Statute 55-205: Record of lease as notice for definite term; extension upon
contingency, affidavit.
When an oil, gas or mineral lease is hereafter given on land
situated within the state of Kansas, the recording thereof in the office of
the register of deeds of the county in which the land is located shall
impart notice to the public of the validity and continuance of said lease
for the definite term therein expressed, but no longer:
Provided,
That, if such lease contains the statement of any contingency upon the
happening of which the term of any such lease may be extended (such as "and
as much longer as oil and gas or either are produced in paying
quantities"), the owner of said lease may at any time before the expiration
of the definite term of said lease file with the said register of deeds an
affidavit setting forth the description of the lease, that the affiant is
the owner thereof and the facts showing that the required contingency has
happened. This affidavit shall be recorded in full by the register of
deeds, and such record together with that of the lease shall be due notice
to the public of the existence and continuing validity of said lease, until
the same shall be forfeited, canceled, set aside or surrendered according
to law.
History: L. 1915, ch. 228, § 2; May 22; R.S. 1923, 55-205.