Attorney General Opinion No.

The Honorable Richard Alldritt State Representative, 105th District 613 West 15th Harper, Kansas 67058

Dear Representative Alldritt:

You request our opinion regarding whether a bank, as mortgagee, may bid on property being sold pursuant to K.S.A. 79-2801 et seq., the statutes dealing with judicial foreclosure and sale of property for taxes. You are particularly interested in the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2804g, 79-2804j and 79-2812.

As a preliminary matter, to clear up some of the confusion, we review the history of K.S.A. 79-2804g and 79-2804j. Prior to 1996, these statutes were one and the same.…