure or examination. (a) Applications for original certification and licensure and renewal of certificates and licenses shall be made in writing to the board on forms approved by the board and shall be accompanied by the appropriate fe…

58-4109. Classes of appraisers. (a) There is hereby established the following classes of real property appraisers: (1) State licensed real property appraiser classification; (2) certified general real property appraiser classification; (3) certified residential real property appr…

58-4110. Expiration of certificates and licenses. Certificates and licenses issued pursuant to this act shall expire annually on June 30. The expiration date of the certificate or license shall appear on the certificate and no other notice of its expiration need be given to its h…

58-4111. Reciprocal certification and licensure. If, in the determination of the board, another state has certification and licensure requirements substantially equivalent to those of this state, an applicant who is certified or licensed under the laws of the other state may obta…

58-4112. Real estate appraisers; renewal of certificate or license. (a) To obtain renewal of a certificate or license, the holder of a current, valid certificate or license shall make application for renewal on a form provided by the board and pay the fee prescribed pursuant to K…

58-4112a. Real estate appraisers; inactive status. (a) Except as provided by subsection (f), the holder of a certificate or license may request that such certificate or license be placed on inactive status for a period not to exceed two years. Such request shall be submitted to t…

58-4113. Denial of certificate or license. (a) The board may refuse to issue or renew a certificate or license on any applicable grounds enumerated in K.S.A. 58-4118 and amendments thereto. (b) If the board, after an application for certification or licensure or renewal of a cert…

58-4114. Appraiser's address; notice to commission. (a) Each state certified or licensed appraiser shall advise the board of the address of the appraiser's principal place of business and all other addresses at which the appraiser is currently engaged in the business of preparing…

58-4115. Certificate or license; number required, when. (a) Each certificate and license issued under authority of this act shall include the classification for which the appraiser has qualified and shall bear the signature or facsimile signature of the chairperson of the board a…

58-4116. Certification and licensure limited to individuals. (a) The term "state certified appraiser" or "state licensed appraiser" may be used only to refer to individuals who hold a certificate or license issued pursuant to this act and may not be used following or immediately …

58-4117. Continuing education. (a) As a prerequisite to renewal of a certificate or license, the appraiser shall present evidence satisfactory to the board of having met the continuing education requirements. (b) The basic continuing education requirement for renewal of a certifi…

58-4118. Revocation, condition, limitation or suspension of certificate or license or other disciplinary action; non-licensed persons; civil fine; cease and desist order. (a) The board may investigate the actions of a state certified or licensed appraiser and may revoke, conditio…

58-4119. Hearings, costs. (a) The costs incurred by the board in conducting any proceeding under the Kansas administrative procedure act may be assessed against the appraiser or applicant if the order of the board is adverse to the appraiser or applicant in such proportion as the…

58-4120. Judicial review of board action. Any person aggrieved by an order of the board may appeal the order in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas judicial review act. History: L. 1990, ch. 270, § 20; L. 2010, ch. 17, § 108; July 1.

58-4121. Appraisal practice standards. A state certified or licensed appraiser shall comply with the 2014-2015 edition of the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice promulgated pursuant to federal law or later versions as established in rules and regulations adopted…

58-4122. Employment of certified or licensed appraiser, purpose. A client or employer may retain or employ a state certified or licensed appraiser to act as a disinterested third party in rendering an unbiased estimate of value or analysis. A client or employer may also retain or…

58-4123. Appraiser's records, retention and board access; consent to inspection. (a) A state certified or licensed appraiser shall retain for five years originals or true copies of all written contracts engaging the appraiser's services for real property appraisal work and all re…

58-4124. Mandatory licensure or certification, study and recommendations by board. Not more than two years after the effective date of this act, the board shall hold public hearings to address the question of implementation of mandatory licensing or certification of appraisers. S…

58-4125. Severability. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or in any circumstance is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, provisions constituting the remainder of the act and the application of those provisions to…

58-4127. Fingerprints; criminal history record check; fees. (a) The real estate appraisal board may require a licensee to be fingerprinted and submit to a state and national criminal history record check in accordance with K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-4714, and amendments thereto. (b) Th…

58-4201. Citation of act. K.S.A. 58-4201 through 58-4212 shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas manufactured housing act. History: L. 1991, ch. 33, § 1; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Kansas manufactured home act provides exclusive method for perfecting a lien in a mobile hom…

58-4202. Definitions. As used in the Kansas manufactured housing act, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) "Manufactured home" means a structure which is subject to the federal act and which is transportable in one or more sections which, in the traveling mode, is 8…

58-4203. Manufactured housing not subject to certain laws and rules and regulations; movement on highways and streets, law applicable. (a) Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Kansas manufactured housing act or other duly enacted statute of this state, manufactured homes…

58-4204. Certificate of title, application and issuance; form of certificate of title; statement of origin; fees; notice of security interest; assignments of certificates of title; release of lien or encumbrance; electronic certificate of title. (a) For purposes of this section, …

58-4204a. Electronic certificates of title. (a) On and after January 1, 2003, when an assignment of title or manufacturer's statement of origin indicates that there is a lien or encumbrance on a manufactured home or mobile home or if a notice of security interest has been filed w…

58-4205. Public policy regarding regulation of persons engaged in the manufacture, distribution, sale or installation of manufactured or mobile homes. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state to provide for fair and impartial regulation of those persons engaged…

58-4206. Compliance with law required to engage in the business of manufactured home dealer. No person shall engage in the business of a manufactured home dealer unless such person has complied with the applicable provisions of the Kansas manufactured housing act. The director sh…

58-4207. Requirements for licensure as a manufactured home dealer; application, contents, term of license; fees; financial responsibility requirements, bonding; place of business requirements. (a) No manufactured home dealer shall engage in business in this state without obtainin…

58-4208. Dealer's license issuance and renewal conditional upon insurance; requirements of insurance. No dealer's license shall be issued or renewed unless the applicant or holder of the license shall have on file with the division an approved insurance policy, issued by an insur…

58-4209. Manufactured home sales agreements, required contents. A manufactured home sales agreement required by this act shall: (a) Be in writing; (b) provide that the manufactured home dealer shall have authority to sell and service the manufacturer's product; (c) set forth the …

58-4210. Dealer's license requirements. Except as hereinafter provided, every person licensed as a dealer shall: (a) On or before the 20th day of each month, file a monthly report, on a form prescribed and furnished by the division, listing all sales or transfers, except sales or…

58-4211. Denial, suspension and revocation of licenses, when; procedure; civil penalties. (a) A license may be denied, suspended or revoked or a renewal may be refused by the director on any of the following grounds: (1) Proof of financial unfitness of the applicant; (2) material…

58-4212. State manufactured home construction and safety standards identical to federal standards, exception. Whenever a federal manufactured home construction and safety standard established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq., is in effect, no state agency or political subdivi…

58-4213. Valueless mobile home; notice; new title; liability. (a) For purposes of this section and unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Home" means a mobile home or a manufactured home as defined in K.S.A. 58-4202, and amendments thereto. (2) "Mobile home park" means a mob…

58-4214. Manufactured housing; elimination of certificate of title; requirements; real property. (a) Whenever a manufactured home or mobile home is permanently affixed to real property, by placement upon a permanent foundation of a type not removable intact from such real propert…

58-4215. Elimination of certificate of title; forms; rules and regulations. The division shall prepare such forms as may be necessary to implement the provisions of K.S.A. 58-4214, and amendments thereto, and the director shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to…

58-4216. K.S.A. 58-4214 though 58-4216 are part of Kansas manufactured housing act. The provisions of K.S.A. 58-4214 through 58-4216, and amendments thereto, shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas manufactured housing act. History: L. 2002, ch. 49, § 3; April 18.

58-4217. Regulation of manufactured home installation; purposes; legislative intent. (a) The purposes of K.S.A. 58-4217 to 58-4226, inclusive, and amendments thereto, are: (1) To ensure that manufactured homes installed in the state of Kansas are installed in accordance with the …

58-4218. Kansas housing resources corporation; adoption of rules and regulations, installation standards; department of revenue agent for corporation; president's powers and duties. (a) The corporation shall adopt rules and regulations to promulgate uniform installation standards…

58-4219. Installer's licensure requirements; fees; municipality powers; exceptions to licensure; examinations; apprentice installer licensure requirements. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person installing manufactured homes in this state on or after July 1,…

58-4220. Inspections by municipalities; fee. From and after July 1, 2006, a municipality may inspect or cause to be inspected by qualified individuals any manufactured home installed within the municipality's jurisdiction. Any such inspection shall be limited to a determination t…

58-4221. Unlawful acts of licensees or applicants for licenses; penalties. (a) No licensed installer, apprentice installer or applicant for a manufactured home installer's license or apprentice installer's license shall: (1) Violate any lawful order of the president; (2) obtain a…