Kan. Stat. Ann. § 19-101
County as corporation; powers generally; home rule
Kansas · Kansas Statutes Annotated Chapter 19 — Counties and County Officers · Status: effective
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- Kan. Stat. Ann. § 19-101, County as corporation; powers generally; home rule, Kansas, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2439909
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That each organized county within this state shall be a body corporate and politic, and as such shall be empowered for the following purposes: First, to sue and be sued; second, to purchase and hold real and personal estate for the use of the county, and lands sold for taxes as provided by law; third, to sell and convey any real or personal estate owned by the county, and make such order respecting the same as may be deemed conducive to the interest of the inhabitants; fourth, to make all contracts and do all other acts in relation to the property and concerns of the county, necessary to the exercise of its corporate or administrative powers; fifth, to exercise the powers of home rule to determine their local affairs and government authorized under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-101a; sixth, to exercise such other and further powers as may be especially conferred by law.