55-206. Demand for release before bringing action; evidence. - Kansas Statutes

55-206

Chapter 55.--OIL AND GAS Article 2.--LEASES AND LIENS

      55-206.   Demand for release before bringing action; evidence.At least twenty days before bringing the action provided for in this act[*], the owner of the leased land, either by himself or herself or by his orher agent or attorney, shall demand of the holder of the lease (if such demandby ordinary diligence can be made in this state) that said lease be releasedof record. Such demand may be either written or oral. When written, aletter-press or carbon or written copy thereof, when shown to be such, maybe used as evidence in any court with the same force and effect as theoriginal.

      History:   L. 1909, ch. 179, § 3; April 1; R.S. 1923, 55-206.