59-1413. Sale under will; exercise of power; tax liens and claims.
59-1413
59-1413. Sale under will; exercise of power; taxliens and claims.(a) If a will authorizes the executor to sell any property, theexecutor, or an administrator with the will annexed, may exercise suchpower without any order of the district court, unless the will providesotherwise. Subject to the limitations contained in K.S.A. 59-704, andamendments thereto, suchpower may be exercised at any time except when a proceeding to set asideor contest the will or to probate a later will of the decedent ispending.
(b) For decedents dying before July 1, 1998, the lien of the state forinheritance taxes shall not extend toany right acquired by a purchaser through any conveyance made pursuantto this section notwithstanding any provision of K.S.A. 79-1569, andamendments thereto,to the contrary.
(c) Every conveyance of real estate of a decedent to a bona fidepurchaser, pursuant to the authority of this section, shall transfersuch real estate free and clear from liens and claims of all creditorsof the decedent of the estate of the decedent and of the heirs, deviseesand legatees of the decedent and any such liens or claims shall betransferred to the proceeds of such sale received by theexecutor oradministrator making the same but such transferral shall not affectinheritance tax liens or other tax liens against the estate.
History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 111;L. 1951, ch. 338, § 1;L. 1967, ch. 315, § 1;L. 1976, ch. 242, § 16;L. 1980, ch. 167, § 4;L. 2000, ch. 76, § 3; July 1.