17-631.   Same; certificate required as condition for filing.The secretary of state shall not receive for record or for filing anymortgage or deed of trust described in K.S.A. 17-630,unless and until the same has thereon the certificate of a register ofdeeds that the same has been presented to him pursuant to the provisionsof K.S.A. 79-3101 to 79-3107, inclusive, and that any real estate mortgagetax, if any is due, has been paid or that none is due thereon, as thecase may be.

      History:   L. 1974, ch. 232, § 2; July 1.