2-1320.   Unpaid costs of labor or material; itemized statement andnotice to owner; penalties and interest; liens; copy of notice to register ofdeeds andcounty or city clerk; lien payable upon sale or transfer of ownership.In case the county weed supervisor or city weed supervisor enters uponland or furnishes weed control materials pursuant to a contract or anagreement with an owner, operator or supervising agent of noxious weedinfested land for the control of such noxious weeds and, as a result ofsuch weed control methods, there are any unpaid accounts outstanding byDecember 31 of each year, the county commissioners or governing body of thecity shall immediately notify or cause to be notified, such owner with anitemized statement as to the cost of material, labor and use of equipmentand further stating that if the amount of such statement is not paid to thecounty or city treasurer wherein such real estate is located within 30 daysfrom the date of such notice, a penalty charge of 10% of the amount remainingunpaid shall be added to the account and thetotal amount thereof shall become a lien upon such real estate. The unpaidbalance of such account and such penalty charge shall draw interest fromthe date of entering into such contract at the rate prescribedfor delinquent taxes pursuant to K.S.A. 79-2004, andamendments thereto. A copy of thestatement, together with proof of notification, shall at the same timebe filed with the register of deeds in such county and the county orcity clerk, as the case may be, and if suchamount is not paid within the next 30 days thecounty or cityclerk, as the case may be, shall spread the amount of such statement uponthe tax roll prepared by the clerk and such amount shall become a lienagainst the entire contiguous tract of land owned by such person or personsof which the portion so treated is all or a part, and shall be collected asother taxes are collected, and all moneys so collected shall be paid intothe noxious weed eradication fund, except that not more than 5% of the assessedvaluation of theentire contiguous tract of land ofwhich the portion so treated is all or a part shall be spread on the taxrolls against such land in any one year.If any land subject to a lien imposed under this section is sold ortransferred,the entire remaining unpaid balance of such account plus any accruedinterest and penalties shall become due and payable prior to the sale ortransfer of ownership of the property, and upon collection shall bepaid to the noxious weed eradication fund.

      History:   L. 1937, ch. 1, § 7; L. 1945, ch. 3, § 4; L. 1957,ch. 7, § 6; L. 1967, ch. 4, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 4, § 3; L. 1982,ch. 5, § 2;L. 1987, ch. 8, § 1;L. 1992, ch. 319, § 10; July 1.