Kansas § 17-631 - Same; certificate required as condition for filing. The secretary of state shall not receive for record or for filing any mortgage or deed
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§ 17-631. Same; certificate required as condition for filing. The secretary of state shall not receive for record or for filing any mortgage or deed
17-631. Same; certificate required as condition for filing. The secretary of state shall not receive for record or for filing any mortgage or deed of trust described in K.S.A. 17-630, unless and until the same has thereon the certificate of a register of deeds that the same has been presented to him pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-3101 to 79-3107, inclusive, and that any real estate mortgage tax, if any is due, has been paid or that none is due thereon, as the case may be.History: L. 1974, ch. 232, § 2; July 1.
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