Kansas Statutes 55-218. Same; expunging certain purported assignments from records
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 55-218
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
If any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge that any oil and gas lease executed prior to January 1, 1925, is void and there are of record in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the land so purportedly leased is located, assignments of such oil and gas lease or any interest in such lease, then the court may, in a proper action brought for that purpose, order and require said register of deeds to expunge from the records in his or her office all purported assignments of such void oil and gas lease.