Cross References to Related Sections:

Filing and recording of lien statement, see 60-1102.

Law Review and Bar Journal References:

"Will Substitutes in Kansas," Jana J. Deines and Michael E. McMahon, 23 W.L.J. 132, 134 (1983).

Title certificates in Kansas, Charles H. Oldfather, Jr., 6 K.L.R. 417 (1958).

Case in annotation No. 39 below discussed in 1957-59 survey of debtor-creditor law, Wesley E. Brown, 8 K.L.R. 265, 267 (1959).

Priority of mechanic's lien, 8 K.L.R. 482, 483, 484 (1960).

Survey of Kansas law on real and personal property (1965-1969), 18 K.L.R. 427, 428, 436 (1970).

"Kansas' Marketable Record Title Act," Christel E. Marquardt, 13 W.L.J. 33, 44, 46 (1974).

Operation and effect of recording statutes, 17 W.L.J. 615 (1978).

"Survey of Kansas Law: Real and Personal Property," Deanell R. Tacha, 27 K.L.R. 283, 284 (1979).

"Commercial Transactions Under the New Bankruptcy Act," Paul B. Rasor, 48 J.B.A.K. 199, 200, 201 (1979).

"Alternate Methods of Financing the Sale and Purchase of Single Family Residences: Representing the Buyer and the Seller," Peter M. DiGiovanni, 50 J.K.B.A. 179, 193 (1981).

Attorney General's Opinions:

Mortgage registration and intangibles; mortgage registration; instruments subject thereto. 87-162.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Priority over unrecorded deed, claimed only by purchaser for consideration. Coon v. Browning, 10 Kan. 85, 87.

2. Only parties to deed bound by unrecorded deed. Marshall v. Shepard, 23 Kan. 321, 324, 326.

3. Deed filed, imparted notice from time of filing. Poplin v. Mundell, 27 Kan. 138, 156.

4. Under statute same rule applies to mortgages as to deeds. Jackson v. Reid, 30 Kan. 10, 12, 1 P. 308.

5. Action to quiet title; effect of decree on unrecorded deeds. Utley v. Fee, 33 Kan. 683, 687, 689, 7 P. 555.

6. Priority of liens between mortgagee and attaching creditor. N. W. Forwarding Co. v. Mahaffey, Slutz & Co., 36 Kan. 152, 154, 12 P. 705.

7. Effect upon record of deed which was fraudulently obtained. Northrup v. Hottenstein, 38 Kan. 263, 268, 269, 16 P. 445.

8. Liability of mortgagee who fails to record satisfaction of mortgage. Perkins v. Matteson, 40 Kan. 165, 168, 19 P. 633.

9. Recording of unacknowledged assignment of mortgage; no constructive notice. Fisher v. Cowles, 41 Kan. 418, 422, 21 P. 228.

10. No notice of prior unrecorded deed; quitclaim deed prevails. Merrill v. Hutchinson, 45 Kan. 59, 63, 25 P. 215.

11. Sale for taxes of realty owned by minor; redemption. Douglass v. Lowell, 55 Kan. 574, 578, 40 P. 917.

12. Recital of unrecorded mortgage in deed; notice to subsequent purchasers. Taylor v. Mitchell, 58 Kan. 194, 195, 48 P. 859.

13. Unrecorded deed void against innocent purchaser without notice for value. Smith v. Worster, 59 Kan. 640, 643, 54 P. 676.

14. Unrecorded deed, subject to rules governing purchaser pendente lite. Atchison County v. Lips, 69 Kan. 252, 254, 76 P. 851.

15. Mechanic's lien cannot hold grantor because deed not recorded. Lang v. Adams, 71 Kan. 309, 311, 80 P. 593.

16. Quitclaim deed; prior unrecorded deed; latter requires valuable consideration. Morris v. Wicks, 81 Kan. 790, 106 P. 1048.

17. Purchaser of tax title unaffected by failure to record mortgage. Gibson v. Uppenkamp, 83 Kan. 74, 79, 109 P. 781.

18. Innocent purchaser for value without notice; priority over unrecorded deed. Faris v. Finnup, 84 Kan. 122, 123, 113 P. 407.

19. Unacknowledged contract, recorded, does not affect title. Banister v. Fallis, 85 Kan. 320, 322, 116 P. 822.

20. Unacknowledged mortgage not good against subsequent purchaser, even though recorded. Nordman v. Rau, 86 Kan. 19, 21, 119 P. 351.

21. Purchase without notice of unrecorded deed; due diligence. Penrose v. Cooper, 88 Kan. 210, 212, 128 P. 362.

22. Abstract does not show marketable title; not cured by affidavits. Beeler v. Sims, 91 Kan. 757, 761, 139 P. 371.

23. Section does not apply to judgment creditors or execution purchasers. Culp v. Kiene, 101 Kan. 511, 512, 168 P. 1097.

24. Contract; specific performance; rights of holder of unrecorded deed. Nuckles v. Tallman, 106 Kan. 264, 266, 187 P. 654.

25. Mortgage recorded, assignment unrecorded; second mortgage; priority of liens. Middlekauff v. Bell, 111 Kan. 206, 207, 207 P. 184.

26. Section is for protection of purchaser without actual notice; actual notice may be express or implied. Edwards v. Myers, 127 Kan. 221, 273 P. 468.

27. Ordinary oil and gas lease held conveyance within section. Derby Oil Co. v. Bell, 134 Kan. 489, 492, 7 P.2d 39.

28. Owner of unrecorded assignment protected against lis pendens claims. Bennett v. Christy, 137 Kan. 376, 379, 20 P.2d 813.

29. Burden of proving lack of consideration is upon party attacking deed. Chisholm v. Snider, 145 Kan. 573, 578, 66 P.2d 573.

30. Substantial consideration brings conveyance under act; last conveyance, recorded prior, superior. Hyndman v. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, 146 Kan. 34, 38, 68 P.2d 645.

31. Compared; act avoiding unrecorded instruments conveying mineral rights (K.S.A. 79-420) held valid. Hushaw v. Kansas Farmers' Union Royalty Co., 149 Kan. 64, 71, 86 P.2d 559.

32. Recorded mortgage has priority over previously executed unrecorded deed; consideration. Farmers & Merchants State Bank v. Higgins, 149 Kan. 783, 784, 787, 89 P.2d 916.

33. Deed improperly acknowledged valid as between parties thereto. Tawney v. Blankenship, 150 Kan. 41, 47, 90 P.2d 111.

34. Meaning of "actual notice" discussed and applied; express or implied notice. Federal Savings & Loan Corp. v. Urschel, 159 Kan. 674, 683, 684, 157 P.2d 805.

35. Provision as to actual notice of unrecorded instrument construed; express or implied. Hoult v. Rich, 161 Kan. 587, 589, 590, 170 P.2d 834.

36. Cited; tax foreclosure action; only record title holders necessary defendants. Board of County Comm'rs v. Groomer, 166 Kan. 593, 598, 203 P.2d 237.

37. Delivered unrecorded oil lease only good between parties to it. Peatling v. Baird, 168 Kan. 528, 535, 213 P.2d 1015.

38. Recorded unacknowledged revocation of power of attorney does not impart notice. Horney v. Buffenbarger, 169 Kan. 342, 348, 219 P.2d 345.

39. Mechanic's lien superior where construction commenced after mortgage executed but before mortgage recorded. Davis-Wellcome Mortgage Co. v. Long-Bell Lumber Co., 184 Kan. 202, 205, 206, 207, 208, 336 P.2d 463; Davis-Wellcome Mortgage Co. v. Long-Bell Lumber Co., 184 Kan. 209, 336 P.2d 469.

40. "Actual notice" may be express or implied; implied notice defined, rebuttable. Lane v. Courange, 187 Kan. 645, 646, 648, 650, 359 P.2d 1115.

41. Mentioned in defining phrase "owners of record" as used in K.S.A. 12-6a04. Rostine v. City of Hutchinson, 191 Kan. 523, 526, 382 P.2d 474.

42. Oil and gas leasehold mortgage filed as realty fixed lien. Riverview State Bank v. Ernest, 198 F.2d 876, 879, 880.

43. Duty of condemnor to ascertain parties. Dotson v. State Highway Commission, 198 Kan. 671, 675, 426 P.2d 138.

44. Referred to; assignment of oil and gas lease secured future advance and enforceable against attaching creditor. Ingram v. Ingram, 214 Kan. 415, 424, 521 P.2d 254.

45. Applied in determining property assigned by "Mother Hubbard" clause in conveyance valid as between parties; ineffective as to subsequent purchasers without knowledge. Luthi v. Evans, 223 Kan. 622, 627, 628, 576 P.2d 1064.

46. Cited; mechanic's lien holder should secure personal judgment and foreclosure in same action. Home State Bank v. P.B. Hoidale Co., 239 Kan. 165, 169, 718 P.2d 292 (1986).

47. Mechanic's lien attaching after execution but before recording of purchase money mortgage has priority where lienholder has no actual knowledge of mortgage. Shade v. Wheatcraft Industries, Inc., 248 Kan. 531, 535, 538, 809 P.2d 538 (1991).

48. Assignment of payments from realty deed governed by Article 9 of UCC; trustee had priority over unperfected bank. In Re Southworth, 22 B.R. 376, 377, 379 (1982).

49. Debtor's unrecorded deed of property to grantor had priority over judgment creditor's lien. In re Harter, Inc., 31 B.R. 1015, 1018, 1019 (1983).

50. The effect failure to record assignment of mortgage had on rights of the assignee in relation to junior mortgagees discussed. Bank Western v. Henderson, 255 Kan. 343, 349, 353, 874 P.2d 632 (1994).

51. Under facts, quitclaim deed imparted duty to purchaser to investigate title; common law BFP analysis similar to constructive notice analysis. Schwalm v. Deanhardt, 21 Kan. App. 2d 667, 668, 906 P.2d 167 (1995).

52. Bona fide purchaser could not avoid creditor's assigned interest in mortgage because creditor allegedly failed to record assignment. In re Patton, 314 B.R. 826, 832 (2004).

53. Recording of interest in land after land has been conveyed to third party does not bind third party who had no notice of it. Schlup v. Bourdon, 33 Kan. App. 2d 564, 105 P.3d 720 (2005).

54. Unrecorded mortgage is not valid except between the parties thereto. In re Ramsey, 356 B.R. 217, 226 (2006).

55. Restrictive covenant in deed not signed by grantee held not to apply to subsequent purchaser. Jeremiah 29:11, Inc. v. Seifert, 284 Kan. 468, 471, 473, 161 P.3d 750 (2007).

56. Failure to record mortgage document properly renders mortgage vulnerable to a bankruptcy trustee's avoidance powers. In re Coffelt, 395 B.R. 133, 141 (2008).