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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 58-2328

  • Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. Source: OCC
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • 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.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

In any case where a mortgage upon real estate in Kansas has been foreclosed in a court of competent jurisdiction and a judgment of foreclosure rendered therein and thereon and after sheriff’s sale had thereon, a sheriff’s deed was issued, prior to January 1, 1910, and where the mortgagor of said property died intestate prior to said foreclosure leaving no known heirs at law, and where the state of Kansas was not made a party to said foreclosure proceeding, the state of Kansas hereby disclaims any interest in and waives all of its rights to said real property accruing to the state of Kansas by virtue of the law of escheat, or otherwise.