In re Zivanovic

The opinion of the court was delivered by

ABBOTT, J.:

We granted a petition for review in this case to determine whether the mortgagee is subject to a mortgage registration fee pursuant to K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 79-3102(d)(3). In this case, the mortgagor’s principal indebtedness was included in a previously recorded mortgage on which the mortgagee had already paid a mortgage registration fee. The original lender/mortgagee then *192assigned this mortgage. The mortgagor has now returned to the original lender to refinance the loan. The question at issue is whether the mortgagee is subject to a second…