19-1201. Register of deeds; election, term, bond.
19-1201
19-1201. Register of deeds; election, term, bond.
Beginning with the general election in 1976, a register of deeds shall be
elected in each county for a term of four (4)
years. Such register of deeds shall, before entering upon the duties of the office,
execute to the state of Kansas and file with the county clerk, a good and
sufficient corporate surety bond issued by a company authorized
to do business in this state in an amount approved by the county clerk of
not less than ten thousand
dollars ($10,000). Such bond shall be conditioned on the faithful performance
of the duties of the office and that such register of deeds will deliver
to the successor in such office all property belonging to such office.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 87; R.S. 1923, 19-1201; L. 1965,
ch. 160, § 5; L. 1976, ch. 123, § 5; April 30.