Free Kansas Affidavit of Death

In Kansas, a surviving joint owner records the “Affidavit of death”.

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Who may sign in Kansas: Some responsible person who knows the facts.

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The “Affidavit of death”: Kansas law names an affidavit of death from a responsible person who knows the facts as evidence that a joint tenant died, and directs that it be recorded with the register of deeds where the land lies. Where no estate is probated, the official death certificate may be recorded instead. A surviving joint owner records it with the county recording office, and the prepared document is laid out for recording.

Who may sign, in the statute's words: Some responsible person who knows the facts. The affidavit is sworn before a notary public, who completes the jurat. Kansas's recording law requires an acknowledgment on a recorded instrument, so the document carries the acknowledgment certificate beside the jurat.

It states: the facts of the joint tenant's death, stated by a responsible person who knows them.

Recording is not a condition of the transfer: title passed at the death under the instrument.

Kansas law names no affidavit or other instrument for a transfer-on-death beneficiary to record after the owner dies: title vests in the beneficiary on the death of the record owner. Some county registers of deeds record the owner's death certificate as a matter of office practice.

The Affidavit of Death in Kansas

Kansas's instrument for a joint owner's death is the “Affidavit of death”, recorded by a surviving joint owner with the county recording office. What it does: Kansas law names an affidavit of death from a responsible person who knows the facts as evidence that a joint tenant died, and directs that it be recorded with the register of deeds where the land lies. Where no estate is probated, the official death certificate may be recorded instead.

The affidavit is sworn before a notary public, who completes the jurat. Who may make it: Some responsible person who knows the facts. Kansas's recording law requires an acknowledgment on a recorded instrument, so the document carries the acknowledgment certificate beside the jurat.

What the statute has it state: the facts of the joint tenant's death, stated by a responsible person who knows them.

Recording is not a condition of the transfer; title passed at the death under the instrument, and the affidavit puts the death on the record.

For a transfer on death deed: Kansas law names no affidavit or other instrument for a transfer-on-death beneficiary to record after the owner dies: title vests in the beneficiary on the death of the record owner. Some county registers of deeds record the owner's death certificate as a matter of office practice.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 26, 2026

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The Affidavit of Death in Kansas

What the statute has it state: the facts of the joint tenant's death, stated by a responsible person who knows them.

Recording is not a condition of the transfer; title passed at the death under the instrument, and the affidavit puts the death on the record.

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