Kansas § 59-514 Intestate descent; escheat, when

Kansas Statutes

§ 59-514 — Intestate descent; escheat, when

Kansas § 59-514

Ch. 59PROBATE CODE

Art. 5INTESTATE SUCCESSION

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 59-514 (2026).

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If an intestate decedent leaves no person entitled to receive property of the decedent as said intestate's heir under the provisions of K.S.A. 59-503 to 59-513, both sections inclusive, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, then and in that event said intestate's property shall pass to the living heirs of the intestate's last spouse dying prior to the death of the intestate and if there be no such heir or heirs, then the estate shall escheat to and become the property of the state.

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If an intestate decedent leaves no person entitled to receive property of the decedent as said intestate's heir under the provisions of K.S.A. 59-503 to 59-513, both sections inclusive, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, then and in that event said intestate's property shall pass to the living heirs of the intestate's last spouse dying prior to the death of the intestate and if there be no such heir or heirs, then the estate shall escheat to and become the property of the state.