Kansas surplus funds list
Unclaimed overages from tax deed and foreclosure sales.
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Kansas surplus funds rules
- Sales that create surplus
- Judicial tax foreclosure by county (K.S.A. 79-2801 et seq.); Judicial mortgage foreclosure; HOA lien judicial foreclosure
- Who holds the money
- Clerk of the district court holds excess pending court order (79-2803: excess 'ordered by the court paid upon due proof to the owner or party entitled thereto').
- Unclaimed funds go to
- If owner can't be located, excess goes to State Treasurer unclaimed property (Kan. AG Op. 97-61 addresses disposition) - timing for court-held funds (Kansas UUPA, K.S.A. 58-3934 et seq.). verify
- How owners claim
- Motion/application in the district court tax-foreclosure case with due proof of ownership; court orders clerk to pay. After remittance, claim at kansascash.ks.gov. — deadline: None stated in 79-2803; . verify
- Agent / finder fee cap
- K.S.A. 58-3968(b): 15% of value of recoverable property (agreements made >24 months after delivery to Treasurer).
- Waiting period
- K.S.A. 58-3968(a): agreements made within 24 months after payment/delivery to Treasurer are unenforceable.
- Registration
- None in 58-3968; administrator may require copy of signed agreement before releasing info.
- Getting the list
- No statewide list; check county treasurer tax-sale results and district court case files (Kansas District Court Public Access Portal). Wyandotte/Sedgwick/Johnson counties publish tax sale results.
Questions
Is there a free Kansas surplus funds list?
Counties publish or provide lists on request; Surplus Funds HQ links to the official sources and is adding Kansas lists.
Who gets surplus funds in Kansas?
The former owner first (and lienholders in order of priority). The money is held by: Clerk of the district court holds excess pending court order (79-2803: excess 'ordered by the court paid upon due proof to the owner or party entitled thereto')..
What is the recovery agent fee cap in Kansas?
K.S.A. 58-3968(b): 15% of value of recoverable property (agreements made >24 months after delivery to Treasurer).