Attorney General Opinion No.

Lee Hornbaker Special Counsel for Geary County 715 North Washington Street Post Office Box 168 Junction City, Kansas 66441-0168

Dear Mr. Hornbaker:

As Special Counsel for Geary County charged with bringing the county's tax foreclosure sale proceedings, you request our opinion regarding the application of K.S.A. 60-2201 and the doctrine of lis pendens to such proceedings. Specifically, you question whether the county is protected by lis pendens when it files a petition and serves summons under K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 79-2801 so that any pendente lite purchaser taking an interest in property described…