75-2814. Cancellation and issuance of new patent for defective patent; recordation and correction of errors. Upon presentation to the secretary of state of any patent to state land issued by the state of Kansas which is in any respect defective in form or in manner of execution, such secretary shall cancel such patent and file the same among the records of the state land office, and in lieu thereof shall issue to the patentee named in said defective patent a patent in proper form, which shall be signed by the governor and recorded by the register as provided by K.S.A. 75-2805, which new patent shall save the rights of the patentee and his or her grantee and heirs in all respects as if the original was not defective in form or in manner of execution. Upon presentation to the secretary of state of any patent for state land which is proper in form and manner of execution, but the record of which in the state land office is incorrect and defective, such secretary shall correctly record said patent, as provided by K.S.A. 75-2805, and shall on the present defective or incorrect record thereof make a memorandum in red ink, referring to the book and page of such correct record. Such re-issue of patents and correction of records shall be without cost to the persons so presenting said patents.

History: R.S. 1923, 75-2814; L. 1974, ch. 364, § 24; January 13, 1975.